Download or read book Level of Marital Satisfaction Among Chinese American Families written by Jack C. K. Young and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book L identit de la France Les hommes et les choses written by Fernand Braudel and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Personality Characteristics Acculturation and Marital Satisfaction of Interracially Married and Endogamous Chinese Americans written by Birgitta Maria Oey and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Change in Marital Satisfaction Among Chinese Couples During the Early Years of Marriage written by Hongjian Cao and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Understanding couple relationship well-being and its key determinants is paramount given the substantial costs of marital distress to individuals, families, as well as the society. However, some groups of couples have been historically underrepresented in prior marriage research (e.g., Non-Western couples). Without investigating these groups of couples systematically, the diversity inherent within marriage cannot be adequately acknowledged. Furthermore, from a cultural sensitivity perspective, empirical findings and theoretical perspectives derived from studies of one certain group of couples are likely to be poorly suited to or even irrelevant to the life experiences of another group of couples. To somewhat fill this gap, a series of empirical studies were conducted in the present body of work to particularly examine how the variation in Chinese couples' marital well-being over time could be accounted for by the complex, dynamic interplay among factors of different levels (e.g., individual characteristics, couple dyadic adaptive processes, and external contextual factors) based on the data from a recent longitudinal research project named Chinese Newlyweds Longitudinal Study (CNLS). The first study in the present body of work focused on the associations between spouses' personal characteristics (i.e., neuroticism) and marital satisfaction and the mechanisms explaining why such associations might occur. Specifically, based on three annual waves of data obtained from 268 Chinese couples during their early years of marriage, this study tested an actor-partner interdependence mediation model in which spouses' neuroticism was linked to the changes in their own and their partners' marital satisfaction through both intrapersonal (i.e., marital attribution) and interpersonal (i.e., marital aggression) processes. Considering both intra and interpersonal processes simultaneously in a single model, a series of indirect pathways were identified: Wave 1 Husbands' Neuroticism → Wave 2 Husbands' Negative Marital Attribution → Wave 1 to Wave 3 Changes in Husbands' Marital Satisfaction; and Wave 1 Wives' Neuroticism → Wave 2 Wives' Negative Marital Attribution or Aggression → Wave 1 to Wave 3 Changes in Wives' or Husbands' Marital Satisfaction. As such, this study not only adds to a limited body of research examining why neuroticism affects conjugal well-being, but also extends prior research by focusing on Chinese couples, utilizing a longitudinal, dyadic mediation model, and testing intra and interpersonal processes simultaneously. The findings also have important practical implications. That is, couples involving highly neurotic partners may benefit the most from interventions based on the cognitive-behavioral approaches. When working with couples bothered by neuroticism, practitioners need to help them address both dysfunctional interactive patterns and distorted cognitive styles. The second study in the present body of work sought to understand the associations between couple dyadic interactive processes (i.e., marital hostility) and marital satisfaction and the conditions under which such associations might vary. Specifically, based on both observational and self-report survey data obtained from 106 Chinese couples during their early years of marriage, this study linked marital hostility observed from multiple couple interactions to both the concurrent levels of and the subsequent changes in spouses' reports of relationship satisfaction, and also examined how intrapersonal traits (i.e., self-esteem), relationship features (i.e., commitment), external environment factors (i.e., life event stress), and spouses' avoidance tendency in marital problem resolutions may contextualize such associations. Results indicated that both the concurrent and the longitudinal actor and/or partner effects of marital hostility on marital satisfaction were moderated by spouses' own and/or their partner's self-esteem, commitment, life event stress, and avoidance. Furthermore, in general, whereas spouses' own factors as moderators explained under what circumstances hostility may be harmful for relationship satisfaction, spouses' partner's factors as moderators determined when hostility can be beneficial for relationship satisfaction. Such findings highlight the importance of approaching the association between marital hostility and conjugal well-being from a dyadic, multilevel, and contextual perspective. The third study in the present body of work examined the associations between external contextual factors (i.e., parents' attitude and in-law relationship quality) and marital satisfaction and how different social network factors might operate in conjunction with each other to shape conjugal well-being over time in Chinese marriage. Based on three annual waves of data obtained from 265 Chinese couples during the early years of marriage and utilizing an actor-partner interdependence mediation model with latent difference scores, this study examined the associations among parental attitude toward their adult children's marriage, in-law relationship quality, and adult children's marital satisfaction. Results indicated that when both husbands' and wives' parents' attitude and relationship quality with mothers-in-law and with fathers-in-law were considered simultaneously in a single model, only two indirect pathways were still significant: husbands' parents' satisfaction with their adult children's marriage was positively associated with the changes in both husbands' and wives' marital satisfaction via wives' relationship quality with their mothers-in-law. Such findings not only suggest the particularly salient roles of husbands' parents' attitude and the relationship between daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law in predicting Chinese adult children's marital well-being, but also highlight the importance of conceptualizing families as configurations of interdependent relationships across multiple households and examining marital well-being from ecological and social network perspectives. Taken altogether, the present body of work represents one of the very first steps in systematically understanding marital well-being and its determinants among Chinese couples. Findings of the three aforementioned studies have clearly demonstrated that Chinese couples' relationship development over time is a product of the complex, dynamic intersections of individual characteristics, relational dynamics, and external contextual factors. Furthermore, findings of the present body of work may promote cultural sensitivity in marriage research by yielding important insights for developing culturally relevant frameworks for understanding marital issues in Asian countries."--Abstract from author supplied metadata.
Download or read book Chinese Families written by Man-yee Kan and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-25 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinese societies have undergone a tremendous amount of social, political, and economic change, which have been a catalyst for substantial shifts in fundamental structures within Chinese families. This edited collection focuses on the continuities and changes in gender and inter-generational relations of Chinese families in Greater China.
Download or read book The Perception of Marital Role Expectations and Marital Satisfaction Among Japanese Americans and Chinese Americans written by Scott Hanada and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Resource Role Family Support and Circumplex Model Predictors of Marital Satisfaction in Hong Kong Couples written by Yuen-Wa Leung and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Marital Satisfaction written by Kelvin O and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Comparing Levels of Marital Satisfaction Among Chinese Populations in Mainland China and Australia A Cross sectional Study written by Wen Yang and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purpose: The purpose and specific aim of this study are to understand the cultural differences in marital satisfaction when Chinese couples live in Chinese cultural norms and Chinese couples live in Australian cultural norms. -- Background: Marital satisfaction has been one of the major reasons to impact couples' mental health in China. Improving marital satisfaction and wellbeing is one of the most important, contentious and exciting issues in contemporary public health. -- Methods: To answer this question, this quantitative study measured and compared the level of marital satisfaction and the degree of happiness for Chinese people living in mainland China and living in Australia by using independent sample t-test. The instrument, The Couples Satisfaction Index (CSI-32) in both Chinese and English vision, have been validated in both languages and were published online. By and large, 1235 responded and finally selected 420 responses (Australian Chinese, n=202; Mainland Chinese, n=218) after data screening. -- Results: The result of analysing this quantitative data indicates the level of marital satisfaction and the degree of happiness for those Chinese people who are living in mainland Chinese cultural norms and Australian cultural norms differ significantly. Overall, the Chinese living in mainland China have a lower level of marital satisfaction when compared with Chinese who live in Australia. The higher degree of happiness corresponds to a relative level of the higher degree of happiness. Therefore, both groups considered themselves happy in reference to their cultural situation. Consequently, this was not able to be compared. Furthermore, the length of time Chinese couples spend in Australia increases their level of marital happiness, possibly demonstrating some impact of the Australian culture on happiness. -- Implications: Finally, the findings suggest that cultural beliefs can have positive or negative influences on couple relationships. Therefore, health professionals who caring and treating Chinese in mainland China and Australia, need to promote positive cultural factors and inhibit the negative factors in order to improve mental wellbeing for Chinese. This study emphasises the need to take into account the impacts of cultural norms in mental health services along with marital satisfaction for Chinese people.
Download or read book Income and Education as Marital Power Resources written by Alice Meesee Chow and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ethnic and Economic Correlates of Marital Satisfaction and Attitude Towards Divorce of Chinese American Women written by Carol Rita Iu and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rethinking Marital Intervention for Asian Americans written by Lowe Phillip and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, the divorce rate for couples marrying for the first time has plateaued at approximately 50%. Studies have identified marital distress and destructive marital conflicts as generic risk factors for many forms of dysfunction and psychopathology, particularly depression in adults and conduct disorders in children. Given the state of marital union, viable preventive alternatives are needed for use while couples are still happy, or at least in the early stages of distress. Asian Americans, traditionally seen as a model minority with a strong commitment to marriage and family, have also experienced the erosion of marital satisfaction and significant increases in marital dissolution. This research work proposes a rethinking of intervention for Asian American couples in the early years of marriage, with awareness for the cultural specificity. This proposal focuses on intervention for heterosexual Asian American couples, with the goal of finding an appropriate and effective program to mediate risks that may erode later marital satisfaction.
Download or read book The Applicability of Self Differentiation for Marital Adjustment for Chinese American Families written by Shu-chun Lee and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Families in Asia written by Stella R. Quah and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-24 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research on the family has expanded considerably across Asia but studies tend to be fragmented, focusing on narrow issues within limited areas (cities, towns, small communities) and may not be accessible to international readers. These limitations make it difficult for researchers, students, policy makers, and practitioners to obtain the information they need. The Routledge Handbook of Families in Asia fills that gap by providing a current and comprehensive analysis of Asian families by a wide range of experts in a single publication. The thirty-two chapters of this comparative and multi-disciplinary volume are organized into nine major themes: conceptual approaches, methodological issues, family life in the context of culture, family relationships across the family life cycle, issues of work and income, stress and conflict, family diversity, family policy and laws, and environmental setting of homes. Each chapter examines family life across Asian countries, studying cultural similarities and differences and exploring how families are changing and what trends are likely to develop in the future. To provide a fruitful learning experience for the reader, each chapter offers examples, relevant data, and a comprehensive list of references. Offering a complete interdisciplinary overview of families in Asia, the Handbook will be of interest to students, academics, policy makers and practitioners across the disciplines of Asian Studies, Sociology, Demography, Social Work, Law, Social Policy, Anthropology, Geography, Public Health and Architecture.
Download or read book Rethinking Marital Intervention for Asian American written by Phillip Lowe and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, the divorce rate for couples marrying for the first time has plateaued at approximately 50% (Bierman, 2008; Walsh, 2006 ). Studies have identified marital distress and destructive marital conflicts as generic risk factors for many for ms of dysfunction and psychopathology, particularly depression in adults and conduct disorders in children (Gotlib, Lewinsohn, & Seeley, 1998; Gotlib & McCabe, 1990). Given the state of marital union, viable preventive alternatives are needed for use whil e couples are still happy, or at least in the early stages of distress (Kaiser , Hahlweg, Fehm - Wolsdorf, & Groth, 1998). Asian Americans, traditionally seen as a model minority with a strong commitment to marriage and family, have also experienced the erosi on of marital satisfaction and significant increases in marital dissolution. This dissertation proposes a rethinking of intervention for Asian American couples in the early years of marriage, with awareness for the cultural specificity. This proposal focus es on intervention for heterosexual Asian American couples, with the goal of finding an appropriate and effective program to mediate risks that may erode later marital satisfaction. Keywords : marital intervention, early marriage, marital crises, Asian Americans, mental health stigma, psychoeducation, underutilize, mental health services, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
Download or read book Divorce written by David Chiriboga and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1991-06-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not since William Goode's Women in Divorce in the 1950's have we had such a comprehensive study of adjustment to divorce. This longitudinal work views divorce as a transition process which may have positive or negative outcomes over time. In addition to statistical analysis, the book includes very interesting case studies to demonstrate the dynamic events occurring as individuals refashion their lives after the breakup of their marriages. Researchers on divorce and the interested public will find this book very valuable for years to come." —Colleen L. Johnson, Ph.D.Professor Medical Anthropology, University of California, San Francisco We are witnessing a steady increase in the overall number of older adults who are divorced, yet the majority of divorce research has concerned itself with persons in the younger adult years. This unique, groundbreaking book addresses the critical need for information on the impact of divorce on individuals in all age groups, and pays special attention to age as a factor in the effects of divorce on both men and women. Written by an interdisciplinary team of social and behavioral scientists, Divorce: Crisis, Challenge or Relief? provides the invaluable results gained from their life span study of divorced adults. Divorce is the product of hundreds of interviews containing a host of very specific questions conducted with divorced adults between the ages of 20 and 79, both just after their divorce and again several years later.
Download or read book Contemporary Issues in Family Studies written by Angela Abela and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-10-02 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume tackles key issues in the changing nature of family life from a global perspective, and is essential reading for those studying and working with families. Covers changes in couple relationships and the challenges these pose; parenting practices and their implications for child development; key contemporary global issues, such as migration, poverty, and the internet, and their impact on the family; and the role of the state in supporting family relationships Includes a stellar cast of international contributors such as Paul Amato and John Coleman, and contributions from leading experts based in North Africa, Japan, Australia and New Zealand Discusses topics such as cohabitation, divorce, single-parent households, same-sex partnerships, fertility, and domestic violence Links research and practice and provides policy recommendations at the end of each chapter
