Marital satisfaction of Chinese under stress: Moderating effects of personal control and social support |
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| Authors: | Peilian Chi Sandra K. M. Tsang Kin San Chan Xiaoping Xiang Paul S. F. Yip Yee Tak Cheung Xiulan Zhang |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong;2. Department of Government and Public Administration, University of Macau, Macau;3. School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;4. Institute of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China |
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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. |
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| Keywords: | marital satisfaction personal control social support |
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