The Mediating Effects of Marital Support and Conflict Resolution Behavior on the Relationship between Stress and Marital Satisfaction

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The Mediating Effects of Marital Support and Conflict Resolution Behavior on the Relationship between Stress and Marital Satisfaction

The Korean Journal of Woman Psychology / The Korean Journal of Woman Psychology, (P)1229-0726;

2009, v.14 no.1, pp.153-171

https://doi.org/10.18205/kpa.2009.14.1.008

(2009). The Mediating Effects of Marital Support and Conflict Resolution Behavior on the Relationship between Stress and Marital Satisfaction. The Korean Journal of Woman Psychology, 14(1), 153-171, https://doi.org/10.18205/kpa.2009.14.1.008

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The purpose of this study is to extend a behavioral model for marriage with respect to marital support and conflict resolution behaviors. This study investigated the effect of both negative life events and economic stress on marital satisfaction through marital support and conflict resolution behavior. 226 married couples in Seoul metropolitan area and vicinity were selected for this study. Data were analyzed in two ways; 1) within-spouse analyses, and 2) cross-spouse analyses. The results showed that the mediating effects of marital support and conflict resolution behavior on the relationship between stress and marital satisfaction varied by gender and causes of the stress. For husbands, neither their own and their wives' marital support nor their own and their wives' conflict resolution behaviors mediated the relationship between their negative life events and their marital satisfaction. However, economic stress influenced partially their marital satisfaction through the mediating effects of their wives' marital support and their own and their wives' conflict resolution behaviors. For wives, their negative life events influenced directly and indirectly the marital satisfaction through both their own and their husbands' support and conflict resolution behaviors. Both their own and their husbands' marital support and conflict resolution behaviors mediated partially the relationship between economic stress and her marital satisfaction. Both husbands and wives economic stress influenced directly their marital satisfaction. Specifically, their own and their spouses' marital support influenced their marital satisfaction more than conflict resolution behaviors did. The implications and limitations of this study were discussed, and the suggestions for further studies were recommended.

keywords: marital support, conflict resolution behavior, economic stress, negative life events, marital satisfaction, 부부의 지지행동, 갈등해결행동, 경제적 스트레스, 부정적인 생활사건스트레스, 결혼만족

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The Mediating Effects of Marital Support and Conflict Resolution Behavior on the Relationship between Stress and Marital Satisfaction

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