Author: Madhusree Banik & Dr. Pankaj Kumar Paul
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.70798/Bijmrd/020800014
Abstract: Purpose: This study attempted to investigate the effect of satisfactory relationship effect on marital adjustment among married couples.The sample size comprises of N=136 out of which men are 68 and women are 68 with their binary marriage type from the target population. Methodology: Instruments used as Marital Adjustment Test (MAT) (Locke, H. J., & Wallace, K. M., 1959) scale to measure marital adjustmentand Relationship Assessment Scale (RAS, Hendrick, 1988) for measuring satisfaction has level of respondents. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation and students’ paired t-test were used for statistical analysis. Findings of the Study: Results indicates a positive significant correlation (r = .71, significant at p < 0.01) in marital adjustment and relationship satisfaction although there exists no significant differences in attitude among the sample coupes towards the relationship satisfaction according to age, level of education and family size with little variation among mean scores of these variables. Comments:Relationship satisfactionhas significant impact on marital adjustment among married couples.
Keywords: Marriage, Marital adjustment, Relationship satisfaction, Attitude of Couples
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