Abstract

HERRERO, Johana Vera. Patronos of communication in couples and the relation between it and marital satisfaction in teachers of a private university of Asuncion. Eureka [online]. 2011, vol.8, n.2, pp. 200-216. ISSN 2220-9026.

This study was aimed to revise the degree of association between the communication patterns of couples and marital satisfaction. The sample was composed of 39 professors of a private university of Asuncion. The instruments applied were two Likert scales: Satisfaction Marital Scale of Road, Browden y Fraizier (1981) and the Scale of Marital Communication, translated version by Estrella (1991). The data were analyzed through the application of the statistical test of Pearson correlation coefficient. The SPSS version 15.0 was used as well. It was concluded that there is positive relationship between total communication as well as between the patterns used to talk about children with a level of correlation of 0.413; about the extended family with a correlation of 0.534; and the relationship in couples with a level of correlation of 0.501 with respect to marital satisfaction experienced by study participants. No relationship was found between Marital Satisfaction and dimensions of sexual issues, feelings, emotions, dislikes and work.

Keywords : Communication Patterns in Couples; Marital Satisfaction; Free Union; Civil Union; Children.

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