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The Influence of Married Couples' Argument-Communication Behaviors on Marital Satisfaction - Analyses at the Dyadic Level -  

Kwon, Yoon-A (Department of Child Development and Family Studies, Pusan National University)
Kim, Deuk-Sung (Department of Child Development and Family Studies.Research Institute of Ecology for the Elderly, Pusan National University)
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Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association / v.46, no.10, 2008 , pp. 83-96 More about this Journal
Abstract
Using a sample of 107 married couples, this study investigated the influence of self-reported argument-communication behaviors on marital satisfaction. The results were as follows. (a) Wives used more criticism, contempt, and self-assertion during marital arguments than husbands. There were no significant gender differences in the levels of defensiveness, stonewalling, and active listening. (b) Multilevel analyses indicated that marital satisfaction was predicted by the person's own level of self-assertion and stonewalling(i.e., actor effects) and by his or her spouse's level of stonewalling(i.e., partner effect). No other significant actor and partner effects were found. Also, there were no significant gender differences in the sizes of effects. (c) A cluster analysis of both spouses' communication behaviors during marital arguments identified four distinct groups of married couples. : mutual constructive, husband constructive-wife destructive, husband destructive-wife constructive, and mutual destructive. Mutual constructive couples reported the best marital satisfaction.
Keywords
communication behaviors; marital satisfaction; marital arguments;
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