Abstract
This study explored the ways in which adherence to traditional marital expectations in ones marriage was related to styles of interpersonal listening and marital satisfaction among IndoPakistanis living in a Western country. Participants (n = 114) were recruited from a large metropolitan city in Canada, were married, and their ages ranged from 19 to 67 years. They completed measures of marital satisfaction, listening styles, and traditional orientation to marriage. Results indicated that greater adherence to traditional marital beliefs were correlated with lower levels of interpersonal listening and marital satisfaction. However, closer examination of the traditional orientation subscales revealed that expectation of traditional husband and wife roles did not result in lower empathic listening in one’s marriage or lower marital satisfaction, but the lower degree to which one believed in upholding equality in undertaking such traditional roles did. Furthermore, empathic listening mediated the relationship between belief in equality in one’s relationship and marital satisfaction. The implications of these results for enhancing relationship satisfaction for Indo-Pakistanis are discussed.
Highlights
This study explored the ways in which adherence to traditional marital expectations in ones marriage was related to styles of interpersonal listening and marital satisfaction among IndoPakistanis living in a Western country
(1) The prediction that higher scores on traditionalism would be associated with lower scores on marital satisfaction held only for the Complementary Equality form of traditionalism (r = -.20, p
(4) The prediction that higher traditionalism would be correlated with lower self ratings of listening to understand (SLTU) held for the TOMS (r = - .25, p
Summary
This study explored the ways in which adherence to traditional marital expectations in ones marriage was related to styles of interpersonal listening and marital satisfaction among IndoPakistanis living in a Western country. South Asians have been found to rapidly acculturate to Western values in the area of work and school as they are motivated to be economically and professionally successful, they tend to maintain traditional expectations regarding family life (Vaidyanathan & Naidoo, 1991; Wakil, Siddique, & Wakil, 1981). That special quality is the ability of the partners to listen to each other in ways that allowed them to collaborate and accommodate each other’s role harmoniously as a unit The latter is a cultural ideal of the South Asian marriage; to function well together for the good of the family and to be seen to be doing so. The present study examined these interested in cultural factors in marriage and changes processes, and combining complex systems constructivist approaches to understanding psychological phenomena
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