Satisfacción marital en parejas españolas y dominicanas

Marriage is an appreciated worldwide institution, although nearly half of first marriages end in divorce. Thus, the relevance of understanding how people choose their partners and what features can predict a satisfactory relationship. More specifically, in search of data supporting similarity or complementarity approaches on marital satisfaction, the current study analyzes the association between different assortative mating options (homogamy, and heterogamy) and marital satisfaction in Spanish and Dominican couples. A stratified quota sampling of 600 participants was selected, corresponding to 300 married couples (50% Spanish and 50% Dominicans). Data were gathered by means of an interview with the 10-item scale on Marital Satisfaction and a 7-item scale on Status. Results suggest that spouses are matched by similarity in their health and education and by the perception of similarity in intelligence and the financial advantages of staying together. Dominican couples experienced higher marital satisfaction than Spanish couples. Findings on hypergamy reveals the persistence of some traditional roles’ distribution among Spanish speaking cultures. The association between status and marital satisfaction revealed that heterogamy rather than homogamy is associated to such satisfaction. These results stress the relevance of taking into account social and cultural differences, beyond biological and psychological factors, to fully understand couples’ satisfaction

Precisiones terminológicas sobre el sadismo

[ES]En este artículo ponemos en cuestión el binomio del sadomasoquismo defendido en general por el psicoanálisis freudiano. Proponemos en su lugar la independencia de estas dos expresiones de la perversión, apoyándonos en el estudio y análisis de las obras del Marqués de Sade y de Sacher Masoch realizado por Gilles Deleuze. [EN]In this article we call into question the binomial of sadomasochism defended in general by freudian psychoanalysis. We propose in its place the independency of these two expressions of perversion, based on the study and analysis of the works of the Marquis of Sade and Sacher Masoch done by Gilles Deleuze