Gender Differences in the Structure of Marital Quality

被引:26
作者
Beam, Christopher R. [1 ]
Marcus, Katherine [2 ]
Turkheimer, Eric [3 ]
Emery, Robert E. [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Southern Calif, Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA
[2] Northwestern Univ, Evanston, IL USA
[3] Univ Virginia, Charlottesville, VA USA
关键词
Marital quality; Gender differences; Psychometric; Structural equation modeling; Behavioral genetics; DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; FACTORIAL INVARIANCE; PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES; SEX-DIFFERENCES; MARRIAGE; SATISFACTION; HEALTH; FAMILY; ENVIRONMENT; DECADE;
D O I
10.1007/s10519-018-9892-4
中图分类号
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Marriages consist of shared experiences and interactions between husbands and wives that may lead to different impressions of the quality of the relationship. Few studies, unfortunately, have tested gender differences in the structure of marital quality, and even fewer studies have evaluated whether genetic and environmental influences on marital quality differ across gender. In this study, we evaluated gender differences in the structure of marital quality using independent samples of married male (n = 2406) and married female (n = 2215) participants from the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States who provided ratings on twenty-eight marital quality items encompassing six marital quality constructs. We further explored gender differences in genetic and environmental influences on marital quality constructs in a subsample of 491 pairs of twins. Results suggest partial metric invariance across gender but structural variability in marital quality constructs. Notably, correlations between constructs were stronger in women than men. Results also support gender differences in the genetic and environmental influences on different aspects of marital quality. We discuss that men and women may approach and react to marriage differently as the primary reason why we observed differences in the structure of marital quality.
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页码:209 / 223
页数:15
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