Relationship standards and marital satisfaction in Chinese and American couples |
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Authors: | Epstein Norman B Chen Fuguo Beyder-Kamjou Irina |
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Institution: | Department of Family Studies, University of Maryland, College Park 20742, USA. nbe@umd.edu |
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Abstract: | Samples of urban community couples in Shanghai, China, and suburban U.S. couples were administered measures of relationship adjustment and personal standards regarding characteristics of couple relationships. There were few gender differences in adherence to relationship standards but many differences between Chinese and U.S. couples. Fewer cultural differences existed in degree of couple consensus on relationship standards, but both adherence to standards and couple consensus on standards were associated with partners' levels of marital adjustment. Implications of the findings for clinical assessment and intervention with distressed couples, in particular for Western therapists working with Chinese couples whose standards may conflict with goals and methods of couple therapy, are discussed. |
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