naa a22 4500 510741959 CHVBK 20180411083031.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11482-012-9200-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11482-012-9200-z Couple Types, Ethnicity and Marital Satisfaction in Malaysia [Elektronische Daten] [Hasrina Mustafa, Marshina Mohd Hasim, Norizah Aripin, Hamidah Abdul Hamid] The objective of this paper is to identify couple types and investigate the effects of couples types and ethnicity on marital satisfaction in Malaysia. A nation-wide survey involving one thousand married respondents was conducted. Using Fitzpatrick's (1988) typology, four types of marriages were identified through cluster analysis, which included Traditional, Independent, Separate and Mixed couples. The main effect of couple types, ethnicity and effects of their interaction were found to have contributed significantly towards marital satisfaction. Malay respondents were most satisfied as Traditionals, while Chinese and Indian respondents were most satisfied as Independents. Results are discussed with reference to the current socio-cultural context of Malaysia. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht and The International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS), 2012 Couple types nationallicence Ethnicity nationallicence Marital satisfaction nationallicence Mustafa Hasrina School of Communication, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia aut Mohd Hasim Marshina School of Communication, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia aut Aripin Norizah School of Communication, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia aut Abdul Hamid Hamidah School of Communication, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia aut Applied Research in Quality of Life Springer Netherlands 8/3(2013-09-01), 299-317 1871-2584 8:3<299 2013 8 11482 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-012-9200-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-012-9200-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mustafa Hasrina School of Communication, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mohd Hasim Marshina School of Communication, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Aripin Norizah School of Communication, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Abdul Hamid Hamidah School of Communication, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Applied Research in Quality of Life Springer Netherlands 8/3(2013-09-01), 299-317 1871-2584 8:3<299 2013 8 11482 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer