Gender Role Ideology as a Moderator of the Relationship between Social Power Tactics and Marital Satisfaction

摘要

The study examined whether the Power Interac-tion Model is applicable for explaining the choice of powertactics in conflict situations among Israeli married couples.In addition, gender role ideology was tested as a moderatorof the relationship between power usage and maritalsatisfaction. Seventy-eight couples reported on self usageand spouse's usage of power tactic behaviors duringconflicts and completed questionnaires assessing maritalsatisfaction, gender role ideology (traditional, liberal) anddemographics. Findings indicated greater agreement withincouples for harsh rather than for soft tactic preference. Asexpected, preference for harsh tactics was associated withlower marital satisfaction yet gender role ideology moder-ated this association. The role of conflict and power usagein traditional and liberal families was addressed.