Dyadic positive and negative religious coping among older Singaporean couples and marital satisfaction

Difficulties faced in life can affect marital relationships and such troubles may be dealt with in a multitude of ways, including coping religiously. The present study examined how religious coping, either in a positive or negative manner, may have an impact on marital satisfaction. Importantly, thi...

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Main Authors: LAI, Gloria J., TAN, Kenneth, TAN, Micah, CHEONG, Grace, CHENG, Cheng, MATHEW, Mathews
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soss_research-48872024-03-06T01:42:11Z Dyadic positive and negative religious coping among older Singaporean couples and marital satisfaction LAI, Gloria J. TAN, Kenneth TAN, Micah CHEONG, Grace CHENG, Cheng MATHEW, Mathews Difficulties faced in life can affect marital relationships and such troubles may be dealt with in a multitude of ways, including coping religiously. The present study examined how religious coping, either in a positive or negative manner, may have an impact on marital satisfaction. Importantly, this association was studied dyadically in a sample of religiously diverse (Buddhists, 32.3%; Taoists, 17.6%; protestant Christians, 14.1%; and others who did not identify with a specific religion, 19.1%), married older Singaporean adults (N = 1928; 964 couples). Using actor-partner interdependence modeling, we found significant actor, partner, and combined actor-partner effects for positive and negative religious coping on marital satisfaction. Specifically, marital satisfaction was highest when both spouses reported high levels of positive religious coping and low levels of negative religious coping. Taken together, these findings suggest that it is the simultaneous act of either greater positive or lower negative religious coping by both spouses that is related to higher marital satisfaction. 2023-03-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3629 info:doi/10.1037/fam0001025 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4887/viewcontent/Dyadic_av.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University actor-partner interdependence model religious coping homogamy marital satisfaction ageing Asian Studies Family, Life Course, and Society Gerontology
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topic actor-partner interdependence model
religious coping
homogamy
marital satisfaction
ageing
Asian Studies
Family, Life Course, and Society
Gerontology
spellingShingle actor-partner interdependence model
religious coping
homogamy
marital satisfaction
ageing
Asian Studies
Family, Life Course, and Society
Gerontology
LAI, Gloria J.
TAN, Kenneth
TAN, Micah
CHEONG, Grace
CHENG, Cheng
MATHEW, Mathews
Dyadic positive and negative religious coping among older Singaporean couples and marital satisfaction
description Difficulties faced in life can affect marital relationships and such troubles may be dealt with in a multitude of ways, including coping religiously. The present study examined how religious coping, either in a positive or negative manner, may have an impact on marital satisfaction. Importantly, this association was studied dyadically in a sample of religiously diverse (Buddhists, 32.3%; Taoists, 17.6%; protestant Christians, 14.1%; and others who did not identify with a specific religion, 19.1%), married older Singaporean adults (N = 1928; 964 couples). Using actor-partner interdependence modeling, we found significant actor, partner, and combined actor-partner effects for positive and negative religious coping on marital satisfaction. Specifically, marital satisfaction was highest when both spouses reported high levels of positive religious coping and low levels of negative religious coping. Taken together, these findings suggest that it is the simultaneous act of either greater positive or lower negative religious coping by both spouses that is related to higher marital satisfaction.
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author LAI, Gloria J.
TAN, Kenneth
TAN, Micah
CHEONG, Grace
CHENG, Cheng
MATHEW, Mathews
author_facet LAI, Gloria J.
TAN, Kenneth
TAN, Micah
CHEONG, Grace
CHENG, Cheng
MATHEW, Mathews
author_sort LAI, Gloria J.
title Dyadic positive and negative religious coping among older Singaporean couples and marital satisfaction
title_short Dyadic positive and negative religious coping among older Singaporean couples and marital satisfaction
title_full Dyadic positive and negative religious coping among older Singaporean couples and marital satisfaction
title_fullStr Dyadic positive and negative religious coping among older Singaporean couples and marital satisfaction
title_full_unstemmed Dyadic positive and negative religious coping among older Singaporean couples and marital satisfaction
title_sort dyadic positive and negative religious coping among older singaporean couples and marital satisfaction
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2023
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3629
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