Conflict Management and Marital Satisfaction Among Dual Earning Couples
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2011
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UAS, Dharwad
Abstract
The study was conducted to identify status and relationship of “Conflict
management and marital satisfaction among dual-earning couples during the year
2010-11 in Dharwad city. One hundred and fifty working couples residing in
Dharwad urban locality were selected purposively. Thomas-Kilmann MODE
Instrument (1977) and marital satisfaction scale developed by Roach et.al (1981) were
administered individually to assess conflict management and marital satisfaction of
the couples. Garett ranking, chi-square and correlation analyses were used to analyze
the data. The results revealed that husbands preferred the collaboration style followed
by accommodation, avoidance, compromise and then competition whereas wives
preferred accommodation style followed by collaboration, compromise, avoidance
and then competition to resolve conflict. Husbands were significantly high in the
usage of collaboration style compared to wives whereas wives were significantly high
in the usage of accommodation style compared to husbands. Wives with younger Age,
higher income, larger family size and more than 20 years of married life were
significantly high in the adoption of accommodation style, and husbands with higher
education and working in private organization were significantly high in their
adoption of collaboration style and husbands living in small family were significantly
high in the adoption of compromise style and those living in large family were high in
the adoption of avoidance style. Correspondingly more number of wives (56%) were
satisfied with their marital life compared to husbands (50%). Wives with advanced
age, length of marriage and number of children were significantly less satisfied with
their marital life whereas husbands with higher income and secured occupation were
significantly more satisfied with their marital life. Husbands were more satisfied when
they adopted collaboration style and their wives adopted accommodation style.
Similarly, wives were more satisfied when they adopted collaboration style and their
husband adopted accommodation style and were less satisfied when they adopted
competition style in their conflict management process.
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Human Development