The Relationship Between Marital Communication and Satisfaction: the Case of Two Kebeles in Addis Ababa
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2006-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
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
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Marital Communication