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Marital quality and personal well-being: a meta- analysis
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This study examines the association between marital quality and personal well‐being using meta‐analytic techniques. Effects from 93 studies were analyzed. The average weighted effect size r was .37 for cross‐sectional and .25 for longitudinal effects. Results indicate that several variables moderate the association between marital quality and personal well‐being, including gender, participants’ marital duration, source of measurement, data collection year, and dependent variable. These results suggest that longitudinal effects are more likely to be uncovered when using standard measurement and that future research should use samples homogenous in marital length. The longitudinal finding that the strength of the association is stronger when personal well‐being is treated as the dependent variable supports previous theorizing.
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- Authors
- Proulx, C. M., Helms, H. M., & Buehler, C.
- Affiliations
- University of Missouri (US)
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro (US)
- Corresponding author
- Proulx, Christine M.
- Venue
- Journal of Marriage and Family
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2007-07-05
- Volume
- 69
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 576-593
- ISSN
- 0022-2445 (ISSN-L)
- 1741-3737
- OpenAlex
- W2024360759
- Cited by
- 1,068
- References
- 143
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- FWCI
- 20.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- libres.uncg.edu
- Locations
- Journal of Marriage and the Family (publishedVersion)
- NC Digital Online Collection of Knowledge and Scholarship (The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Keywords
- marital quality, personal well-being, marital satisfaction, gender differences, marriage duration, longitudinal effects, cross-sectional effects, moderators, subjective well-being
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