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Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 39, No. 1, 109-123 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0022022107311969

Cultural and Evolutionary Components of Marital Satisfaction

A Multidimensional Assessment of Measurement Invariance

Todd Lucas

Wayne State University, tlucas{at}med.wayne.edu

Michele R. Parkhill

University of Washington

Craig A. Wendorf

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

E. Olcay Imamoglu

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Carol C. Weisfeld

University of Detroit Mercy

Glenn E. Weisfeld

Wayne State University

Jiliang Shen

Beijing Normal University

Couples assess their satisfaction with one another according to numerous culturally determined criteria. However, evolutionary perspectives on marriage emphasize that husbands and wives are also concerned with their adaptive fitness, and this suggests that some aspects of marital satisfaction may be cross-culturally homogenous. We examined whether marital satisfaction reflects both `culturally unique' and `adaptively universal' concerns of husbands and wives. Approximately 2000 couples from Britain, Turkey, China and the United States completed a multidimensional measure of marital satisfaction that we assessed for measurement invariance. Measures of romantic love and spousal support functioned similarly for couples within all four cultures, indicating the possibility of a ubiquitous pair-bonding component of marital satisfaction. However, invariant measurement structure was less robust across these samples, suggesting a culturally derived component of marital satisfaction. In general, results suggest that invariance analyses may be used to elucidate cultural and evolutionary perspectives on marriage.

Key Words: marriage • marital satisfactionl • invariance • love • Turkey • China • United Kingdom • United States


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