Sex Differences and Similarities in Married Couples: Patterns Across and Within Cultures

Weisfeld, Carol Cronin; Dillon, Lisa M.; Nowak, Nicole; Mims, Koyonne R.; Weisfeld, Glenn E.; İmamoğlu, E. Olcay; Butovskaya, Marina; Shen, Jiliang

doi:10.1007/s10508-011-9790-9

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“…Perilloux and Buss 2008). Additionally, this finding provides converging evidence for previous research on women's greater propensity to be choosier in the quality of relationship deemed necessary to continue the relationship even after initial mate selection (Umberson et al 2006;Weisfeld et al 2011) as well as consequent relationship dissolution (Hill et al 1976;Kalmijn and Poortman 2006;Morris et al 2015).…”

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An Evolutionary Explanation for Sex Differences in Nonmarital Breakup Experiences

DeLecce

Weisfeld

2015

Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology

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Previous research has extensively studied sex differences in mating strategies such as mate preferences and degree of choosiness and how these affect relationship initiation. Very little research, however, has examined these sex differences and how they may play a role in nonmarital relationship dissolution. The existing literature that does examine nonmarital breakups tends to do so from a clinical perspective and neglects the evolutionary approach. The current study uses self-report data gathered from 392 participants through Mechanical Turk to expand upon the sparse existing literature on nonmarital relationship dissolution from an evolutionary perspective to investigate how sex differences in mating strategies affect breakup processes such as the coping period, emotions experienced, and post-breakup behaviors. Results revealed that women require a longer time period to get over an ex-partner with a good sense of humor and are more likely to make in-person contact with such an ex-partner. For postbreakup emotions, women were significantly more likely to report feeling happy which likely is a reflection of the finding that they were more likely to initiate breakups. Men, on the other hand, were more likely to report feeling sexually frustrated following relationship dissolution. Post-breakup behaviors were predicted by breakup initiator rather than participant gender. Overall, these findings support sexual dimorphism in the value of humor and greater female choosiness even after initial mate selection.

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Section: Breakup Initiation and Post-breakup Emotionssupporting

confidence: 69%

An Evolutionary Explanation for Sex Differences in Nonmarital Breakup Experiences

DeLecce

Weisfeld

2015

Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology

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“…;” “Do you enjoy your husband's/wife's company?” ) on a five-point scale (1 = no ; 2 = rather no ; 3 = neither yes nor no ; 4 = rather yes ; 5 = yes ). This subscale has been tested for cross-cultural use and showed good psychometric characteristics in many cross-cultural studies (Lucas et al, 2004 , 2008 ; Weisfeld et al, 2011 ). In the current study, internal consistency (Cronbach alpha) was 0.91 across all samples and both genders.…”

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The Associations of Dyadic Coping and Relationship Satisfaction Vary between and within Nations: A 35-Nation Study

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Objective: Theories about how couples help each other to cope with stress, such as the systemic transactional model of dyadic coping, suggest that the cultural context in which couples live influences how their coping behavior affects their relationship satisfaction. In contrast to the theoretical assumptions, a recent meta-analysis provides evidence that neither culture, nor gender, influences the association between dyadic coping and relationship satisfaction, at least based on their samples of couples living in North America and West Europe. Thus, it is an open questions whether the theoretical assumptions of cultural influences are false or whether cultural influences on couple behavior just occur in cultures outside of the Western world.Method: In order to examine the cultural influence, using a sample of married individuals (N = 7973) from 35 nations, we used multilevel modeling to test whether the positive association between dyadic coping and relationship satisfaction varies across nations and whether gender might moderate the association.Results: Results reveal that the association between dyadic coping and relationship satisfaction varies between nations. In addition, results show that in some nations the association is higher for men and in other nations it is higher for women.Conclusions: Cultural and gender differences across the globe influence how couples' coping behavior affects relationship outcomes. This crucial finding indicates that couple relationship education programs and interventions need to be culturally adapted, as skill trainings such as dyadic coping lead to differential effects on relationship satisfaction based on the culture in which couples live.

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“…It seems that women highly value work–life balance; thus, worksite or institutional support is a key factor in promoting childbirth, especially in promoting subsequent childbirth, among employed women. Previous cross-cultural research found that women prefer to housework more than men [ 26 ]; thus, housework may not be a harsh burden for all women. Actually, women provide more childcare than men in all cultures [ 27 ], including Korea.…”

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Factors Associated with Subsequent Childbirth between Marriage Years in Korea

Park

Lee²,

Kim

2021

IJERPH

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This study aimed to identify differences in factors associated with subsequent childbirth between the marriage years of 1996–2005 (Group 1) and 2006–2015 (Group 2) using the 2015 National Survey. A total of 5097 eligible participants (2492 and 2605 women in each group, respectively) were included. The main variables consisted of demographic characteristics, socio-economic status, value for child and son, and social support for raising child. For statistical analysis, discrete-time hazard models were used. The common factors associated with subsequent childbirth in both groups were son preference (Group 1: HR = 1.16; 95% CI = 1.06–1.27, Group 2: HR = 1.14; 95% CI = 1.04–1.24) and the favorable value on children (HR = 1.12; 95% CI = 1.01–1.25, HR = 1.11; 95% CI = 1.01–1.22). Only in Group 2, age at the first childbirth (HR = 1.35; 95% CI = 1.31–1.39) and more monthly income (≥4600, <6000: HR = 1.18; 95% CI = 1.04–1.33, ≥6000: HR = 1.15; 95% CI = 1.00–1.32) were significantly associated with subsequent children. Whereas, working women (HR = 0.86; 95% CI = 0.78–0.94) were less likely to have subsequent children. To increase fertility in Korea, the government must provide childcare and deal with factors associated with low fertility considering the reduction in role incomparability for women due to changes in demographic characteristics.

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Sex Differences and Similarities in Married Couples: Patterns Across and Within Cultures

Cited by 14 publications

References 33 publications

An Evolutionary Explanation for Sex Differences in Nonmarital Breakup Experiences

An Evolutionary Explanation for Sex Differences in Nonmarital Breakup Experiences

The Associations of Dyadic Coping and Relationship Satisfaction Vary between and within Nations: A 35-Nation Study

Factors Associated with Subsequent Childbirth between Marriage Years in Korea

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