Correlational and Discrepancy Indices of Understanding and Their Relation to Marital Satisfaction

The relation between the understanding of desires for change and marital satisfaction was investigated. Subjects consisted of two samples, 77 married couples from Houston and 75 cohabiting and married couples from Los Angeles. Marital satisfaction was assessed by the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment...

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Published in:Journal of marriage and family 1982-02, Vol.44 (1), p.209-215
Main Authors: Tiggle, Ronald B., Peters, Mark D., Kelley, Harold H., Vincent, John
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Change/Changes
Correlations
Desire
Estimate reliability
Marital satisfaction
Marriage/Marriages/Marital
Periodical indexing
Questionnaires
Rating scales
Satisfaction
Spouses
Statistical variance
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Summary:The relation between the understanding of desires for change and marital satisfaction was investigated. Subjects consisted of two samples, 77 married couples from Houston and 75 cohabiting and married couples from Los Angeles. Marital satisfaction was assessed by the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test. Understanding was measured by both correlational and discrepancy indices derived from the Areas of Change Questionnaire. In both samples the discrepancy index indicated that understanding was significantly positively correlated with marital satisfaction. Surprisingly, the correlational index suggested that understanding was significantly negatively correlated with marital satisfaction. This led to the investigation of a possible confounding factor that affects the relation between indices of understanding and marital satisfaction. When correction was made for this factor, the unexpected negative correlation was eliminated and the discrepancy index continued to suggest that understanding is positively associated with marital satisfaction.
ISSN:0022-2445
1741-3737
DOI:10.2307/351274