The associations of dyadic coping and relationship satisfaction vary between and within nations: a 35-nation study

Peter Hilpert, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Ashley K Randall, Arizona State University Tempe, United States
Piotr Sorokowski, University of Wrocław, Poland
David C Atkins, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Agnieszka Sorokowska, University of Wrocław, Poland
Khodabakhsh Ahmadi, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Ahmad M Aghraibeh, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Richmond Aryeetey, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
Anna Bertoni, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milano, Italy
Karim Bettache, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Marta Blazejewska, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Guy Bodenmann, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Jessica Borders, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
Tiago S Bortolini, D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Marina Butovskaya, Universidade Lusíada, Lisboa, Portugal
Felipe N Castro, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
Hakan Cetinkaya, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
Diana Cunha, Universidade Lusíada, Lisboa, Portugal
Oana A David, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Anita DeLongis, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Fahd A Dileym, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Silvia Donato, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Daria Dronova, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Seda Dural, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey
Maryanne Fisher, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Tomasz Frackowiak, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Evrim Gulbetekin, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Türkiye
Aslihan Hamamcioglu Akkaya, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
Karolina Hansen, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Wallisen T Hattori, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil
Ivana Hromatko, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Raffaella Iafrate, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Bawo O James, Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria
Feng Jiang, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
Charles O Kimamo, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
David B King, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Firat Koc, Başkent University, Ankara, Türkiye
Amos Laar, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
Fivia De Araujo Lopes, Federal University of Rio Grande do NorteNatal, Brazil
Rocio Martinez, University of Granada, Spain
Norbert Mesko, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
Natalya Molodovskaya, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
Khadijeh Moradi, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
Zahrasadat Motahari, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran
Jean C Natividade, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Joseph Ntayi, Makerere University Business School, Kampala, Uganda
Oluyinka Ojedokun, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria
Mohd S B Omar-Fauzee, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Malaysia
Ike E Onyishi, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
Baris Ozener, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Anna Paluszak, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
Alda Portugal, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
Ana P Relvas, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Muhammad Rizwan, University of Karachi, Pakistan
Svjetlana Salkicevic, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Ivan Sarmany-Schuller, Constantine The Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia
Eftychia Stamkou, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Stanislava Stoyanova, South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Denisa Sukolova, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Nina Sutresna, Indonesia University of Education, Bandung, Indonesia
Meri Tadinac, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Andero Teras, University of Tartu, Estonia
Edna L Tinoco Ponciano, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ritu Tripathi, Indian Institute of Management BangaloreFollow
Nachiketa Tripathi, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
Mamta Tripathi, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
Noa Vilchinsky, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Feng Xu, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Maria E Yamamoto, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
Gyesook Yoo, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
Alejandra del Carmen Dominguez Espinosa, Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Frontiers In Psychology

Abstract

Theories about how couples help each other to cope with stress, such as the systemic transactional model of dyadic coping, suggest that the cultural context in which couples live influences how their coping behavior affects their relationship satisfaction. In contrast to the theoretical assumptions, a recent meta-analysis provides evidence that neither culture, nor gender, influences the association between dyadic coping and relationship satisfaction, at least based on their samples of couples living in North America and West Europe. Thus, it is an open questions whether the theoretical assumptions of cultural influences are false or whether cultural influences on couple behavior just occur in cultures outside of the Western world.

Publication Date

8-8-2016

Publisher

Frontiers

Volume

Vol.7

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