Remove the trash, washing the dishes or laundry not like make it or break moments for EHEN-- but according to a new study, as appears there are domestic work strongly influenced relationship satisfaction divided.
Study recently published in sex roles, researchers 220 studied fresh married couples who had married within the last 24 months.
The participants were provided with a questionnaire, two things measured: cognitive egalitarianism (i.e., male and female household of pairs of tasks perceive) and behavioral egalitarianism (as indeed couples the households tasks divided). The participants were asked not to respond to discuss with their spouses.
After examining the results, found marital researchers, that affected an unequal division of domestic work women satisfaction, especially, if women believed that the roles should be more equal. The same was not true for men.
"These results were interesting because in General marital satisfaction in only one spouse is studied. Here, we could see what happens if there is a discrepancy in the spouse attitude on this issue, '' said Brian G. Ogolsky, a lead author of the study, in a press release. "If a woman believes that domestic work should be split evenly, what happens when they have a traditional question approach?" The most satisfied couples have similar expectations and follow through on them."
"For men, do not share household tasks as related directly to their satisfaction." Either they do not realize that there is a discrepancy, or they have the idea that women belongs to the [home work], "he said.
The food? Ogolsky notes that because expectations play a big role in marital happiness, couples should discuss these issues at an early stage. "Bride and groom need to carefully plan how they develop their expectations to share tasks in real life can make, especially if the new spouse greatly appreciate work gender equality in the household." This problem only more matter will start after the children arrive, "he advised.
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