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RIBEIRO, Camila Morais; PINHO, Vanessa Dordron de  e  FALCONE, Eliane Mary de Oliveira. The influence of anger and empathy on the marital satisfaction. Aletheia [online]. 2011, n.35-36, pp. 7-21. ISSN 1413-0394.

The study evaluated the influence of anger and expression of empathy in marriage on marital satisfaction. 120 married people participated (ages ranged from 25 to 76 years old). For evaluation, three self-report instruments were used: Marital Empathy Questionnaire, Marital Satisfaction Scale and State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory. The results revealed there was a positive correlation between marital empathy and marital satisfaction (r = 0.48, p <0.001), and a negative correlation between anger and marital satisfaction (r = -0.30, p <0.01). The multiple regression analyzes indicated that the expression of empathy increases the marital satisfaction and dysfunctional anger decreases it. Also, it was observed the influence of age, sex, duration of marriage and number of children on satisfaction in marriage. As the main results, we conclude that empathy and anger are factors that influence marital satisfaction.

Palavras-chave : Anger; Empathy; Marital satisfaction.