title: Marital satisfaction and relational attachment in a sample of newly married couples.
abstract: The purpose was to investigate possible correlates [perception of parental marital satisfaction (Relationship Assessment Scale), marital status of parents, participation in marital enrichment, current stress, and sex] of marital satisfaction (Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale) and relational attachment (Revised Adult Attachment Scale). 71 young couples (M age=25.3 yr., SD=3.2) in their first ten years of marriage completed the measures. Backward regression analysis indicated that marital status of parents, participation in marital enrichment, current stress, and sex accounted for a significant portion of the variance for the Anxiety subscale of the Revised Adult Attachment Scale. None of the models significantly accounted for the variance on the measure of marital satisfaction.
authors.affiliation: Evangel University, Springfield, MO 65802, USA.
authors.forename: Ashley D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Bowman
authors.forename: Geoffrey W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Sutton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology*; D009769:Object Attachment; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors