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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Personality and Social Psychology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1434426

Financial Strain among West-Javanese Parents: Its Association with Marital Satisfaction and Quality of Life, and the Role of Dyadic Coping

Provisionally accepted
Langgersari Elsari Novianti Langgersari Elsari Novianti 1,2*Fredrick Purba Fredrick Purba 1Johan C. Karremans Johan C. Karremans 3Hendriati Agustiani Hendriati Agustiani 1,2
  • 1 Faculty of Psychology, Padjadjaran University, Jatinangor, Indonesia
  • 2 Center for Relationship, Family Life, and Parenting Studies, Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Padjadjaran, Sumedang, Indonesia
  • 3 Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands

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    In the past decade, the concept of dyadic coping as a buffer against stress in romantic relationships has received much attention in Western countries, but it has rarely been studied in non-Western countries and among parents with school-aged children. The aim of the present study was to investigate, among a sample of 751 heterosexual couples whose eldest child aged 7-12 years in West Java, Indonesia (mean age husband=37.53 SD=5.09; mean age wife=34.42 SD=4.85), the moderating effect of dyadic coping on the link between financial strain and marital satisfaction, as well as the mediating effect of marital satisfaction on the relationship between financial strain and quality of life. The moderated mediated model illustrated that (1) greater levels of dyadic coping weakened the negative association between financial strain and marital satisfaction for husbands and for wives (2) for both husbands and wives, there were no mediation effect (3) for both husbands and wives, financial strain was negatively associated with quality of life; and marital satisfaction was positively associated with quality of life. We discuss both the theoretical and practical implications of these findings.

    Keywords: Dyadic coping, financial strain, marital satisfaction, Quality of Life, family with school children

    Received: 17 May 2024; Accepted: 01 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Novianti, Purba, Karremans and Agustiani. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Langgersari Elsari Novianti, Faculty of Psychology, Padjadjaran University, Jatinangor, Indonesia

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