Family Financial Management in a Modern Russian Family: the Relationship Between Family Type and Monetary Relations

Introduction. In the modern world, the issue of family financing is becoming acute, and the study of monetary relations within the family is being actualized. This is associated with the trend of decreasing the need for young people to form families and the economic challenges of the present time. Today, various types of families have already been identified: patriarchal, matriarchal, egalitarian, and many other mixed types. Researchers emphasize various characteristics of family structures (family roles, marital satisfaction) and only few works are devoted to the issues of monetary relations in the family. In domestic psychology, these characteristics are rarely tied to the type of family.
Objective. To study monetary relationships in different types of families. 
Materials and methods. 210 family couples were studied, who were differentiated by family type (patriarchal, matriarchal, and egalitarian). The following methods were applied for diagnostics: a questionnaire of monetary attitudes, a method for identifying the distribution of roles in the family, a test for marital satisfaction, and a questionnaire for determining the type of family. Data analysis was conducted using the Spearman correlation coefficient and the Mann – Whitney U test. 
Results. In patriarchal and matriarchal families such attitudes as worship of money (spouse) and provision with money (spouse) are more expressed. In egalitarian families, money worship (spouse) and money security (spouse) are more pronounced. The distribution of roles in matriarchal families is as follows: such roles as raising children, playing the role of "master" / "mistress" (spouse), and organizing family subculture (spouse) are more pronounced. In patriarchal families such roles as fulfillment of the role of "master"/"mistress" (spouse), raising children and maintaining the emotional climate (spouse) are expressed. In egalitarian families the roles of maintaining the emotional climate, playing the role of "master" / "mistress", organizing the family subculture (spouse) and material security of the family (spouse) are expressed. Marriage satisfaction is higher in egalitarian families.
Discussion. The conducted correlation analysis showed that in matriarchal families the discussion of the topic of money is not accepted, apparently it is silenced against the background of dissatisfaction with marriage. In patriarchal families, the topic of money is related to the provision of the family. In egalitarian families the topic of money is positively connected with the role of "master" / "mistress". Attitudes towards money in egalitarian families are not related to marital satisfaction.

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