«Several studies indicate that having children can, in fact, be a stressful transition and can actually result in decreased
overall marital satisfaction.»
It can help you learn new skills, understand yourself and your spouse better, and teach you strategies that can improve
your overall marital satisfaction.
Studies such as one published in the Journal of Family Psychology have found that negative body image can have a negative impact on
overall marital satisfaction for both partners.
The degree of admiration a wife feels for her husband affects
her overall marital satisfaction, according to psychologist Harriette Podhoretz.
It's less than 1 % of the variation in
overall marital satisfaction.
Overall marital satisfaction was a bit more complicated, Russell told Live Science.
Economic factors play a role in
overall marital satisfaction, according to 2011 research conducted through Kansas State University and published in «Psychological Reports.»
Not exact matches
More importantly, the intervention was associated with
overall marriage quality: As in other research, more positive automatic reactions to the partner predicted greater improvements in
marital satisfaction over the course of the study.
Decreasing negative attributions surrounding intimacy may improve
overall relationship
satisfaction, according to research published in the «Journal of
Marital and Family Therapy.»
However, it should be noted that although there was a high correlation between sexual
satisfaction and
overall relationship quality, this study does not conclusively show whether the loss of
marital satisfaction causes a withdrawal from sexual intimacy or whether a lack of sex causes
marital dissatisfaction.1
Overall, intimacy, noncomposure / arousal, and equality / trust played central roles in understanding
marital satisfaction.
Genetics contributed to
overall health at the highest and lowest levels of
marital satisfaction.
In addition to knowing each set of twins» genetic overlap (identical = more, fraternal = less), the researchers focused on individual twins» reports of
marital satisfaction (a general measure of the quality of their marriages) and self - reported health that asks participants to indicate their
overall health, from «the worst possible» to «the best possible» health.
Marriages are happier
overall when wives demonstrate this ability, according to Richard Bloch et al. in «Emotion Regulation Predicts
Marital Satisfaction,» a 2014 study published in the journal Emotion.
Relationship and Marriage Education improves
marital satisfaction, increases parenting skills, and decreases
marital conflict, thus strengthening the
overall relationship between father and child.
Worse still, this decrease in
marital satisfaction likely leads to a change in general happiness, because the biggest predictor of
overall life
satisfaction is one's
satisfaction with their spouse.
The majority of participants increased in their
overall well - being and
marital satisfaction assessment scores.
Marital satisfaction is essential to your
overall satisfaction with life.
Studies show that the level of
marital happiness is the strongest predictor of
overall life
satisfaction.
The
overall amount of variance in
marital satisfaction explained by the profiles was slightly greater (63 %) among women than men.
This analysis allowed us to identify which specific aspects of
marital interactions and combinations therein contribute to one's
overall level of
marital satisfaction, and how their relative contributions differ by gender.
This scale yields an
overall score and has four subscales: dyadic consensus (agreement on spending spare time, financial matters, general view of life), dyadic cohesion (having discussions together, having interests in common),
marital satisfaction (the amount of quarrels, trusting one another, general happiness in relationship) and sexual affection (sexual desire, expressions of love).