Marital Adjustment, Gender Role Partnerships, and Marital Satisfaction During Covid-19

Abstract

During the Covid-19 pandemic, orders to work and study from home became a problem for families in Indonesia. Marital adjustment and gender role partnerships in the household must be well established to create marital satisfaction so that there is no conflict in the family. This study analyzes the factors influencing marital satisfaction in intact families during the Covid-19 pandemic. Respondents in this study are wives from intact families who have children and are domiciled in the city of Bogor. The sampling technique used non-probability purposive sampling with several samples of as many as 128 people. The data was processed using descriptive and inferential tests and multiple linear regression using SPSS 25 and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using SmartPLS 3.0. The correlation test results showed a positive correlation between marital adjustment, gender role partnerships, and marital satisfaction. The results of the linear regression test showed that the husband's income had a significant positive effect on marital satisfaction. Correlation tests, linear regression test results, and SEM showed that marital adjustment and gender role partnerships significantly positively affected marital satisfaction. There is an indirect effect between marital adjustment and marital satisfaction with gender role partnership mediators.

The Effect of Marriage Commitment and Marriage Adjustment Toward Marriage Satisfaction of GBKP Priest’s Wife

“…The condition of the husband who works as a servant of the congregation with a solid work time, coupled with an unbalanced domestic labor division and the demands of the wife to assist the husband's services, can be accepted and carried out by the wife. This aligns with the results of research conducted by Tazkiya and Puspitawati (2022), which reveals that marriage adjustments have a significant positive relationship with marriage satisfaction-the higher the marriage adjustment, the higher the marriage satisfaction created in the family.…”

“…Rachmawati and Mastuti (2013) revealed that based on their study, wives with a high marriage adjustment generally have a higher level of marriage satisfaction than those with a moderate marriage adjustment show differences in the level of marriage satisfaction. Thus, adjustments in marriage have a significant role in marriage satisfaction (Anjani & Suryanto, 2006;Atwater & Duffy, 2009in Retiara et al, 2016Tazkiya and Puspitawati (2022),).…”

The Role of Mindfulness and Assertiveness on Housewives’ Marital Satisfaction

“…Couples with lower incomes tend to predict lower marital satisfaction and experience more psychological pressure than couples with more financial resources. Tazkiya & Puspitawati (2022) in their study, also noted that a higher husband's income is associated with higher marital satisfaction. The consequence of low marital satisfaction among couples with low incomes is an increased vulnerability to divorce.…”

Marital Satisfaction as Measured by Marital Adjustment and Self-Disclosure among Wives Living with Parents-in-Law

“…So, to achieve satisfaction in marriage, married couples must continually readjust their understanding of what is expected of each other in their roles [22] The same results were stated by Abbas and Nadhirah that there is a significant correlation between marital adjustment and marital satisfaction [1,17]. Different results were expressed by Tazkiya & Puspawati that there was an indirect effect between marital adjustment and marital satisfaction; the gender role variable mediated the relationship between these two variables [29].…”