Rôles Sexuels et Adaptation Conjugale.

Abstract

la feminite et l'adaptation conjugale. Cette recherche s'inscrit dans le cadre plus vaste des etudes recentes sur 1'influence des roles sexuels sur le developpement et le maintien de la detresse conjugale. En effet, plusieurs chercheurs ont demontre que les roles sexuels et, plus specifiquement, la feminite constituent de bons predicteurs de la satisfaction conjugale. L'analyse de regression multiple polynomiale est ici utilisee pour determiner la valeur de six modeles conceptuels liant les roles sexuels a la satisfaction conjugale: le modele de feminite, le modele de mascuhnite, le modele des types sexuels, le modele androgyne additif, le modele androgyne interactif et le modele curvilineaire. L'echantillon se compose de 117 couples qui ont complete l'lnventaire des roles Sexuels de Bern (1974) et l'Echelle d'Adjustment Dyadique (Spanier, 1976. Les resultats des analyses correlationnelles demontrent la presence tant chez les hommes que chez les femmes d'une relation significative entre la masculinite, la feminite et l'adaptation conjugale. De plus, l'analyse de regression multiple polynomial incluant les effets principaux (M,F), les effets d'interaction (M x F, M x Sexe, F x Sexe) les effets curvilineaires (M 2 , F 2 ) demontre la valeur du modele androgyne additif liant les roles sexuels et la satisfaction conjugale. Les implications theoriques de ces resultats sont presentees.

Masculinity, Femininity, and Marital Satisfaction: An Examination of Theoretical Models

“…A careful inspection of correlational studies linking self-perceived masculinity, femininity, and marital satisfaction reveals the presence of three types of results. First, for both husbands and wives, high levels of masculinity and femininity are associated with high levels of self-reported marital satisfaction (Cooper et al, 1985;Langis, Mathieu, & Sabourin, 1991;Murstein & Williams, 1983;Zammichieli, Gilroy, & Sherman, 1988). The results of a longitudinal study also support the value of the androgynous model (Bentler & Newcomb, 1978).…”

“…To this list, we can add the femininity model. Since these theoretical conceptions have already been presented elsewhere (Langis et al, 1991;Marsh, 1987), only a brief description is provided for each, (a) The masculinity model proposes that, for both men and women, the degree of marital satisfaction is determined only by the degree of masculinity of the subjects; in this model, femininity bears no relationship to marital satisfaction. (Jb) The femininity model proposes that, for both men and women, the degree of marital satisfaction is determined only by the degree of femininity of the subjects; in this model, masculinity bears no relationship to marital satisfaction, (c) The additive androgynous model proposes that, for both men and women, the degree of marital satisfaction is determined by the combined levels of masculinity and femininity of the subjects, with each level contributing positively to an increase in marital satisfaction, {d) The sex-typed model proposes that men who solely adopt a masculine role will be satisfied, as will women who solely adopt a feminine role, (c) The interactive androgynous model proposes that, for both men and women, it is not the additive effects of masculinity and femininity, but the effect of an interaction between the two variables that contributes to increased marital satisfaction; thus, this model implies a balance between masculinity and femininity traits in the absence of main effects for both these variables.…”