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KMID : 1025820220300030357
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Family and Family Therapy
2022 Volume.30 No. 3 p.357 ~ p.379
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The Effect of Solution-focused Thinking on Marital Satisfaction Through Problem Solving Ability Among Middle-aged Married Couples: Actor and Partner Effects
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Jo Seo-Jin
Joo Susanna
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study aimed to examine the actor and partner effects of solution-focused thinking on marital satisfaction through problem-solving ability among middle-aged married couples.
Methods: Data were collected through an online survey of middle-aged couples aged 40-59 years (N=336 pairs) and were analyzed with descriptive statistics and APIMeM.
Results: Results showed significant mediating effects of the wife’s solution-focused thinking on the husband’s and wife’s marital satisfaction through the wife’s problem-solving ability. Second, the partner effects of solution-focused thinking on problem-solving ability were significant for both husband and wife. The wife’s problem-solving ability and solution-focused thinking on the husband’s marital satisfaction were significant. Third, the actor effects of solution-focused thinking on problem-solving ability and marital satisfaction were significant for both husband and wife. In contrast, the actor effect of problem-solving ability on marital satisfaction was significant only for wives in the sample.
Conclusions: These results suggest that solution-focused thinking can help enhance marital satisfaction through problem-solving ability among middle-aged married couples.
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KEYWORD
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middle-aged married couples, solution-focused thinking, problem solving ability, marital satisfaction, APIMeM
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