Marital Satisfaction, Attitude Towards Gender Norms, and Coping Mechanism among Househusbands

This research study aimed to determine marital satisfaction, attitudes toward gender norms and coping mechanism among house husbands. It also sought to determine if there is a significant difference on the variables of the study when grouped according to the profile variables in terms of age, no. of children, years of being househusband, educational attainment and family’s income; it aimed to find the significant relationship between the variables of the study and proposed an intervention program, marriage counseling program that would enhance marital relationship of the respondent. Findings showed that the respondents were satisfied with their marital relationship high on their attitude toward gender norms and employed planning as their coping mechanism. Marital satisfaction was found to be significant in annual income while attitude toward gender norms were significant to educational attainment and annual income. There are number of subscales in coping mechanism that are significant to the profile variable except to the no. of children and researchers recommended to have an intervention program for enhancement of their marital satisfaction.

Keywords –marital satisfaction, gender norms, coping mechanism, househusband