scholarly journals The effect of myths about sexuality and the level of knowledge about sexuality on the marital satisfaction in married couples

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 340-344
Author(s):  
Birgül EMIROGLU BAKAY ◽  
Eylem AYRANCI ORHON ◽  
Kadir BAKAY ◽  
Faruk OLCENOGLU ◽  
Davut GUVEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Sexual Satisfaction ◽  
Marital Adjustment ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Married Men ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Adjustment Test

To look into the effect of sexual myths and level of knowledge about sexuality on marital satisfaction in married couples. The study was carried on with 104 voluntary respondents; 57 of which are married women and 47 are married men. The data has been collected with Personal Information Questionnaire, Marital Adjustment Test, Sexual Myths Analysis Questionnaire and The Golombok Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS), data has been analyzed with SPSS 15.0 software package (Statistical Package for Social Sciences). According to these findings, as the belief in sexual myths increases, the sexual satisfaction decreases; yet the increase in the belief in sexual myths does not affect the marital satisfaction. The findings implicate that as the knowledge about sexuality increases, the sexual satisfaction increases while the marital satisfaction decreases. As the number of sexual myths increases, marital adjustment decreases. The findings don’t show any significant correlation between sexual satisfaction and marital adjustment.

scholarly journals The relationship between family-of-origin and marital satisfaction

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anja Botha ◽  
Henriette S. Van den Berg ◽  
Chris A.V. Venter
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Family Of Origin ◽  
Marital Adjustment ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Family Assessment ◽  
Family Assessment Device ◽  
The Family ◽  
Adjustment Test ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Potential Determinant

The aim of this article is to explore the relationship between marital satisfaction and family-of-origin factors amongst couples with children. Locke and Wallace’s Marital Adjustment Test and the McMaster Family Assessment Device were used to measure marital satisfaction and family of-origin factors respectively. Family-of-origin factors, such as problem solving, communication, roles, affective involvement and behavioural control were investigated. The sample consisted of 47 married couples. A significant relationship was found between roles and affective responsive- ness as family-of-origin factors and marital satisfaction, while roles as a family-of-origin factor played an important role in the wife as well as her husbands’ marital satisfaction. The findings emphasise the importance of functioning in the family-of-origin as a potential determinant of future marital satisfaction.OpsommingDie doel van hierdie artikel is om die verwantskap tussen huweliks-bevrediging en gesin-vanoorsprong- faktore onder pare met kinders te ondersoek. Locke en Wallace se Marital Adjustment Test en die McMaster Family Assessment Device is gebruik om onderskeidelik huweliksbevrediging en gesin-van-oorsprong-faktore te meet. Gesin-van-oorsprong-faktore, soos probleem-oplossing, kommunikasie, rolle, affektiewe betrokkenheid en gedragsbeheer is ondersoek. Die steekproef het uit 47 getroude pare bestaan. 'n Beduidende verwantskap is tussen rolle en affektiewe responsiwiteit as gesin-van-oorsprong-faktore en huweliksbevrediging gevind, terwyl rolle as 'n gesin-van-oorsprong- faktor 'n belangrike rol in die vrou sowel as die man se huweliks-bevrediging gespeel het. Die bevindinge beklemtoon die belangrikheid van funksionering in die gesin van oorsprong as 'n potensiële determinant van toekomstige huweliksbevrediging.

THE ROLE OF PERSONALITIES IN THE MARITAL ADJUSTMENT OF JAPANESE COUPLES

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 561-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zi Chen ◽  
Nao Tanaka ◽  
Masayo Uji ◽  
Hidetoshi Hiramura ◽  
Noriko Shikai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Marital Adjustment ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Consensus Score ◽  
Adjustment Test

The link between marital adjustment and personality was investigated in 66 Japanese married couples using Locke and Wallace's Short Marital Adjustment Test (SMAT; Locke & Wallace, 1959) and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ; Eysenck & Eysenck, 1975). Structural equation modeling suggests that the husband's neuroticism score is related to the wife's marital satisfaction as is the wife's dyadic consensus score, although to a lesser extent, while the wife's extraversion score is related to the husband's marital satisfaction. Spouses' marital satisfactions were correlated with each other. The study suggests that the personality traits of a partner can predict an individual's marital adjustment.

scholarly journals Investigating the status of marital burnout and related factors in married women referred to health centers

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahbobeh Nejatian ◽  
Ali Alami ◽  
Vahideh Momeniyan ◽  
Ali Delshad Noghabi ◽  
Alireza Jafari
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Status ◽  
Multistage Sampling ◽  
Emotional Burnout

Abstract Background Marital burnout is an important issue in marriage and many factors play an important role in this phenomenon. The aim of this study was to determine the status of marital burnout and the factors affecting married women who were referred to health centers because of it. Methods In this study, 936 women were selected by multistage sampling and data collection was performed using questionnaires of demographic and couple burnout. Data analysis was performed using SPSS software version 24. Results The mean (± SD) of marital burnout, in this study, was 55.46 (± 18.03) (out of 147 score). There was a significant relationship between the level of women's education with total marital burnout, and the subscales of somatic and emotional burnout (P < 0.05). A significant relationship was also observed between mandatory marriage and total marital burnout, as well as subscales of somatic, emotional, and psychological burnout (P < 0.05). A significant relationship was detected and observed between women's participation in training courses of communication skills and total marital burnout, inclusive of the subscales regarding psychological burnout (P < 0.05). The results of linear regression showed a significant relationship between mandatory in marriage, marital satisfaction, marriage duration, and husband's level of education with women's marital burnout. The variables were finally able to predict 12% of marital burnout variance. It should be noted that marital satisfaction had a higher effect on predicting marital burnout (P < 0.001). Conclusions Marital satisfaction was one of the effective factors in predicting marital burnout, so it can be concluded that it is necessary to pay more attention to this issue. Educational programs and examining the factors that enhance marital satisfaction are needed to prevent and reduce marital burnout in married couples.

scholarly journals Social Autonomy among Married Men and Women

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 237802312110436
Author(s):  
Adam R. Roth
Keyword(s):  
Married Couples ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Married Women ◽  
American Time Use Survey ◽  
Social Lives ◽  
Married Men ◽  
Time Use Survey ◽  
Married Individuals ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Social Autonomy

Numerous studies highlight the value of spouses spending quality time together. Although it is undoubtedly important to make sufficient time for each other, minimal research considers the degree to which married individuals socialize with others outside the presence of their spouses. These latter interactions provide an opportunity to practice social autonomy (i.e., time during which one’s actions are not directly influenced by their spouse). Drawing on data from the American Time Use Survey, the author finds that (1) the number of minutes married women engage in nonspousal interactions peaks in midlife and declines in later life, (2) married men spend more time engaging in nonspousal interactions at work than married women, and (3) the number of minutes married men engage in nonspousal interactions in nonwork settings steadily decreases as they age. These findings suggest that age and gender play central roles in the social lives of married couples.

Marital Adjustment: An Examination of Some Predictive Variables in an Australian Sample

1980 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 379-382
Author(s):  
C. F. Sharpley ◽  
J. A. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Marital Adjustment ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Predictive Variables ◽  
Background Data ◽  
Australian Sample ◽  
Adjustment Test

Marital adjustment was measured by the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test (1959) for 101 married couples, at least one spouse of each couple being a student of psychology at an Australian university. Value-systems held by subjects were measured by the Flowers and Hughes Values for Marriage Analysis (1975). Background data on previously significant variables were also collected. A positive relationship between people-oriented values and marital adjustment for individuals was noted, plus a negative relationship between self-oriented values and marital adjustment. There was no significant relationship between marital adjustment and congruency of value-systems between spouses. Background variables were not significantly related to marital adjustment.

The Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test Reconsidered: Some Psychometric Findings as Regards its Reliability and Factorial Validity

1981 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 1303-1306 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. G. Cross ◽  
C. F. Sharpley
Keyword(s):  
Representative Sample ◽  
Marital Adjustment ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Factorial Validity ◽  
Underlying Factor ◽  
Alternative Measures ◽  
Adjustment Test

The Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test (LWMAT) continues to be used by researchers seeking to classify married couples as high or low in level of adjustment. Although it has been over twenty years since the emergence of this instrument, little subsequent evaluation of it has appeared in the literature. An examination of data from a representative sample led to three conclusions: (1) many of the original items are not necessary; (2) there is one underlying factor of “adjustment” in the test; and (3) the instrument also appears to be tapping a second factor related to social expectancy. Suggestions are made for alternative measures in research.

Marital Satisfaction and Sex-Roles in a New York Metropolitan Sample

1993 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 307-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Juni ◽  
Donald W. Grimm
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Sex Roles ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Married Men ◽  
Marital Satisfaction Inventory ◽  
Marital Dissatisfaction

145 married men and 143 married women completed Snyder's 1981 Marital Satisfaction Inventory and the Bern Sex-role Inventory (Short Version). Analyses showed that scores on femininity correlated with more marital satisfaction indices than did scores on masculinity. Masculinity correlated with more marital satisfaction indices for men than for women. Finances showed no relationship with the Bern indices. All of the statistically significant correlations were negative, indicating that sex-role attributes are associated with diminished marital dissatisfaction. Despite the low magnitude of the correlations, their statistical significance points to congruence between sex-roles and marital satisfaction.

Behavioural Marital Therapy for Alcoholics: Effects on Communication Skills and Marital Satisfaction

1989 ◽  
Vol 6 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 178-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael P. Baker ◽  
Neville M. Blampied ◽  
Lynne Haye
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Positive Reinforcement ◽  
Marital Therapy ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Training Problem ◽  
Baseline Levels ◽  
Adjustment Test

Four married couples were recruited from an outpatient alcohol counselling centre. Four husbands and one wife had recently received therapy for alcoholism and all but one was abstinent during the study. All scored as distressed on the Marital Adjustment Test. They participated in ten sessions of behavioural marital therapy emphasising positive reinforcement, communication, expression of feelings and problem solving. Problem solving discussions were audio-recorded at each session and analysed using a behaviour code. Measures of marital satisfaction, conflict and depression showed modest gains which were generally maintained at follow-up. Communication skills improved most with training, problem solving less so and feelings expression declined below baseline levels. These changes did not appear to be very durable. The non-abstinent client reduced his drinking to a level satisfactory to his wife during therapy. These findings support other recent work, draw attention to the need to find ways of promoting the maintenance and transfer of therapeutic changes and suggest that behavioural marital therapy may usefully be employed in outpatient alcohol counselling settings.

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