Contextualizing marital dissatisfaction: examining profiles of discordant spouses across life domains.

ABSTRACT: Research suggests that up to a third of married individuals report low marital satisfaction, underscoring the importance of studying unhappy marriages. Although numerous studies have investigated the causes and consequences of marital dissatisfaction, less is known about the potential heterogeneity among individuals within unhappy marriages and the extent to which some unhappily married spouses may be satisfied in other life domains. The present study sought to determine whether categorical differences exist among unhappily married individuals. Using friendship satisfaction, family satisfaction, and life satisfaction as indicator variables, we conducted a latent profile analysis (LPA) on married individuals (N = 1,070). Specifically, we conducted LPA on subsets of participants repor

SUBMITTER: Regan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11961942 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature