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- Title
Coping strategies as a predictor of marital adjustment.
- Authors
Rani, Rashmi
- Abstract
Marriage occupies a preponderant role in the societies. The partners involved in a marital relationship are usually devoting time and energy to develop a satisfying relationship. Well-adjusted marriages are expected to last for a long time, while poorly adjusted ones end in divorce. Many factors like maturity, mental health, communication skills, Physical health, wellbeing, social support etc. play a vital role in marital adjustment and coping strategies one of these factors. In view of the significance of the above, the present study was an attempt to understand marital adjustment and coping strategies in Indian cultural context. For this purpose hundred (100) couples (husband and wife) with at least graduation qualification from Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh were randomly sampled to check the predictability of the various facets of quality of marital life (marital consensus, affection expression, marital satisfaction, marital cohesion, and overall marital adjustment), each measure at a time as criterion (dependent variable), by coping strategies (behavioral approach, cognitive approach, cognitive behavioral approach, behavioral avoidance, Cognitive avoidance) as predictors (independent variables). Step -- wise (back ward) regression analysis applied and results revealed various faced of coping especially behavioral approach, behavioral avoidance substantially predict marital adjustment.
- Subjects
MARITAL adjustment; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; MARITAL relations; MARITAL satisfaction; SOCIAL support; MENTAL health
- Publication
Indian Journal of Community Psychology, 2018, Vol 14, Issue 1, p60
- ISSN
0974-2719
- Publication type
Article