Marital satisfaction and psychological resources in couples with and without children in pro of family welfare
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The relationship in couples is one of the most important affective bows in human life because it allows a profound link, as well as meeting basic needs such as security, belonging, confidence, intimacy and sexuality. In addition, it establishes and brings a pattern for the development and evolution of the subsequent generation. Since becoming in new parents implies a several normoevolutive challenges whose management is fundamental to build an harmonious and satisfactory life, the goal of the present research was to compare the psychological resources and marital satisfaction of couples with two different stages in family life cycle: 1) without children and, 2) with children, given that It is intended to affirm or refute the hypothesis that psychological resources as well as marital satisfaction are affected by the family life cycle in which the couple is. The participants were 72 couples, half of them with children and the other half, without children. A quantitative method was used and non experimental, cross-sectional, correlational-comparative design. The data were collected using three instruments: Scale for Assessment Domestic Relations, the Scale to Assess Psychological Resources and the Marital Satisfaction Scale. No statistically significant differences were found regarding the psychological resources, however, couples without children showed greater satisfaction in their marital relationship with respect to their family environment. On the other hand, couples with children showed less satisfaction with their marital relationship, but reported more satisfaction with their family functioning.
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