The Outline of Selected Marital Satisfaction Factors in the Intercultural Couples based on the Westerner and non-Westerner relationships

• Authors: Dariusz P. Skowroński , Atifa Bte Othman , Daniel Tan Wen Siang , Gabriel Lum Wei Han , Jeremy Wong Jia Yang , Katarzyna Waszyńska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper investigates the various factors from a socio-cultural perspective that have a bearing on the intercultural couple’s marital satisfaction in Westerner and non-Westerner relationships, and how cultural differences may potentially amplify the difficulties, which non-intercultural couples themselves are already likely to face. These factors include acculturation, language and communication, attitudes toward marriage, individual traits and behaviours, support of the family, societal views, gender roles, managing of the household finances and child rearing. Certain theories are also highlighted in an attempt to explain why these cultural differences have such a profound effect on the marital satisfaction of intercultural couples.

Keywords

EN

marital satisfaction; intercultural marriages; socio-cultural factors

• Publisher: Committee for Psychological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 45
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 346-356

Dates

published

2014-09-01

online

2014-09-09

Contributors

author

Dariusz P. Skowroński

• Psychological Studies, Temple University Japan Campus, Tokyo;

author

Atifa Bte Othman

• School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore

author

Daniel Tan Wen Siang

• School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore

author

Gabriel Lum Wei Han

• School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore

author

Jeremy Wong Jia Yang

• School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore

author

Katarzyna Waszyńska

• Department of Health Promotion and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Educational Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań

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DOI

10.2478/ppb-2014-0042