Marital satisfaction of Chinese under stress: Moderating effects of personal control and social support

Peilian Chi; Sandra K.M. Tsang; Kin San Chan; Xiaoping Xiang; Paul S.F. Yip; Yee Tak Cheung; Xiulan Zhang

doi:10.1111/j.1467-839X.2010.01322.x

Marital satisfaction of Chinese under stress: Moderating effects of personal control and social support

Peilian Chi, Sandra K.M. Tsang^*, Kin San Chan, Xiaoping Xiang, Paul S.F. Yip, Yee Tak Cheung, Xiulan Zhang

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Abstract

Stressful life events, personal control, and social support were examined relative to marital satisfaction among 1749 participants in seven Chinese cities. Stressful life events were categorized as life crises and life transitions. Life crises, rather than transitions, negatively predicted the marital satisfaction of Chinese. The moderating effects of personal control were found among women, but not men, and occurred only in the relationship between marital satisfaction and life crises, not life transitions. Social support buffers the negative effects of life crises on marital satisfaction. The results extend family stress-coping theory in specifying two coping resources for Chinese marriages under stress.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15-25
Number of pages	11
Journal	Asian Journal of Social Psychology
Volume	14
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-839X.2010.01322.x
Publication status	Published - Mar 2011
Externally published	Yes

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Marital satisfaction
Personal control
Social support

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