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배우자의 신경증과 결혼만족도의 관계 내 정서억제의 매개효과

The Mediating Role of Emotional Suppression In The Relationship Between Spouse’s Neuroticism and Marital Well-Being

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한국가족학회 (The Korean Family Studies Association)|2021.06|가족과 문화 (Family and Culture)|제33권 제2호|pp. 89-123|DOI 10.21478/family.33.2.202106.004

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emotional suppressionneuroticism신경증결혼만족도marital satisfaction결marriage정서억제
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혼인관계에 있어 배우자의 신경증과 관계만족도의 부적 관계는 널리 알려진 사실이나, 원인이 되는 구체적 심리 기제에 대해서는 조사된 바가 적다. 이에 본 연구에서는 인지된 배우자의 신경증과 결혼만족도 간 관계를 정서억제가 매개하는지 알아보고자 하였다. 한국과 미국의 기혼자들을 대상으로 두 차례의 온라인 설문조사를 실시하였다(연구 1, 한국, N=1,179; 연구 2, 한국과 미국, N=2,992). 결과적으로, 인지된 배우자의 신경증 수준이 높아짐에 따라정서억제 수준이 상승하며 종국에 낮은 결혼만족도로 이어지는 것으로 나타나, 정서억제의매개효과가 지지되었다. 이는 신경증적 기질의 배우자와의 결혼생활이 불만족스러운 이유가관계 내 정서억제가 강하게 나타나기 때문일 수 있음을 시사한다. 추가로, 본 연구에서는 정서억제의 매개효과에 대한 성별, 정서가, 정서 발생 맥락의 조절효과에 대해 탐색하였으나, 오직 성별의 조절효과만이 부분적으로 지지되었다. 구체적으로, 한국 표본에 제한하여 남성에비해 여성의 정서억제 수준이 배우자의 신경증에 더욱 큰 영향을 받았으며 이는 배우자의 신경증과 자신의 결혼만족도 간 부적 관계를 강화하였다.

Abstract

Although a neurotic spouse has been widely known to have deleterious effects on one’s marital well-being, few have examined the specific psychological mechanism that causes the effect. Thus, the current study aimed to examine the mediating role of emotional suppression in the relationship between perceived neuroticism of one’s spouse and one’s own marital satisfaction. Two online surveys were done on married individuals from two cultures (Study 1, South Korea, N=1,179; Study 2, South Korea & U.S., N=2,992). As a result, there was a significant mediation effect of emotional suppression in the relationship between spouse’s neuroticism and marital satisfaction: perceived neuroticism of one’s spouse significantly predicted one’s emotion suppression which, in turn, led to lowered marital satisfaction This suggests that the reason for dissatisfaction in marriage with a spouse of neurotic personality may be attributed to strong emotional inhibition in the relationship. Moreover, the current study explored the moderating effects of gender, emotional valence, and emotion generation context on the mediating effect of emotional suppression, yet only the moderating effect of gender was partially supported. Specifically, only among Korean participants, emotional suppression more strongly predicted spouse’s neuroticism in women (vs. men), thereby intensifying the negative relationship between the spouse’s neuroticism and one’s own marital satisfaction.

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