Lukačić, Iva.
(2007).
Relationship quality, satisfaction and stability in married and cohabiting couples .
Diploma Thesis. Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu, Department of Psychology.
[mentor Tadinac, Meri].
Abstract
Many romantically involved couples decide to get married. On the other hand, living together without getting married (cohabitation) is a popular phenomenon in many countries around the world, and is also present in Croatia. Thus, it is getting important to scientifically study these phenomena, especially in Croatia, where studies on these topics are quite rare. The aim of this study was to examine whether there were gender differences in perception of relationship quality, satisfaction and stability and also to compare the perception of relationship quality, satisfaction and stability in relation to the kind of relationship i.e. to compare married couples who did not cohabitate before marriage, married couples who cohabitated before marriage and currently cohabiting couples. Data have been collected in an extensive field study of adult couples and statistical analysis has been made on 402 examined couples. Results show that there are gender differences in perception of satisfaction, i.e. that men are significantly more satisfied in relationship then women. At the same time there were no significant gender differences in relationship stability. Further, it was shown that among men there were no significant differences in perception of relationship quality and satisfaction in relation to the kind of relationship they are living in, i.e. whether they are married or not. Also, men and women who are currently cohabiting consider their relationship more unstable then those who are married. Possible explanations for these findings are discussed.
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