Marital satisfaction, differentiation of self and stress perceived by women

• Authors: Kaleta Kinga

Title variants

PL

Satysfakcja małżeńska, dyferencjacja Ja i stres odczuwany przez kobiety

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Differentiation of self refers to the ability to modulate affect, maintain a clear sense of self, and balance intimacy and autonomy in significant relationships. The author tested whether differentiation mediated the relationship between marital satisfaction and stress perceived by women. The sample consisted of 220 married women. Marital satisfaction was found to be inversely correlated with perceived stress. Greater marital satisfaction also coincided with better differentiation of self (less emotional reactivity, greater I position, less emotional cutoff and fusion with others), while lower level of differentiation was significantly associated with higher feeling of stress. Differentiation of self also mediated the linkage between marital satisfaction and stress perceived by women. The results support searching hypothesis.

Keywords

EN

marital satisfaction; stress; differentiation of self

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy
• Journal: Polskie Forum Psychologiczne
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 305-319

Contributors

author

Kaleta Kinga

• Instytut Pedagogiki i Psychologii, Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology, The Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce

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