Abstract
Dyadic coping-based gratitude (DC-G) refers to the reaction of appreciation and thankfulness in response to received problem-focused and emotion-focused positive dyadic coping (DC) behaviors by the partner. The actor-partner interdependent mediation model was used to test the mediating role of DC-G between DC and relationship satisfaction in a purposive sample of 300 Pakistani married couples, which were treated as indistinguishable following the use of a test for distinguishability. Mediation analysis demonstrated that DC-G partially mediated the couples’ DC and relationship satisfaction implying that the association between DC and relationship satisfaction strengthened as the DC-G intervenes in the path model. Additionally, the actor-actor or partner-partner indirect effects were stronger compared to the cross-partner effect suggesting that husbands or wives’ DC more strongly predicted corresponding relationship satisfaction via DC-G compared to husbands-wives’ DC. Implications are discussed within collectivistic cultural orientation and Islamic religious obligations regarding marital relationships in Pakistani couples.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | e31 |
Journal | Spanish Journal of Psychology |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2 2022 |
Keywords
- DC-based gratitude couples’ interdependence
- Pakistan
- cultural orientation
- religious obligations
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Language and Linguistics
- General Psychology
- Linguistics and Language