Déterminants de Satisfaction Conjugale Chez des Personnes Vivant une Première ou une Seconde Union Conjugale |
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Authors: | Jeannine Gigu re,Claudette Fortin,St phane Sabourin |
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Affiliation: | Jeannine Giguère,Claudette Fortin,Stéphane Sabourin |
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Abstract: | This study aims to compare the contribution of motivation, personality traits and sociodemographic variables to relationship satisfaction for people in a first and second conjugal union. A sample of 443 French Canadian partners, married or cohabiting, amongst whom 274 were living in a first union and 169 in a second conjugal union, completed a series of questionnaires. The results of multiple regression analyses showed that for people from the two types of union, a motivation was a negative predictor of relationship satisfaction while intrinsic motivation and agreeableness served as positive predictors. On the other hand, introjected regulation and neuroticism negatively contributed to satisfaction only for people in a second union while openness and conscientiousness provided a positive contribution only for people in a first union. Finally, having children from a first or a second union contributed to the happiness of people in a second union. This last finding contradicts those from other studies suggesting a relation between a decrease of marital satisfaction in remarried people and the presence of children from a previous union. |
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