Małgorzata Dobrowolska, Agata Groyecka-Bernard, Piotr Sorokowski, Ashley K. Randall, Peter Hilpert, Khodabakhsh Ahmadi, Ahmad M. Alghraibeh, Richmond Aryeetey, Anna Bertoni, Karim Bettache, Marta Błażejewska, Guy Bodenmann, Tiago S. Bortolini, Carla Bosc, Marina Butovskaya, Felipe N. Castro, Hakan Cetinkaya, Diana Cunha, Daniel David, Oana Alexandra David, Fahd A. Dileym, Alejandra C. Domínguez Espinosa, Silvia Donato, Daria Dronova, Seda Dural, Maryanne Fisher, Tomasz Frackowiak, Aslıhan Hamamcıoğlu Akkaya, Takeshi Hamamura, Karolina Hansen, Wallisen Tadashi Hattori, Ivana Hromatko, Evrim Gulbetekin, Raffaella Iafrate, Bawo James, Feng Jiang, Charles O. Kimamo, Fırat Koç, Anna Krasnodębska, Fívia A. Lopes, Rocio Martinez, Norbert Meskó, Natalya Molodovskaya, Khadijeh Moradi Qezeli, Zahrasadat Motahari, Jean Carlos Natividade, Joseph Ntayi, Oluyinka Ojedokun, Mohd S. B. Omar-Fauzee, Ike E. Onyishi, Barış Özener, Anna Paluszak, Alda Portugal, Anu Realo, Ana Paula Relvas, Muhammad Rizwan, Agnieszka Sabiniewicz, Svjetlana Salkičević, Ivan Sarmány-Schuller, Eftychia Stamkou, Stanislava Stoyanova, Denisa Šukolová, Nina Sutresna, Meri Tadinac, Andero Teras, Edna Lúcia Tinoco Ponciano, Ritu Tripathi, Nachiketa Tripathi, Mamta Tripathi, Maria E. Yamamoto, Gyesook Yoo, Agnieszka Sorokowska
Across the world, millions of couples get married each year. One of the strongest predictors of whether partners will remain in their relationship is their reported satisfaction. Marital satisfaction is commonly found to be a key predictor of both individual and relational well-being. Despite its importance in predicting relationship longevity, there are relatively few empirical research studies examining predictors of marital satisfaction outside of a Western context. To address this gap in the literature and complete the existing knowledge about global predictors of marital satisfaction, we used an open-access database of self-reported assessments of self-reported marital satisfaction with data from 7178 participants representing 33 different countries. The results showed that sex, age, religiosity, economic status, education, and cultural values were related, to various extents, to marital satisfaction across cultures. However, marriage duration, number of children, and gross domestic product (GDP) were not found to be predictors of marital satisfaction for countries represented in this sample. While 96% of the variance of marital satisfaction was attributed to individual factors, only 4% was associated with countries. Together, the results show that individual differences have a larger influence on marital satisfaction compared to the country of origin. Findings are discussed in terms of the advantages of conducting studies on large cross-cultural samples. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
International Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, 44-100, Poland; Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, 50-137, Poland; Counseling and Counseling Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, 85281, AZ, United States; Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, United Kingdom; Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 1435916471, Iran; Department of Psychology, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia; School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, GA015, Ghana; Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, 20123, Italy; Department of Psychology, Monash University, Bandar Sunway, 47500, Malaysia; Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, 8006, Switzerland; D’Or Institute for Research and Education, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-901, Brazil; Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation; Laboratory of Evolution of Human Behavior, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 59078-970, Brazil; Department of Psychology, Faculty of Languages History and Geography, Ankara University, Ankara, 06560, Turkey; Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, 3000-115, Portugal; Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, 3000-104, Portugal; International Institute for the Advanced Studies of Psychotherapy and Applied Mental Health, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, 400000, Romania; Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, 400000, Romania; Department of Psychology, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11564, Saudi Arabia; Department of Psychology, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, 01219, Mexico; Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, 35330, Turkey; Department of Psychology, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, B3H 3C3, NS, Canada; Department of Anthropology, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, 58140, Turkey; School of Psychology, Curtin University, Perth, 6102, Australia; Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, 00-927, Poland; Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, 38405-319, Brazil; Department of Psychology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia; Department of Psychology, Akdeniz University, Antalya, 07070, Turkey; Department of Clinical Services, Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Benin-City, 101212, Nigeria; Department of Organization and Human Resources Management, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, 100081, China; Department of Psychology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, 00100, Kenya; Department of Anthropology, Hitit University, Çorum, 19030, Turkey; Institute of Pedagogical Sciences, University of Opole, Opole, 45-040, Poland; Department of Social Psychology, University of Granada, Granada, 18010, Spain; Institute of Psychology, University of Pécs, Pécs, 7622, Hungary; Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Razi University, Kermanshah, 6714414971, Iran; Institute of Psychology, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, 1461968151, Iran; Department of Psychology, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 22541-900, Brazil; Faculty of Economics, Energy and Management Sciences, Makerere University Business School, Kampala, 10101, Uganda; Department of Pure & Applied Psychology, Adekunle Ajasin University, 001, Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria; School of Education and Modern Languages, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, 06010, Malaysia; Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 410001, Nigeria; Department of Anthropology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, 34452, Turkey; Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Madeira, Madeira, 9000-082, Portugal; Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom; Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, 3004-531, Portugal; The Delve Pvt Ltd., Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan; Center of Social and Psychological Sciences, Institute of Experimental Psychology SAS, Bratislava, SK-841 04, Slovakia; Department of Social Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1012 WX, Netherlands; Department of Psychology, South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Blagoevgrad, 2700, Bulgaria; Educational Research Center, Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica, 974 01, Slovakia; Coaching Department, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, 40154, Indonesia; Mõttemaru OÜ, Tartu, 50410, Estonia; Institute of Psychology, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 20943-000, Brazil; Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Bangalore, 560076, India; Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, 781039, India; Department of Child and Family Studies, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, 13557, South Korea; Department of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, 01069, Germany
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