Difficulties faced in life can affect marital relationships and such troubles may be dealt with in a multitude of ways, including coping religiously. The present study examined how religious coping, either in a positive or negative manner, may have an impact on marital satisfaction. Importantly, this association was studied dyadically in a sample of religiously diverse (Buddhists, 32.3%; Taoists, 17.6%; protestant Christians, 14.1%; and others who did not identify with a specific religion, 19.1%), married older Singaporean adults (N = 1928; 964 couples). Using actor-partner interdependence modeling, we found significant actor, partner, and combined actor-partner effects for positive and negative religious coping on marital satisfaction. Specifically, marital satisfaction was highest when both spouses reported high levels of positive religious coping and low levels of negative religious coping. Taken together, these findings suggest that it is the simultaneous act of either greater positive or lower negative religious coping by both spouses that is related to higher marital satisfaction. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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新加坡年长夫妇的二元积极和消极宗教应对与婚姻满意度。

生活中遇到的困难会影响婚姻关系，可以通过多种方式处理此类问题，包括虔诚地应对。本研究探讨了宗教应对方式（无论是积极的还是消极的）如何影响婚姻满意度。重要的是，这种关联在宗教多元化的样本中进行了二元研究（佛教徒，32.3%；道教徒，17.6%；新教徒，14.1%；以及其他不认同特定宗教的人，19.1%），与年长的新加坡成年人结婚（ N = 1928；964 对夫妇）。使用演员-伴侣相互依赖模型，我们发现演员、伴侣和演员-伴侣联合对积极和消极的宗教应对对婚姻满意度的影响。具体来说，当配偶双方报告高水平的积极宗教应对和低水平的消极宗教应对时，婚姻满意度最高。综上所述，这些研究结果表明，配偶双方同时采取更积极或更消极的宗教应对措施与更高的婚姻满意度有关。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。