Marital satisfaction in couples with XXXX .

@entity1 @entity309
OBJECTIVE: To understand correlates of marital satisfaction in @entity1 with @entity309 ( @entity309 ) and their spouses. METHODS: In a cross-sectional survey, 79 @entity1 with @entity309 and 78 spouses completed the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale, the revised Ways of Coping Questionnaire scales, and the Health Assessment Questionnaire. A series of linear regression analyses were then performed to investigate correlates of marital satisfaction for @entity1 and spouses. RESULTS: Seventy-six percent of @entity1 were @entity1 . Mean @entity1 age was 56.5 years (+/- 12.5 years), number of years married was 30.7 (+/- 13.5), and duration of @entity309 was 14.2 years (+/- 9.0 years). Demographic features of spouses resembled those of @entity1 . @entity1 and spouses were generally satisfied with their marriages. Linear regression analyses showed that lower marital satisfaction in @entity1 was associated with higher education level (P < 0.01), @entity1 's greater use of escape into fantasy (P < 0.01), @entity1 's greater use of finding blame (P < 0.05), and spouse's higher use of escape into fantasy (P < 0.001). Spouses less satisfied with their marriages were more likely to use passive acceptance (P < 0.05) and less likely to find blame (P < 0.05). Female spouses were less likely to be satisfied in their marriages (P < 0.01) than male spouses. CONCLUSIONS: This study indicates that certain passive coping styles are associated with lower marital satisfaction in @entity1 with @entity309 and their spouses. More highly educated @entity1 and female spouses are also less satisfied in their marriages. These cross-sectional correlations should not be regarded as causal and should be examined further in longitudinal studies.
