Marital Adjustment, Love, Personal Intimacy, Personality, Dyadic Coping and Spirituality on Marital Stability
S. Priyadharshini
Institute of Behavioral Science, Gujarat Forensic Sciences University, Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat, India.
Rejani Thudalikunnil Gopalan *
Department of Clinical Psychology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Marital Stability is interpreted as whether a couple in a marriage remains together, instead of separating or getting divorced. It is also called as marital longevity or duration of marriage. The aim of the study is to find the relationship between different psychosocial factor (marital adjustment, love, personal intimacy personality, dyadic coping, and spirituality) and marital stability. For the purpose of sampling, thirty married couples were randomly selected using stratified random sampling. The measuring tools used were Locke-Wallace marital adjustment questionnaire (Marital adjustment), Love scale (Love), Personal assessment of intimacy in relationship (Personal intimacy), Big five inventory (personality), Dyadic coping inventory (Dyadic coping) and the daily spiritual experience scale (Spirituality).Six null hypotheses were raised and tested using descriptive and inferential statistics (Percentage, mean, standard deviation and correlation). The research finding shows that there is a significant negative correlation between sexual intimacy and marital stability(r= -.44 and p<.01). All other variables (Marital adjustment, love, personal intimacy, personality, dyadic coping and spirituality) are not shown to be contributing to marital stability.
Keywords: Dyadic coping, personality, marital adjustment, love, personal intimacy, spirituality, marital stability, marital longevity.