Predictors of Emirati Marital Satisfaction: Contributions of Psychological Health and Family Functioning
Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
Journal of Family Issues
Publication Date
4-1-2019
Abstract
© The Author(s) 2019. Based on previous work on factors predicting marital satisfaction in Emirati society, this study aimed at examining whether anxiety and depression as well as perceived family functioning would predict marital satisfaction among a sample of 1,041 Emirati married individuals. Participants responded to the Emirati Marital Satisfaction Scale along with an Arabic translation of the General Functioning (GF12) subscale of the McMaster Family Assessment Device and the Primary Care Anxiety and Depression Scale. Marital satisfaction negatively correlated with lower levels of family functioning as well as to depression and anxiety. Lower levels of depression and anxiety as well as healthy family functioning together explained about 50% of the variance in the marital satisfaction. The interaction between gender and depression and anxiety was insignificant. Findings are discussed within the United Arab Emirates cultural context.
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Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc.
Volume
40
Issue
6
First Page
785
Last Page
804
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Keywords
anxiety, depression, Emirati Marital Satisfaction Scale, family functioning, marital satisfaction, psychological health
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Recommended Citation
Al-Darmaki, Fatima; Dodeen, Hamzeh; Yaaqeib, Saad; Ahammed, Shaima; and Jacobson, Mary J., "Predictors of Emirati Marital Satisfaction: Contributions of Psychological Health and Family Functioning" (2019). All Works. 2751.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/2751
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yes
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no