Abstract

ARMENTA HURTARTE, Carolina; SANCHEZ ARAGON, Rozzana  and  DIAZ LOVING, Rolando. Cultural Effects on Maintenance Strategies and Marital Satisfaction. Acta de investigación psicol [online]. 2014, vol.4, n.2, pp.1572-1584. ISSN 2007-4719.

The literature determines that the culture establishes beliefs, roles and appropriate behaviors within close-relationship which help on the permanence of the relationship and the marital satisfaction by means of maintenances strategies. These strategies have been studied from a gender role perspective however, the effect that they have over maintenance strategies is not enough to explain them; therefore it is necessary to include others cultural elements that reflect the beliefs of close-relationships, as cultural premises. The aim of this study was to identify the impact of cultural premises and gender roles have over maintenance strategies and marital satisfaction in 200 people of Mexico City. Through multiple regressions analysis, the results reveal that the influence of premises has over marital satisfaction is different in men and women; in the women are the premises of passion while men are commitment. These results suggest re-evaluating the importance and function that the sexuality has on maintenance strategies and marital satisfaction.

Keywords : Culture; Interaction; Maintenance; Marital satisfaction; Gender role.