Long Lasting Marriages in Chile

Authors: Roizblatt A.¹; Kaslow F.²; Rivera S.³; Fuchs T.³; Conejero C.¹; Zacharias A.¹

Source: Contemporary Family Therapy, Volume 21, Number 1, March 1999 , pp. 113-129(17)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

Reports the Chilean segment of a multicultural, multicountry (Canada, Germany, Israel, Netherlands, South Africa, Sweden, USA) study on long-term marriages. This pilot study is seen as a starting point in research focusing on the childhood background and family history of long-term marital partners in Chile. No statistically significant association between marital satisfaction and economic or educational level was found. A positive correlation was found between marital satisfaction and happiness during childhood. Love, trust, and loyalty appear to be the main ingredients of satisfaction for both satisfied and unsatisfied couples. The findings across countries as to the essential ingredients reported here have been remarkably similar.

Keywords: long-term marriage; marital satisfaction; Chilean marital couples; family background

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Psychiatry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Campus Oriente, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile 2: Directs the Florida Couples and Family Institute, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA 3: Public Health Department, Faculty of Medicine, Campus Oriente, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Publication date: 1999-03-01