Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire for Older Persons

Haynes, Stephen N.; Floyd, Frank J.; Lemsky, Carolyn; Rogers, Elizabeth E.; Winemiller, David; Heilman, Nancy; Werle, Mary; Murphy, Tria B.; Cardone, Lydia

doi:10.1037/t01010-000

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“…For the sample as a whole, as well as for women and men separately, the fit between the French data and the correlated two-factor structure derived from Haynes et al (1992) was satisfactory. The meaning of the Communication / Companionship factor was the same in France as in the U.S.…”

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The Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire for Older Persons: Factor Structure in a French Sample

Fouquereau

Baudoin

2002

soc behav pers

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The factor structure of the Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire for Older Persons (Haynes et al., 1992) for a sample of elderly French persons was examined. For the sample as a whole, as well as for women and men separately, the fit between the French data and the structure postulated by Haynes et al. was satisfactory. The meaning of the Communication / Companionship factor was the same in France as in the U.S. It proved to be a broad factor that expresses satisfaction in a wide variety of marital areas. The meaning of the Sex / A ffection factor was slightly different in the French and U.S. samples. The proper name for this factor in the French sample would be Sex. Finally, the same pattern of correlation coefficients found in the U.S. sample between the two factors and a number of additional items was found for the French. In particular, Communication / Companionship scores were strongly linked to overall marital satisfaction, and Sex / A ffection scores were only moderately correlated with overall marital satisfaction.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 86%

“…In the first one, the 16 items relative to daily life were included. In the second one, the two items were removed that had only been moderately loaded in previous analyses (Haynes et al, 1992). These two separate analyses produced similar results, but the second one was more homogeneous.…”

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The Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire for Older Persons: Factor Structure in a French Sample

Fouquereau

Baudoin

2002

soc behav pers

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“…These results, however, should be considered very preliminary due to relatively low power as a result of splitting our sample. Marital satisfaction was measured with the 20-item Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire for Older Persons (Haynes et al, 1992). Participants responded on a 1-6 point Likert scale, with higher scores indicating more satisfaction (possible range 20-120; see Table 1 for descriptive statistics).…”

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Dyadic analysis of self-efficacy and perceived support: The relationship of individual and spousal characteristics with physical activity among middle-aged and young-older adults.

Ayotte

Margrett²,

Patrick³

2013

Psychology and Aging

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The purpose of this study was to examine the associations among self-efficacy, perceived support, and physical activity in middle-aged and older married couples. A total of 116 middle-aged and older couples (M = 58.86 years, SD = 7.16, range 50-74) participated in the study. A dyadic approach to path modeling was taken. The final model indicated that for both husbands and wives, one's own self-efficacy was directly related to physical activity. In addition, husband self-efficacy was positively related to wive physical activity and indirectly related to wife physical activity through wife self-efficacy. Wife self-efficacy was indirectly related to husband physical activity via the level of husband perceived support. These results provide evidence for the importance of incorporating spousal characteristics in addition to individual characteristics when investigating physical activity during middle and later married life.

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“…Fowers, in a study of 7,261 couples (1991), found that men are somewhat more satisfied with their marriages than are women, and Haynes et al (1992) compared men and women on eight different aspects of marital satisfaction and found that men reported significantly higher satisfaction than did women on four of the eight comparisons (the other four comparisons did not yield statistically significant sex differences). In contrast, Gilford and Bengtson (1979) and Levenson et al (1993) found no sex differences with regard to marital satisfaction, and several other studies found no significant sex differences regarding either marriage problems or expression of love (Swensen et al, 1981(Swensen et al, , 1984Swensen and Fuller, 1992;Swensen and Moore, 1979).…”

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Commitment to one’s spouse as a predictor of marital quality among older couples

Clements

Swensen

2000

Curr Psychol

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The present study examined the relationships between several independent variables (ego development, commitment to the spouse, length of marriage, church attendance, and sex of subject) and three marital quality variables (marriage problems, expression of love, and dyadic adjustment) in a community sample of 72 married couples age 50 and up. Commitment to the spouse was the strongest and most consistent predictor of marital quality; commitment was negatively related to marriage problems and positively related to expression of love and dyadic adjustment. The other independent variables were generally unrelated to marital quality.The quality of an older person's marital relationship is one of the key determinants of that person's quality of life and level of life satisfaction (Antonucci and Jackson, 1987;Levenson et al., 1993;Rook, 1984). Haynes et al. (1992, p. 473) note that the marital relationship "can mediate the effects of the stressors associated with aging and serve as an important source of social support," and they cite research supporting this claim (Antonucci and Akiyama, 1987;Medley, 1980). However, in spite of the importance of the marital relationship for many older persons, relatively little research has been conducted on the quality of marital relationships in later life. Instead, most of the research on marital relationships has focused on the relationships of young couples. Several researchers have noted this gap in the literature and have called for more research on the marital relationships of older couples (e.g., Condie, 1989;Levenson et al., 1993;Treas and Bengtson, 1987). The present study was designed to help fill this gap in the marital literature by examining the relationships between several independent variables and three different dimensions of marital quality (a "negative" dimension, that of marital problems, and two "positive" dimensions, the expression of love between spouses and "dyadic adjustment" [Spanier, 1976]) in a sample of older individuals. The predictor variables that were included in the present study were chosen on the basis of results of past research (with couples of various ages) which suggested that these variables might be predictive of the quality of older couples' marital relationships. These variables included ego development, commitment to the spouse, length of marriage, church attendance, and the sex of the subject.

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Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire for Older Persons

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The Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire for Older Persons: Factor Structure in a French Sample

The Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire for Older Persons: Factor Structure in a French Sample

Dyadic analysis of self-efficacy and perceived support: The relationship of individual and spousal characteristics with physical activity among middle-aged and young-older adults.

Commitment to one’s spouse as a predictor of marital quality among older couples

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