Secure relationship does not mean satisfying relationship during the pandemic: The role of mattering and life satisfaction

Yeoh, Hong Chun, Poay, Susanna Lin Hong, Prihadi, Kususanto Ditto and Purwaningtyas, Endah Kurniawati (2022) Secure relationship does not mean satisfying relationship during the pandemic: The role of mattering and life satisfaction. International Journal of Public Health Science, 11 (4). pp. 1432-1438. ISSN 26204126

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Abstract

Relationship satisfaction (RS) is one of the major components of mental health that is often ignored due to cultural reasons. Moreover, numerous studies had indicated that when individuals have insecure attachment styles (insecurity in loving someone else), they would never develop any RS with anyone, including friends, spouses, parents, children, and relatives. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic had triggered different social patterns among individuals all over the world, and studies during the pandemic indicated the significance of some factors such as the sense of mattering and perceived life satisfaction (LS) to the mental health of the general adults. Our references led us to hypothesize that interpersonal mattering (IM) significantly predicted RS, mediated by LS, under the condition of low secure attachment style (SAS). Randomly selected 405 adults from Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, Malaysia, were financially compensated to complete the scales of IM, satisfaction with life, SAS section of measure of attachment style (MOAS), and RS index. The results indicated that the mediation of LS on the link between mattering and RS was only significant when the level of SAS is at the low and moderate levels. Further implications, limitations, and suggestions are discussed.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	attachment style; life satisfaction; mental health; relationship satisfaction
Subjects:	17 PSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES > 1701 Psychology > 170103 Educational Psychology 17 PSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES > 1701 Psychology > 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology
Divisions:	Faculty of Psychology
Depositing User:	Endah Kurniawati PurwaningTyas
Date Deposited:	29 May 2023 10:54

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