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The Relationship among Similarity of Couple s Value, Communication Pattern and Marital Quality
Deng Linyuan,Dai Liqiong,Fang Xiaoyi
2014, 12(2):
231-237.
The relationship between couple similarity and marital quality has been one of focus topics in the research area of marital adjustment. Many studies found the more similar the couple are, the happier they are. But, some studies got different results, and some theories put forward to complementarity theory. In addition, few studies explored the mechanism of effects of couple similarity on marital quality. In order to explore the relationship among similarity of couple s value, communication pattern, and marital Quality, 132 husbands and wives from Macau, China were selected to fill Schwartz Value Survey, Communication Pattern Questionnaire revised by Christensen et al. in 1996, and Sullaways Dyadic Adjustment Scale independently. T-test, intraclass correlation and structure model analysis were used in data analysis, it was found the couples were similar on value of security, tradition, universalism, self-direction, hedonism,but the degree of similarity were not very high; the couple were different on some values, the husbands valued power and achievement significant more than the wives; the real couples were significantly more similar than random matched couples on all values; the husbands reported more negative communication than their wives, especially on mutual withdraw communication; the marital quality reported by husbands were better than that reported by wives, especially on marital satisfaction and emotional expression; the study also found the more similar the couple were, the happier they were, but communication was an important mediator of their relationship. It was concluded the couple selection might be explained by both similarity theory and complementarity theory, and communication should be the foundation of couple relationship.
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