INFLUENCE OF ATTACHMENT STYLES AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE INTERACTION ON MARITAL SATISFACTION AMONG MARRIED COUPLES

2021 ◽  
pp. 47-54
Author(s):  
Mitra Heidari ◽  
G. Venkatesh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Attachment Style ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Romantic Attachment ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Indian Context ◽  
Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire ◽  
Underlying Processes

Emotion, both positive and negative, is one of the markers of intimate relationships. Attachment theory is one of the primary conceptual frameworks for understanding emotion regulation. There is a well-established link in the literature between secure romantic attachment style and emotional intelligence (EI) in scientic studies. The underlying processes of this link among couples are notably less explored in the Indian context. As an attempt to bridge the gap, the present study analyzed the inuence of attachment styles and EI interplay on marital satisfaction among Indian couples. The study considered 304 respondents (152 females, 152 males, ranged from -25 to 65+ years old) with a marriage duration greater than three years. To assess participants attachment styles, EI, and marital satisfaction, Revised Adult Attachment Scale (RAAS; Collins, 1996), Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (TEIQue; Petrides, 2009) and ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale (EMS; Fowers & Olson, 1993) were used respectively. Two-way ANOVA was used to analyse the data. The result revealed that there is a signicant interaction between attachment styles and global EI on marital satisfaction. Psychotherapists and counsellors in general, and couple therapists in particular, will benet from the current research. Considering the limitation of the study, further investigation is recommended.

INFLUENCE OF ATTACHMENT STYLES ON MARITAL SATISFACTION AMONG MARRIED COUPLES

2021 ◽  
pp. 60-64
Author(s):  
Mitra Heidari ◽  
G. Venkatesh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Attachment Style ◽  
Adult Attachment ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Adult Attachment Styles ◽  
Happy Marriage

Researchers are interested in marital satisfaction since it is signicant for couples' psychological well-being. They have been studying the factors that lead to a happy marriage for a long time. Adult attachment styles, according to the prior study, serve an active role in forming an intimate relationship. The purpose of the current study was to examine the inuence of adult attachment styles (Secure, Fearful, Dismissive, and Preoccupied) on marital satisfaction among Indian married couples. 304 respondents (152 females & 152 males) from various cities across India participated in the study. To assess the participants' attachment styles and marital satisfaction, the Revised Adult Attachment Scale (Collins, 1996) and ENRICH-SF Marital Satisfaction Scale (Fowers, & Olson, 1993) were used respectively. The statistical analysis was determined using the Chisquare, Kruskal-Wallis One way ANOVAand Mann-Whitney U tests. Results showed that the respondents with secure and dismissive attachment styles had higher marital satisfaction than the respondents with preoccupied and fearful attachment styles. The study found that male and female subjects did not differ signicantly in their attachment styles and marital satisfaction. However, participants who were married for more than 20 years were more in number to have experienced a secure attachment style and they had higher marital satisfaction. Psychotherapists and counsellors in general, and couple therapists in particular, will benet from the current research. Further study will aid in a better understanding of this nding.

scholarly journals A Descriptive Study to Assess Attachment Styles, and Emotional Stability in Relation to Marital Satisfaction among Couples Residing in Selected Residential Areas of Gurugram, Haryana

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (3&4) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Kavita Kumari ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Attachment Style ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Emotional Stability ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Satisfaction Scale

Background: Marriage is one of the main decisions that an individual make in their life. Marital satisfaction constitutes the main determinant of life. There are several factors which predict marital satisfaction among couple like their attachment styles, emotional stability and demographic variables. Objective: To assess attachment styles, emotional stability of married couples, to seek relationship between marital satisfaction with their attachment styles and emotional stability and to seek relationship of marital satisfaction with selected demographic variables. Material and Method: A descriptive research design including 50 married couples via purposive sampling. Tools used were- For Attachment styles -Adult attachment scale, For marital satisfaction-ENRICH marital satisfaction scale, For emotional stability-Schutte Self Report Emotional Intelligence Test . Analysis and interpretation was done through SPSS version 16.0. Result: The findings revealed that out of 50 subjects, maximum 80% had Secure attachment style, maximum 100% male and 98% females were emotionally stable and maximum 96% males and 94% females had moderate marital satisfaction. All attachment styles and emotional stability had non significant positive relationship with marital satisfaction. Regarding demographic variables all had non significant relationship with marital satisfaction except age and family income. Conclusion: The study concluded that majority of married couples had moderate marital satisfaction and attachment style and emotional stability are predictors of marital satisfaction among married couples.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Attachment Styles, Emotional Intelligence, and Self-esteem in Only-child Families and Two-children Families

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (SPE3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noora Rahmani ◽  
Ezgi Ulu
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Attachment Style ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The Social ◽  
Single Child ◽  
The Relationship

Emotional intelligence, attachment style, and self-esteem are important variables in social interaction that can affect the social relationship. Also having one child is an important issue in which parents are worried about it which is the adolescent's single families have weaknesses in social relationships and interaction? In this study, the researcher tries to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence, attachment style, and self-esteem in single-child and two-children adolescents aged range 13-17 (male and female).

Reliability and Validity Testing of the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire-Short Form to Predict Nurses’ Job Satisfaction

2020 ◽  
pp. JNM-D-19-00029
Author(s):  
Mohamed Al Hosani ◽  
Alessandro Lanteri ◽  
Ross Davidson
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Trait Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Turnover Rates ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire

Background and PurposeAssessing factors related to nurses’ job satisfaction may help to address nursing shortages and high turnover rates. Job satisfaction is complicated and may be related to several issues, including trait emotional intelligence. This study examined the reliability and validity of the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire-Short Form (TEIQue-SF) in a sample of nurses working in the United Arab Emirates, and tested its ability to predict job satisfaction.MethodsThe TEIQue-SF was tested against its original long form and as a predictor of the Nurse Satisfaction Scale.ResultsThe TEIQue-SF showed acceptable reliability at factor and global levels and a medium positive correlation with job satisfaction.ConclusionThe TEIQue-SF showed acceptable validity and reliability.

scholarly journals Kecerdasan emosi, religiusitas dan kepuasan pernikahan pada wanita muslim yang menikah muda.

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fina Mokoginta
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Religious Commitment ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Trait Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire

Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui pengaruh kecerdasan emosi dan religiusitas terhadap kepuasan pernikahan pada wanita muslim yang menikah muda. Sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah 210 wanita muslim yang menikah di usia 18-21 tahun dengan lama usia pernikahan 5-10 tahun, tinggal di daerah Jakarta dan Bogor. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan pengisian kuesioner untuk mengukur kecerdasan emosi dengan Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire-Short Form, mengukur religiusitas dengan Religious Commitment Inventory-10, dan untuk mengukur kepuasan pernikanan menggunakan ENRICH Marital Satisfaction. Analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisa regresi berganda pada taraf signifikansi 0,05. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada pengaruh yang signifikan antara kecerdasan emosi dan religiusitas terhadap kepuasan pernikahan. Proporsi varians dari kepuasan pernikahan yang dijelaskan oleh faktor kecerdasan emosi dan religiustas adalah sebesar 55%..Begitu juga dengan usia pernikahan memiliki pengaruh signifikan terhadap kepuasan pernikahan.

scholarly journals Attached at the lips: The influence of romantic kissing motives and romantic attachment styles on relationship satisfaction

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-30
Author(s):  
Danica J. Kulibert ◽  
Elle A. Moore ◽  
Melinda M. Dertinger ◽  
Ashley E. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Attachment Style ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Goal Attainment ◽  
Romantic Attachment ◽  
Relationship Functioning ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Although romantic kissing is an important part of relationship functioning, little research has focused on motives for romantic kissing and how they may relate to other aspects of romantic relationships. To understand how romantic kissing impacts romantic relationship functioning, the current study assessed the relationship between romantic attachment, romantic kissing motives, and relationship satisfaction. Overall, it was hypothesized that (a) those reporting more sexual/explicit kissing motives and fewer goal attainment/insecurity motives would report higher relationship satisfaction, (b) those reporting a more secure attachment style would report higher relationship satisfaction, and (c) the relationship between romantic kissing motives and relationship satisfaction would vary according to one’s romantic attachment styles. Results from a hierarchical linear regression with 286 adults, all of whom were currently in romantic relationships, revealed that sexual/relational (β = 0.25) and goal attainment/insecurity kissing motives (β = -0.35) predicted relationship satisfaction. However, the impact of kissing motives on relationship satisfaction varied according to one’s romantic attachment. Specifically, the influence of sexual/relational motives was only significant for avoidantly attached individuals, whereas the influence of goal attainment/insecurity motives was significant for avoidantly and anxiously attachment individuals. Overall, this suggests that sexual/explicit romantic kissing motives serve to enhance the relationships of insecurely attached individuals, but not securely attached individuals. Furthermore, goal attainment/insecure motives had a negative effect on the relationship satisfaction of insecurely attached individuals, but not securely attached individuals. This study has important implications for both practitioners working with romantic couples and researchers studying romantic relationships.

Characteristics of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale in a Sample of 79 Married Couples

1983 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 583-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter R. Schumm ◽  
Elaine D. Scanlon ◽  
Colleen L. Crow ◽  
Donna M. Green ◽  
Deborra L. Buckler
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Social Desirability Scale ◽  
Reliable Measure ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Skewness And Kurtosis

Data from 79 couples in a midwestern sample were analyzed to evaluate the internal consistency reliability and validity of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale. Cronbach alphas for the scale were 0.89 and 0.93 for husbands and wives, respectively, while the scale was somewhat less well correlated with an abbreviated version of the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale than with an abbreviated version of Edmonds' Marital Conventionalization Scale. The distribution of responses to the scale departed significantly from normality in terms of skewness and kurtosis, although the deviations were reduced among subjects scoring low on marital social desirability. The scale offers promise for use in clinical evaluation and survey research where a brief but reliable measure of marital satisfaction is required.

Desiring and Avoiding Close Romantic Attachment in Response to Mortality Salience

2002 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael K. Coolsen ◽  
Lori J. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Attachment Style ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Defense Mechanisms ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Mortality Salience ◽  
Romantic Attachment ◽  
Romantic Involvement ◽  
Avoidant Attachment ◽  
Agency And Communion

The purpose of this study was to examine individual differences in the effects of mortality salience on romantic attachment style. Participants were categorized as high or low in both agency and communion. After exposure to either a mortality salience or a control videotape, participants rated the idealness of Hazan and Shaver's (1987) three romantic attachment styles and rated the appeal of romantic involvement. Participants who were high in agency responded to mortality salience with increased endorsement of avoidant attachment, decreased endorsement of secure and anxious-ambivalent attachment, and diminished desire for involvement in a romantic relationship. Participants who were low in communion responded to morality salience with increased endorsement of anxious-ambivalent attachment. The results are discussed in light of research on defense mechanisms, Becker's (1973) theories about the role of romance in symbolic transcendence of death, and terror management theory (Solomon, Greenberg,&Pyszczynski, 1991).

scholarly journals Marital Satisfaction: The Role of Social Skills of Husbands and Wives

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (56) ◽  
pp. 379-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam Bratfisch Villa ◽  
Zilda Aparecida Pereira Del Prette
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Married Individuals

Among the multiple determinants of marital satisfaction, evidence points to the social skills of married couples. This study investigates the correlations between these constructs, cross-correlating data from husband and wives. A total of 406 married individuals, 188 men and 218 women, completed the Marital Satisfaction Scale, Social Skills Inventory (SSI-Del-Prette) and Marital Social Skills Inventory (MSSI-Villa&Del-Prette). The results revealed a significant correlation among the scores of the three instruments, confirming the relationship between marital satisfaction and the social skills of married couples. In the cross-correlations, three classes of marital social skills (proactive self-control, reactive self-control and expressiveness/empathy) were more strongly correlated to husbands’ marital satisfaction, and husbands’ three social skills (assertive conversation, self-assertiveness and expressiveness/empathy) were correlated with wives’ marital satisfaction. Gender differences concerning the importance of one spouse’s social skills leading to the other spouse’s satisfaction are stressed as an item to be used in detailed diagnostics and effective interventions with couples. Some issues for future research are also discussed.

scholarly journals Parental Attachment, Adult-Child Romantic Attachment, and Marital Satisfaction: An Examination of Cultural Context in Taiwanese and Thai Heterosexual Couples

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 692
Author(s):  
Ching-Yu Huang ◽  
Skultip Sirikantraporn ◽  
Nipat Bock Pichayayothin ◽  
Julie M. Turner-Cobb
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Parental Attachment ◽  
Adult Child ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Romantic Attachment ◽  
Attachment Anxiety ◽  
Heterosexual Couples ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Cultural Contexts

Relationship dynamics between married couples can differ considerably, with varying impacts on relationship satisfaction. However, very limited research attention has been paid to how intergenerational attachment, relating to an individual’s perception of his/her own and that of his/her parents’ attachment, can affect marital dynamics within different cultural contexts. The current study examined associations between married heterosexual couples’ romantic attachment, perception of parental attachment, and marital satisfaction in 100 Thai couples (M age = 45.59 years, SD = 10.86) and 73 Taiwanese couples (M age = 39.55 years, SD = 9.13). Results revealed that romantic attachment anxiety was negatively associated with marital satisfaction in the Taiwanese couples; in the Thai couples, neither romantic attachment anxiety nor avoidance was associated with marital satisfaction. Husbands reported higher romantic attachment anxiety than their wives in Taiwan, but this was not observed in the Thai couples. Taiwanese wives reported higher scores on their perceived parental attachment avoidance than did their husbands; whereas the reverse trend was observed in the Thai couples. These findings highlight the need to consider intergenerational aspects of attachment in cultural contexts, and they have important implications for practitioners working with couples from Asian cultural backgrounds.

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