The purpose of this study is to investigate age and sex differences in marital coping behaviors. Structured questionnaires interview was administered to a sample of 301 married adult residents (110 young adults, 90 middle-aged adults, 101 old adults; 150 males, 151 females) of Taipei area. Subjects were interviewed with Marital Coping Inventory to report the extent to which they used a variety of marital coping behavior when they encountered the most serious recurring marital conflict and a set of scales .After statistically controlling the influences of variables that were significantly associated with individual marital coping behavior, Oneway ANCOVA was employed to examine age and sex differences in marital coping behaviors. The results showed (1) Young adults are more likely to use self-blame marital coping behavior and less likely to use self-interest marital coping behavior than old adults, (2) Women show greater use of conflict marital coping behavior and less use of self-interest marital coping behavior than men.
| Keywords: | Marital coping behavior; Marital conflict appraisal; Social support; Marital satisfaction; Age differences; Sex differences |
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