The quality of communication between spouses is widely assumed to affect their subsequent judgments of relationship satisfaction, yet this assumption is rarely tested against the alternative prediction that communication is merely a consequence of spouses' prior levels of satisfaction. To evaluate these perspectives, newlywed couples' positivity, negativity, and effectiveness were observed four...

This study examined gender differences in marital satisfaction using the multidimensional marital inventory ENRICH. Contrary to previous research, the results indicated that men are somewhat more satisfied with their marriages than women. The findings also suggest that religion is a more important part o f the marriage for men, whereas women esposed egalitarian roles to a greater extent. A sign...

BACKGROUND Few studies have explored the effect of a gender-specific infertility diagnosis on the responses of couples in Taiwan. The purpose of this research was to compare the differences in distress, marital and sexual satisfaction in husbands and wives based on an infertility diagnosis. METHODS Three structured questionnaires were used. RESULTS Female members of couples in which both pa...

background the present study was designed and conducted to determine the relationship between self-efficacy and marital satisfaction among married and single students. materials and methods the sample of this study consisted of 50 married students of payame noor university in izeh city, south west of iran; then simple random sampling method was used to select samples. to measure self-efficacy q...

background and purpose: satisfaction with marital life is the most important issue in the joint life, which has the greatest effect on durability and failure of couple’s lives. based on this, the main goal of the present research is to study the effectiveness of teaching intervention based on internal locus of control in increasing marital adjustment and satisfaction has been investigated. mate...

This paper provides an evaluation of subjective well-being in middle-aged Poles. 1776 healthy men and 1258 healthy postmenopausal women, aged 40-65 years, were polled in cross-sectional population-based study conducted between 2000-2003 in all but Eastern part of Poland. Satisfaction with life and 11 life domains was evaluated using Polish version of Life Satisfaction Index developed and valida...

PURPOSE We examined age-cohort differences in the interrelationships among marital processes and depressed affect. DESIGN AND METHODS We used data from individuals in first marriages that participated in the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH). The NSFH interviewed one adult per household of a nationally representative sample. Participants were categorized into young (n = 2,289)...

the purpose of this study was to determine the relationships among attachment styles (avoidant, secure and ambivalent), emotional intelligence, marital satisfaction and marital conflict in married female teachers of elementary schools in ahvaz. in this descriptive-correlational study, the sample consisted of 250 married female teachers who were selected through multi-stage random sampling. to g...