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    The Relationship Between Marital Communication and Satisfaction: the Case of Two Kebeles in Addis Ababa
    (Addis Ababa University, 2006-06) Wondemu, Berhan; Wondimu, Habtamu (Professor)
    This study investigated the relationship between communication and marital satisfaction using data from 110 randomly selected couples. Correlation analysis indicated moderate significant relation between communication and marital satisfaction. The correlation between these two variables was also significant for both sexes. Furlher results show that the relationship of the variables does not vary for different major socio-demographic characteristics. Moreover, one-way ANOVA test revealed that mean results for marital satisfaction do not vary as a function of socia-demographic characteristics. The findings of the study underline the imporlance of improving the quality of communication between couples through different intervention mechanisms in order to increase marital satisfaction they experience as well as minimize marital tension