Patterns of perceived partner responsiveness and well-being in Japan and the United States

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buir.contributor.authorGünaydın, Gül
dc.citation.epage365en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber3en_US
dc.citation.spage355en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber32en_US
dc.contributor.authorTaşfiliz, D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSelçuk, E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGünaydın, Gülen_US
dc.contributor.authorSlatcher, R. B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCorriero, E. F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOng, A. D.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-21T16:02:29Z
dc.date.available2019-02-21T16:02:29Z
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.description.abstractQuality of marital relationships is consistently linked to personal well-being. However, almost all of the studies linking marital processes to well-being have been conducted in Western (particularly North American) countries. Growing evidence shows that perceived partner responsiveness is a central relationship process predicting well-being in Western contexts but little is known about whether this association generalizes to other countries. The present work investigated whether the predictive role of perceived partner responsiveness in well-being differs across the United States and Japan-2 contexts with contrasting views on how the self is conceptualized in relation to the social group. A large life span sample of married or long-term cohabiting adults (n = 3,079, age range = 33-83 in the United States and n = 861, age range = 30-79 in Japan) completed measures of perceived partner responsiveness, hedonic and eudaimonic well-being, and demographic (age, gender, education) and personality (extraversion and neuroticism) covariates known to predict well-being. Perceived partner responsiveness positively predicted hedonic and eudaimonic well-being both in the U.S. and in Japan. However, perceived partner responsiveness more strongly predicted both types of well-being in the United States as compared with Japan. The difference in slopes across the 2 countries was greater for eudaimonic as compared with hedonic well-being. The interaction between perceived partner responsiveness and country held even after controlling for demographic factors and personality traits. By showing that the role of perceived partner responsiveness in well-being may be influenced by cultural context, our findings contribute to achieving a more nuanced picture of the role of relationships in personal well-being.
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dc.identifier.doi10.1037/fam0000378
dc.identifier.eissn1939-1293en_US
dc.identifier.issn0893-3200
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/50010
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.publisherAmerican Psychological Association
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000378
dc.source.titleJournal of Family Psychologyen_US
dc.subjectCultureen_US
dc.subjectEudaimonic well-beingen_US
dc.subjectHedonic well-beingen_US
dc.subjectMarriageen_US
dc.subjectPerceived partner responsivenessen_US
dc.titlePatterns of perceived partner responsiveness and well-being in Japan and the United Statesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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