Marital Satisfaction Among San Francisco Chinese-Americans

Yu-Wen Ying
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Yu-Wen Ying: School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 1991, vol. 37, issue 3, 201-213

Abstract: This study investigates variables that predict marital satisfaction in a group of San Francisco Chinese-Americans. Using Campbell, Converse and Rodgers' model of satisfaction as a framework (1976), 41% of the variance of marital satisfaction is accounted for with objective demographics and subjective assessments of mar riage components derived from the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Scale items. Chinese-Americans are generally satisfied with their marriage, with men reporting higher satisfaction levels than women. Agreement on life aims and moral behaviour emerges as the most important predictor of marital quality. In addition, for men, agreement in relating to in-laws and friends is also found to be a significant predictor of marriage satisfaction.

Date: 1991
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DOI: 10.1177/002076409103700307

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