Relationship Satisfaction in Homosexual and Heterosexual Couples: A Dyadic Model
Relationship Satisfaction in Homosexual and Heterosexual Couples: A Dyadic Model
Author(s): Nina Brkić-Jovanović, Milica Lazić, Ivan Jerković, Ivana Mihić, Bojana Perić-PrkosovačkiSubject(s): Gender Studies, Individual Psychology, Social psychology and group interaction, Sociobiology
Published by: Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar
Keywords: romantic relationship satisfaction; sexual orientation; individual differences; relationship characteristics; dyadic model;
Summary/Abstract: Rooted in Huston's (2000) model of adjustment in romantic relationships, the present study examined differences in individual and relationship characteristics and the predictive value of those characteristics for relationship satisfaction, regarding four groups of participants, based on gender and sexual orientation. The sample included a total of 100 heterosexual couples and 50 male and female homosexual couples each. Of the individual characteristics, need for affect achieves significant both actor and partner effects on relationship satisfaction in all subsamples, except for heterosexual women. A personal expression of love achieves both actor and partner effects on relationship satisfaction for heterosexual and homosexual men. The partner's expression of love (actor effect) on relationship satisfaction was registered in all groups, except for homosexual men. The present study offers the possibility of integrating knowledge of the differences between heterosexual and homosexual couples in the context of the model of adjustment in romantic relationships.
Journal: Društvena istraživanja - Časopis za opća društvena pitanja
- Issue Year: 29/2020
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 413-430
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English