Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies and Marital Satisfaction in Older Couples: The Moderating Role of General Cognitive Abilities

doi:10.12139/j.1672-0628.2025.03.016

Abstract

Abstract:

A survey of 199 older couples was conducted to explore the effect of cognitive emotion regulation strategies on marital satisfaction and the moderating role of general cognitive ability. The results showed that: 1) Couples differed in how cognitive emotion regulation strategies related to marital satisfaction. For husbands, their strategies consistently predicted both partners’ satisfaction. For wives, adaptive strategies significantly influenced their husbands’ satisfaction, while non-adaptive strategies had a stronger impact on their own. 2) General cognitive ability moderated this relationship. When wives had low fluid intelligence, their husbands’ adaptive strategies significantly positively predicted their satisfaction; this effect disappeared when wives had high fluid intelligence. For husbands with low crystallized intelligence, non-adaptive strategies negatively affected their own satisfaction, and this effect was stronger for those with high crystallized intelligence.

Key words: cognitive emotion regulation strategies, marital satisfaction, general cognitive abilities, actor-partner interdependence model, older couples

摘要：

为考察认知情绪调节策略与老年夫妻婚姻满意度的关系及一般认知能力的调节作用，采用问卷法和主客体互倚模型对199对老年夫妻进行研究，结果发现：(1)认知情绪调节策略与婚姻满意度关联模式存在夫妻差异，丈夫情绪调节策略与双方婚姻满意度关联一致，妻子适应性策略与丈夫婚姻满意度关联显著，非适应性策略与自身关联更强。(2)一般认知能力在认知情绪调节策略与婚姻满意度的关系中起调节作用。妻子流体智力低时，丈夫适应性策略显著正向预测妻子婚姻满意度；流体智力高时，二者关联不显著。丈夫晶体智力低时，其非适应性策略显著负向预测自身婚姻满意度；晶体智力高时，此关联更强。

关键词: 认知情绪调节策略, 婚姻满意度, 一般认知能力, 主客体互倚模型, 老年夫妻

Hexu YE, Dahua WANG. Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies and Marital Satisfaction in Older Couples: The Moderating Role of General Cognitive Abilities[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2025, 23(3): 407-414.

叶和旭, 王大华. 老年夫妻认知情绪调节策略与婚姻满意度的关系：一般认知能力的调节作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2025, 23(3): 407-414.

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	M	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	40.35	6.41
2	18.06	5.72	−0.06
3	15.12	3.14	−0.004	0.19
4	6.24	1.23	−0.05	0.22	0.01
5	4.71	1.03	−0.33***	0.02	−0.07	0.50***
6	39.40	6.45	0.29***	0.01	−0.001	0.07	−0.10
7	19.94	7.02	−0.06	0.22	0.07	0.10	0.11	0.05
8	14.20	3.32	0.21	0.20	0.13	0.01	−0.07	−0.03	0.18
9	5.32	1.34	0.09	0.18	−0.06	0.01	−0.10	−0.18	0.04	0.02
10	4.09	1.18	−0.04	0.11	−0.06	−0.05	−0.03	−0.33***	−0.06	−0.11	0.61***

	M	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	40.35	6.41
2	18.06	5.72	−0.06
3	15.12	3.14	−0.004	0.19
4	6.24	1.23	−0.05	0.22	0.01
5	4.71	1.03	−0.33***	0.02	−0.07	0.50***
6	39.40	6.45	0.29***	0.01	−0.001	0.07	−0.10
7	19.94	7.02	−0.06	0.22	0.07	0.10	0.11	0.05
8	14.20	3.32	0.21	0.20	0.13	0.01	−0.07	−0.03	0.18
9	5.32	1.34	0.09	0.18	−0.06	0.01	−0.10	−0.18	0.04	0.02
10	4.09	1.18	−0.04	0.11	−0.06	−0.05	−0.03	−0.33***	−0.06	−0.11	0.61***

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