Marital Satisfaction and Sex-Roles in a New York Metropolitan Sample

Abstract

145 married men and 143 married women completed Snyder's 1981 Marital Satisfaction Inventory and the Bern Sex-role Inventory (Short Version). Analyses showed that scores on femininity correlated with more marital satisfaction indices than did scores on masculinity. Masculinity correlated with more marital satisfaction indices for men than for women. Finances showed no relationship with the Bern indices. All of the statistically significant correlations were negative, indicating that sex-role attributes are associated with diminished marital dissatisfaction. Despite the low magnitude of the correlations, their statistical significance points to congruence between sex-roles and marital satisfaction.

Marital satisfaction as a function of dyadic gender-role constellations

“…Conversely, House (1986) reports that marital satisfaction correlates with masculinity for men and with femininity for women. Juni and Grimm (1993a) report that as a rule, gender-roles correlate with marital satisfaction, but that masculinity is effective in this respect, primarily for men. Exploring specific content areas, these researchers found the following: femininity enhances satisfaction in affective communica tion and childrearing; masculinity enhances satisfaction in problem-solving communica tion; gender-role difficulties are more troublesome for men who show increased masculinity or women who show increased femininity; while sexual dissatisfaction is more troublesome for men who show increased femininity or women who show increased masculinity.…”

“…Test-retest reliability coefficients range from .84 to .94, with a mean correlation of .89. Based on factor definitions in the manual, it is feasible to create two clusters for the indices: one measure of Child Issues, which is comprised of dissatisfaction with children and conflicts over childrearing, and another general measure of Dyadic Satisfaction, which includes the remaining indices (Juni & Grimm, 1993a). It is reasonable to use the elements of both clusters in one composite measure of marital satisfaction.…”

Gravidez do primeiro filho: papéis sexuais, ajustamento conjugal e emocional

“…No pré-natal, não foi encontrada relação entre os papéis sexuais e o ajustamento conjugal. Destarte, nas últimas décadas, diversos estudos, em contextos variados (Antill, 1983;Baucom & Aiken, 1984;Davidson & Sollie, 1987;Juni & Grimm, 1993Lamke, 1989;Langis, Sabourin, Lussier & Mathieu, 1994;Murstein & Williams, 1983;Zammichieli & cols., 1988), têm descoberto que o ajustamento conjugal está associado com papéis sexuais.…”

“…A literatura especializada, há décadas, vem divulgando pesquisas que mostram nos seus resultados relações entre papéis sexuais e relacionamento conjugal em geral (Belsky, Lang & Huston, 1986;Deutsch & Gilbert, 1976;Isaac & Shah, 2004;Juni & Grimm, 1993MacDermid, Huston & McHale, 1990;McGovern & Meyers, 2002;Zammichieli, Gilroy & Sherman, 1988). Também inúmeros dados que apóiam a idéia da associação entre papéis sexuais e saúde mental em geral têm sido apresentados (Bassoff, 1984;Bassoff & Glass, 1982;Berthiaume, David, Saucier & Borgeat, 1996;Cook, 1987;Harris & Schwab, 1990;Williams & D'Alessandro, 1994 …”