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Relationship-Focused Coping Patterns of Japanese Child-Rearing Couples

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2015

Tai Kurosawa ,
Michiyo Kato  and
Tetsuji Kamiya
Tai Kurosawa*
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Education, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Michiyo Kato
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Education, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Tetsuji Kamiya
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Education, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
*
ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Tai Kurosawa, Tohoku University, Room 603, Kawauchi, 1, 27, Aoba district, Sendai city, Miyagi prefecture, 980-8576, Japan. Email: tai9630@gmail.com
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Abstract

This study elucidated the relationship-focused coping patterns of Japanese child-rearing couples. Participants were 101 Japanese couples with at least one pre-school child who was attending one of four daycare centres. Questionnaires included a Japanese version of the relationship-focused coping questionnaire, the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale, and the WHO-5 Well-Being Index. Cluster analysis revealed three relationship-focused coping patterns: ‘wife escapes/husband combines’, ‘mutual active relationship maintenance couples’, and ‘wife engages/husband combines’. Our study showed that relationship-focused coping has multidimensional aspects within couples. Furthermore, mutual active relationship maintenance after marital conflict within couples is important for their marital satisfaction.

Keywords

relationship-focused copingcoping patternsmarital satisfactionwellbeing

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Journal of Relationships Research , Volume 6 , 2015 , e7
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2015 

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