TY - JOUR
T1 - Marriage and Materialism
T2 - Actor and partner effects between materialism, importance of marriage, and marital satisfaction
AU - LeBaron, Ashley B.
AU - Allsop, David B.
AU - Jeffrey Hill, E.
AU - Willoughby, Brian J.
AU - Britt-Lutter, Sonya L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Revista Civilistica.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Drawing upon both the incompatibility of materialism and children model and marital paradigms theory, the purpose of the current study was to examine husband-wife actor and partner effects between materialism and marital satisfaction and to explore perception of the importance of marriage as a mediator of these relationships. Using a sample of 706 couples from the RELATE dataset, wives' materialism negatively predicted both their own marital satisfaction, as well as their husbands' marital satisfaction. However, when controlling for financial problems in marriage, these effects became non-significant. Additionally, upon adding both wives' and husbands' importance of marriage (as well as combined couples' "common fate" importance of marriage) to the model as mediators, indirect effects (actor and partner) between materialism and marital satisfaction were noted. Thus, when one partner (regardless of gender) places a high value on money and possessions, both spouses are less likely to place a high value on marriage, and are subsequently less likely to be satisfied in their marriage. Implications for financial therapists are discussed.
AB - Drawing upon both the incompatibility of materialism and children model and marital paradigms theory, the purpose of the current study was to examine husband-wife actor and partner effects between materialism and marital satisfaction and to explore perception of the importance of marriage as a mediator of these relationships. Using a sample of 706 couples from the RELATE dataset, wives' materialism negatively predicted both their own marital satisfaction, as well as their husbands' marital satisfaction. However, when controlling for financial problems in marriage, these effects became non-significant. Additionally, upon adding both wives' and husbands' importance of marriage (as well as combined couples' "common fate" importance of marriage) to the model as mediators, indirect effects (actor and partner) between materialism and marital satisfaction were noted. Thus, when one partner (regardless of gender) places a high value on money and possessions, both spouses are less likely to place a high value on marriage, and are subsequently less likely to be satisfied in their marriage. Implications for financial therapists are discussed.
KW - Family finance
KW - Financial therapy
KW - Marital importance
KW - Marital satisfaction
KW - Marriage
KW - Materialism
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U2 - 10.4148/1944-9771.1145
DO - 10.4148/1944-9771.1145
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85045195606
SN - 1945-7774
VL - 8
SP - 1
EP - 23
JO - Journal of Financial Therapy
JF - Journal of Financial Therapy
IS - 2
ER -