Match types of couples' physiological resources and their impact on marriage quality

VernacularTitle:夫妻生理资源要素匹配类型对婚姻质量的影响
Author: Zhongjie WANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Physiological resources; Match types; Marital quality
From: Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2011;20(2):160-163
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the match types of physiological resources and their impact on the marriage quality of current young couples.Methods Anonymous questionnaires were used to survey 2689 couples nationwide.Mean difference, correlation and multiple regression were used to examine the 9 match types based on the physiological resources such as health, figure, appearances and sex ability.Results Significant differences were found on the score of MPS among 9 match types Fhealthy =70.630, Ffigure =34.686, Fappearences =36.535, Fsex ability=167.878,Ftotal = 108.340, P＜0.01).Significant differences were also found on the dimensions of MPS among 9 match types,which were both high ＞ medium husband/high wife; high husband/medium wife ＞ both medium ＞ high husband/low wife; low husband/high wife ＞ low husband/medium wife;medium husband/low wife ＞ both low.Conclusion Marriage quality of 9 match types is different.The general tendency is that the marriage quality couples with higher resources is higher than those with lower resources.Individual's physiological resources have a significant impact on his/her marriage quality.