Psychological Development and Education ›› 2012, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (2): 167-174.

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The Features of Marital Conflicts and Their Relationships with Marital Attachment among Old Adults

WANG Qian-rong, WANG Da-hua, CHEN Cui-ling   

  1. Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Online:2012-03-15 Published:2012-03-15

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Abstract: Based on a sample of 27 older couples,aged 60 to 84(M=69.93±5.89),the marital attachment scale for older adults,and the Questionnaire of marital conflicts were administered.Results were that marital conflicts among old adults were low in frequency and intensity,high constructive,low threatening,and easy to be solved; conflict intensity,frequency and status of conflict resolution were not found significantly different between people with different types of marital attachment;the secure participants felt marital conflict being more constructive than the insecure ones,however,there were no significant differences on the extent of threat feeling of marital conflicts; besides,there was a couple consistency effect on the features of marital conflicts among old adults.

Key words: older adult, marital conflict, marital attachment, couple consistency effect of perceived conflict

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  • B844.3
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