1. Dr. SHAMAILA ASAD - Riphah Institute of Clinical and Professional Psychology, Riphah International University, Lahore, Pakistan.
2. SADAF REHMAN - Riphah Institute of Clinical and Professional Psychology, Riphah International University, Lahore, Pakistan.
3. ANUM RABBANI - Riphah Institute of Clinical and Professional Psychology, Riphah International University, Lahore, Pakistan.
4. SHUJAAT ABBAS - Riphah Institute of Clinical and Professional Psychology, Riphah International University, Lahore, Pakistan.
The present study aimed to determine the relationship among marital satisfaction, gender role attitude, and psychological well-being among married people. It also aimed to identify the moderating role of gender role attitudes. Participants consisted of (N=428). Data was collected from married people of different cities of Punjab, Pakistan, through Google forms online survey. The nonprobability purposive sampling technique has been used fordata collection. A sample of N=420 married men and women with age ranged between 20 to 40 years (Mage =28.9, SD =2.4) were included. Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale (KMS) (Schumm et al., 1998), Gender Role Attitude scale (Jennifer S. Barber, 1998) and Psychological Well Being Scale (PWB) Carlo Ryff (1995) were applied to collect information. The findings revealeda significant positive relationship between marital satisfaction, gender role attitude, and psychological well-being. While, gender role attitude plays moderating role between marital satisfaction and psychological well-being in married men and women. Furthermore, marital satisfaction and gender role attitudes emerged as significant predictors of psychological well-being. Moreover, gender differences were found on marital satisfaction, gender role attitude and psychological well-being. The findings of this study will be helpful for counselors and couple therapists to address the issues related to lower psychological well-being within married individuals.
Marital Satisfaction, Gender Role Attitude, Psychological Well-being.