A research model based on the principal assumption--person-environment interaction, including the roles of person, context, and process in Korean marriages was tested. As pan of an investigation of the mechanisms and relative contributions of personal...
A research model based on the principal assumption--person-environment interaction, including the roles of person, context, and process in Korean marriages was tested. As pan of an investigation of the mechanisms and relative contributions of personal and social attributes in partner selection and marital relationships, two hundred Korean couples participated in a questionnaire study that included standard measures of attachment, demographics, and marital adjustment.
There is significant effects of childhood attachment on one's adulthood attachment style. The hypothesis, 4untinuity of attachment style from childhood to adulthood, was supported. There is relatively high dyadic similarity on attachment style between couples. Among structural attributes, education and SES were positively correlated with marital adjustment, while age was negatively related to marital adjustment. However, the degree of matching on any variable was not significantly related to marital adjustment. Individual disposition was highly correlated with marital adjustment, while dyadic similarity was not, suggesting that person factors are more important for marital adjustment than are such environmental factors as dyadic similarity. Further, the degree of homogamy was not significantly related to marital adjustment. Implications of the results for research on marriage and personality are discussed, as are limitations of the study.