ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
How Do Couples Settle Marital Arguments? : Study of Older Couples in Japan and the US (3 of 3)
- Hideki Okabayashi
Meisei University - Takemura Akiko
Jin-ai University - Beth Morling
University of Delaware
Abstract
Older couples in Japan (N = 200) and the US (N = 272) reported conflict strategies. “Discussion until agreement” was more frequent in the US (68% vs.18%) but predicted marital satisfaction in both countries. Satisfaction correlated with “wife accommodates to husband” in Japan but “wife persuades husband” in the US.
Aging
