Marital Satisfaction During Retirement

Fye, Marissa A.; Chasek, Christine Tina; Mims, Grace Ann; Sandman, J.; Hinrichsen, Alex

doi:10.1177/1066480720929689

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“…The meaning of peace in marriage is a mutually influential condition, where young couples emphasize more on understanding the purpose of marriage so that they focus on building communication more effectively, while couples with 32 years of marriage or commonly called the pearl age emphasize that peace becomes an internalized part of the marriage that is lived so that they understand more fully about peace itself. This is in line with various studies, that household peace refers to happiness (happy marriage) (Carr et al, 2014;Harrison, 2009;Keller, 2013); satisfied marriage (Fye et al, 2020;Jung, 2021;Marques et al, 2013), or marriage blessing (Hapsa et al, 2019;Wilkinson, 2019). Thus, the focus that can be developed in the marriage counseling process can refer to building happiness, satisfaction, or blessing in the household as a form of aspect in achieving peace in the household, whether related to inner peace (inner peace), social peace, or peace with the environment.…”

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Implications of Marital Peace in Marriage Counseling: An Ethnographic Case Study

Handari,

Nurihsan,

Ilfiandra

et al. 2023

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Peace within the household is a critical issue, as the complexities and dynamics of problems can lead to disharmony, which can have adverse physical and psychological effects. To address the need for post-conflict domestic life development, an ethnographic approach is employed. The research focuses on two married couples who have been living together as a child-and-parent couple (father mother, child wife) for 7 and 32 years, respectively. These couples are of Javanese ethnicity. The decision to include couples married for more than 5 years is based on the assumption that they have passed the initial crisis period. The research adopts an ethnographic case study approach, gathering data through interviews and observations. Data were collected through interviews and observations. The findings reveal several important points: (1) Peace is perceived as a blessing within the household, encompassing inner peace, peace with the spouse, in-laws, and the surrounding environment; (2) Factors influencing peace in the household include self-awareness, understanding, and external reflections from the spouse, in-laws, and surrounding environment; and (3) Marital peace has implications for the implementation of marriage counseling, particularly in developing values that prioritize self-optimization when facing marital problems, thereby enabling the realization of potential and independence within the household

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Implications of Marital Peace in Marriage Counseling: An Ethnographic Case Study

Handari,

Nurihsan,

Ilfiandra

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“…Couples face different challenges at different stages of their lives and in their family environments; therefore, the nature and quality of marital relationships vary throughout the family’s life cycle (Hsiao, 2017). In fact, this stage of life, associated with the beginning of retirement, can have negative psychological implications, resulting from the drastic changes in the person’s daily life that can lead to a sense of meaninglessness or lack of purpose and feelings of disconnection, with an impact in marital satisfaction (Fye et al, 2020).…”

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Marital Satisfaction of Portuguese Families in Times of Social Lockdown

Fernandes

Magalhães

Silva³

et al. 2021

The Family Journal

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The COVID-19 pandemic represents a global threat and crisis situation, and its wide-reaching impact has also affected marital satisfaction. Dysfunction of the marital system puts the survival of the family unit at risk. This research aimed to determine the level of marital satisfaction of Portuguese families during the social lockdown and the association between the variables under study. A descriptive, exploratory study was conducted. During the social lockdown, 276 people of Portuguese nationality and residing in Portugal were recruited using nonprobabilistic convenience sampling. Marital satisfaction in the pandemic phase showed low values that may be associated with the social, economic, and political context experienced by the pandemic situation. Future research must be carried out in order to identify, prevent, and intervene in situations of violence. In addition, future research should explore not only marital satisfaction during the current pandemic but a more systemic assessment of marital relations during crises, expanding the impact of marital satisfaction in family functioning.

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“…Coolins and Reed (26) reported the validity of the subscales of this index by using Cronbach's alpha coefficients and retest method after two months to be 0.69 and 0.75. Fye et al (29) reported Cronbach's alpha coefficients for anxiety, proximity, and dependence to be 0.75, 0.52, and 0.29, respectively. In the present study, the instrument's reliability was also calculated by Cronbach's alpha coefficients for secure attachment (0.96), anxious attachment (0.95), and avoidance attachment (0.95).…”

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On the Causal Relationship Between Attachment Styles and Marital Satisfaction: Mediating Role of Gottman's Marital Communication Model

Mardani

Marashi

Abbaspour

2021

Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci

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Background: Marital satisfaction is one of the main factors affecting the quality of life in marital relationships. It refers to individuals’ positive attitudes toward their marital relationship, and marital dissatisfaction is a negative and displeased attitude toward various aspects of marital relationship. Objectives: The present study aimed to explore the causal relationship between attachment styles and marital satisfaction regarding the mediating role of Gottman’s marital communication model. Methods: The statistical population encompassed all university students in Ahvaz in the academic year 2019 - 2020. The multi-stage random sampling method was used, and 230 persons were selected as the study samples. Hudson's Index of Marital Satisfaction (IMS), Coolins and Reed's Revised Adult Attachment Scale (RAAS), and Gottman's Communication Skills Scale (FHS) were also used to collect the data. Data analysis was performed using SPSS software version 26 and AMOS software version 24. Results: The results indicated that the study model well-fitted the study population, and all direct paths were statistically significant. Moreover, there was a significant relationship between secure attachment, anxiety-insecure attachment, and avoidance-insecure attachment with marital satisfaction mediated by Gottman's communication skills (P ≤ 0.001). Conclusions: Given the effect of Gottman’s couple attachment styles and four communication skills on marital satisfaction, their effectiveness in marital satisfaction is proved. Accordingly, therapists are recommended to implement educational and treatment programs containing cognitive and preventive attachment styles and Gottman’s communication skills to promote couples' marital satisfaction.

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Marital Satisfaction During Retirement

Cited by 5 publications

References 34 publications

Implications of Marital Peace in Marriage Counseling: An Ethnographic Case Study

Implications of Marital Peace in Marriage Counseling: An Ethnographic Case Study

Marital Satisfaction of Portuguese Families in Times of Social Lockdown

On the Causal Relationship Between Attachment Styles and Marital Satisfaction: Mediating Role of Gottman's Marital Communication Model

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