夫婦間の話し合いと夫婦関係満足度

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This study investigated the relationship between conjugal agreement patterns and marital satisfaction for a sample of 432 married women. Of the four patterns induced from the “time of discussion” variable and the “agreement” variable, namely explicit agreement, implicit agreement, disagreement, not yet ascertained, the former two correlated with high satisfaction and the later two with low satisfaction. The finding shows that agreement with husbands is of primary importance for marital satisfaction as perceived by wives. Between the former two patterns, the explicit agreement correlated more highly with satisfaction than implicit agreement.
Before marriage, many couples agree tacitly about their marital life plan. In the case of tacit, implicit agreement, the task of “role fit” may not be completely accomplished during the period of marital choice. However, after marriage, they can achieve mutual agreement though discussion. That is, the “role fit” task is attained not only before marriage but after marriage as well.