Marital satisfaction, communication and coping strategy among Malaysian married couples: factors prediction and model testing
Empirical evidences on the understanding of marital satisfaction as a multidimensional construct in the context of a multicultural multireligious society are found to be limited. In this study, an attempt has been made to predict and hypothesize the factors in influencing marital satisfaction, com...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Science Publishing Corporation Inc
2018
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/65896/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/65896/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/65896/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/65896/1/rozaina.pdf |
| Summary: | Empirical evidences on the understanding of marital satisfaction as a multidimensional construct in the context of a multicultural multireligious
society are found to be limited. In this study, an attempt has been made to predict and hypothesize the factors in influencing
marital satisfaction, communication and coping strategy in marriage among Malaysian married couples. Using 5-Likert scale agreement,
the new Marital Satisfaction Scale has been constructed and administered among 150 respondents in a cross-sectional survey, Descriptive
statistics and backward Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA) were adopted to ensure the models were estimated based on the contributions
from each predictor to determine the model specification. The results have shown that the best predicted models of Marital Satisfaction
and Communication are explained by 76% of variance while the prediction of Coping strategy is explained by 30% of variance. This
study has recognized the usefulness of multiple regression analysis in model testing before further research on model prediction via
Structural Equation Modeling is conducted. A newly hypothesized Marital Satisfaction Model was initiated by integrating the VSA
Model of Marriage (Karney and Bradburry, 1995). This study is significant in contributing to pre/post-marital education and counseling
fields as well as in crafting a better intervention strategy to promote a more satisfying marital institution. |
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