Faculty of Educational Sciences Psychology and Social Sciences, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, 310032 Arad, Romania.
Department of Psychology, West University of Timisoara, 300223 Timisoara, Romania.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Sep 2;19(17):11011. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191711011.
The goal of this study was to widen the scope of the social component of family sustainability. The fundamental goal of this non-experimental, quantitative study was to look at the links between parenting correlates, personality characteristics, marital satisfaction, and well-being in couples, as well as to construct explanatory prediction models for relational and marital satisfaction. The study focused on the effects of personality traits, parental self-efficacy, and attachment to marital and relational satisfaction. The test instruments applied were: the Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised, Marital Adjustment Test, Couple Satisfaction Index, Relationship Satisfaction Scale, Family Distress Index, Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale (adapted to the role of a parent), Mowen's Personality Scale, and demographic data. A total of 238 Romanians answered the online survey, recruited based on a convenience sampling method. Participants in this research were individuals who were both married and had at least one child. The main findings show that agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, anxious and avoidant attachment, and marital adjustment predict the satisfaction in the relationship, and openness partially mediates the association between marital adjustment and relationship satisfaction. Parental self-efficacy appears to influence the association between relationship satisfaction and marital satisfaction. An increased parental self-efficacy score predicts an increased relationship satisfaction and marital satisfaction. The higher the parental self-efficacy, the higher the satisfaction in the relationship, which leads to an increase in satisfaction in the couple. These results show that marital adjustment and adaptation are related to relational satisfaction, and these relationship are partially mediated by an individual's openness. Despite some limitations, the current study significantly contributes to couples therapies and interventions in terms of physical and mental health, and the study provides insight into the experiences and perspectives of married individuals with children in Romania.
本研究旨在拓宽家庭可持续性的社会层面。这项非实验性、定量研究的基本目标是研究父母相关因素、人格特征、婚姻满意度和夫妻幸福感之间的关系，并构建关系和婚姻满意度的解释性预测模型。该研究关注人格特质、父母自我效能感和对婚姻和关系满意度的依恋的影响。应用的测试工具包括：亲密关系体验修订版、婚姻调整测试、夫妻满意度指数、关系满意度量表、家庭困扰指数、一般自我效能感量表（适用于父母角色）、Mowen 人格量表和人口统计学数据。共有 238 名罗马尼亚人通过方便抽样方法参与了在线调查。本研究的参与者是已婚且至少有一个孩子的人。主要发现表明，宜人性、开放性、尽责性、焦虑和回避依恋以及婚姻调整预测关系满意度，开放性部分中介了婚姻调整和关系满意度之间的关系。父母自我效能感似乎影响关系满意度和婚姻满意度之间的关系。较高的父母自我效能感预测关系满意度和婚姻满意度的提高。父母自我效能感越高，对关系的满意度越高，从而导致对夫妻关系的满意度提高。这些结果表明，婚姻调整和适应与关系满意度有关，并且这种关系部分由个体的开放性中介。尽管存在一些局限性，但本研究对夫妻治疗和干预在身心健康方面做出了重要贡献，并深入了解了罗马尼亚已婚有子女个体的经验和观点。
