Abstract Despite the importance of family within the Coptic community, the extant literature on Coptic family relationships is remarkably limited. The purpose of this study was to explore parental marital quality and family of origin (FOO) quality as predictors of marital satisfaction and marital stability among Coptic Orthodox Christian Egyptian-American couples. Self-report survey data from 255 married Coptic couples living in the United States were analyzed using an actor-partner interdependence model. Results indicated husband FOO quality predicted both marital satisfaction (β =.51, SE = .18, p = .005) and marital stability (β = .51, SE = .22, p = .022) among Coptic husbands but not among Coptic wives. Results further indicated wife parental marital quality, wife FOO quality, and husband parental marital quality were not predictive of marital satisfaction or marital stability among Coptic husbands or wives. Clinical implications, limitations, and recommendations for future research are discussed.

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科普特东正教埃及裔美国夫妇婚姻结局的原生家庭预测因素

摘要 尽管家庭在科普特社区中很重要，但关于科普特家庭关系的现有文献非常有限。本研究的目的是探讨作为科普特东正教埃及裔美国人夫妇婚姻满意度和婚姻稳定性的预测指标的父母婚姻质量和原生家庭 (FOO) 质量。来自居住在美国的 255 对已婚科普特夫妇的自我报告调查数据使用演员-伴侣相互依赖模型进行分析。结果表明丈夫 FOO 质量预测了科普特丈夫的婚姻满意度（β = .51，SE = .18，p = .005）和婚姻稳定性（β = .51，SE = .22，p = .022），但不是科普特人的妻子。结果进一步表明妻子父母婚姻质量、妻子FOO质量、和丈夫父母的婚姻质量不能预测科普特丈夫或妻子的婚姻满意度或婚姻稳定性。讨论了临床意义、局限性和对未来研究的建议。