title: Premarital counseling and marital satisfaction among civilian wives of military service members.
abstract: Wives' marital satisfaction was evaluated as a function of a premarital counseling typology in an analysis of data from several thousand military couples surveyed in 1992. Among couples who jointly reported participation in premarital counseling, results indicated that both having premarital counseling and reporting higher satisfaction with the counseling experience were associated with higher levels of marital satisfaction. Among couples who disagreed about having had premarital counseling, results were still favorable but less consistent. Implications for clinical practice are discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Family Studies and Human Services, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506-1403, USA.
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Schumm
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Resnick
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Silliman
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology*; D008889:Military Personnel; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011291:Premarital Examinations; D013997:Time Factors