Sexual satisfaction among korean-american couples in the midwestern united states

One hundred couples composed of Ammerican husbands and Korean wives from the midwestm United States were surveyed with respect to sexual satisfaction. Though the responses of spouses were correlated highly, husbands were more satisjied with the quality of the sexual relationship than were wives. As...

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Published in:Journal of sex & marital therapy 1995-09, Vol.21 (3), p.147-158
Main Authors: Song, Juvg Ah, Bergen, M. Betsy, Schumm, Walter R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Anglo Americans
Asian Americans
Biological and medical sciences
Communication
Cultural Conflict
Culture
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Husbands
Intermarriage
Interpersonal Relations
Kansas
Korea - ethnology
Male
Marital Relations
Marital Satisfaction
Marriage
Middle Aged
Midwestern United States
Personal Satisfaction
Personality. Affectivity
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Regression Analysis
Self Concept
Sexual Behavior
Sexual Intercourse
Sexual Partners
Sexuality. Sexual behavior
Socioeconomic Factors
Spouses
Wives
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Summary:One hundred couples composed of Ammerican husbands and Korean wives from the midwestm United States were surveyed with respect to sexual satisfaction. Though the responses of spouses were correlated highly, husbands were more satisjied with the quality of the sexual relationship than were wives. As found previously with more general populations, self-esteem and higher leuels of positive regard, communication, and cohesion were related to higher sexual satisfaction for both husbands and wives. For wives, higher socioeconomic status and younger age were related to higher sexual satisfaction, as was the husband S being a current or retired member of the US military. Cultural factors were also important; conflicts over sexual practices related to cultural differences, though limited to about 10 % of the subjects, were related to sexual satisfaction for both husbands and wives. Wives' English proficiency was related slightly to sexual satisfaction, but not husbands' proficiency in Korean. For husbands only, marital conjict over cultural diJferences and rejection by relatives and friends were related negatively to sexual satisfaction. Clinical implications of the results are discussed.
ISSN:0092-623X
1521-0715
DOI:10.1080/00926239508404395