The Effect Of Religiousness On Marital Satisfaction: Testing The Mediator Role Of Marital Problem Solving Between Religiousness And Marital Satisfaction Relationship

Authors: Hünler Olga¹; Gençöz Tülin²

Source: Contemporary Family Therapy, Volume 27, Number 1, March 2005 , pp. 123-136(14)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

This study was focused on revealing the effects of religiousness on marital satisfaction, and also to test the mediator role of perceived marital problem solving between religiousness and marital satisfaction relationship in a Turkish sample. Subjects were 92 married couples, or a total of 184 participants. Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that after controlling for the variance accounted for by the control variables, namely duration of marriage, marital style, educational level, hopelessness, and submissive acts; religiousness had a major effect on marital satisfaction, but a mediator role of problem solving was not observed.

Keywords: marital satisfaction; religiousness; problem solving; Turkish marital couples

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10591-004-1974-1

Affiliations: 1: Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2: Department of Psychology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, Email: tgencoz@011metu.edu.tr

Publication date: 2005-03-01