Gender Differences in Marital Satisfaction: A Meta-analysis
The purpose of the present meta-analysis was to empirically test the widely held assumption that women experience lower marital satisfaction than men. A total of 226 independent samples with a combined sum of 101,110 participants were included in the meta-analysis. Overall results indicated statisti...
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Published in | Journal of marriage and family Vol. 76; no. 1; pp. 105 - 129 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Hoboken, USA
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
01.02.2014
The National Council on Family Relations Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
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Summary: | The purpose of the present meta-analysis was to empirically test the widely held assumption that women experience lower marital satisfaction than men. A total of 226 independent samples with a combined sum of 101,110 participants were included in the meta-analysis. Overall results indicated statistically significant yet very small gender differences in marital satisfaction between wives and husbands, with wives slightly less satisfied than husbands; moderator analyses, however, indicated that this difference was due to the inclusion of clinical samples, with wives in marital therapy 51% less likely to be satisfied with their marital relationship than their husbands. The effect size for nonclinical community-based samples indicated no significant gender differences among couples in the general population. Additional moderator analyses indicated that there were also no gender differences when the levels of marital satisfaction of husbands and wives in the same relationship (i.e., dyadic data) were compared. |
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Bibliography: | ArticleID:JOMF12077 Appendix S1. Supplemental Method Descriptions: Statistical Methods istex:60B2295D7BE9DED64A0473094243C4FE40A56737 ark:/67375/WNG-5VR4WHJW-T Department of Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling, University of South Florida, 13301 Bruce B Downs Blvd., MHC 1632, Tampa, FL 33612. Marriage and Family Therapy Program, Department of Family Consumer and Human Development, Utah State University, Family Life Center 207, 2700 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84321. Marriage and Family Therapy Program, School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, 2075 Joseph F. Smith Building, Provo, UT 84602. ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 ObjectType-Article-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 |
ISSN: | 0022-2445 1741-3737 |
DOI: | 10.1111/jomf.12077 |