Toward a Linear Prediction Model of Marital Happiness

Abstract

An attempt was made to replicate Howard and Dawes' (1976) finding that marital happiness is linearly related to the difference between frequency of sexual intercourse and frequency of arguments. Their finding was confirmed.However, in contrast to the Howard and Dawes results, the present results further suggest that either frequency variable can by itself serve as a predictor of marital happiness.

Marital Conflict

“…Interestingly, Gottman's perspective corresponds with the findings of two early, often overlooked studies on the reported frequency of sexual intercourse and of marital arguments (Howard & Dawes, 1976; Thornton, 1977). Both showed that the ratio of sexual intercourse to arguments, rather than their base rates, predicted marital satisfaction.…”

Marriage, Quarrels, and Lovemaking

“…These findings were replicated afterward (Edwards & Edwards, 1977). Moreover, when partners monitored their lovemaking and quarrels after the ratings of marital happiness, the correlation between the sexquarrel difference became higher (0.81, p < 0.01) (Thornton, 1977). Dawes (1979) concedes this 'is not very profound, psychologically or statistically.…”

Evli̇li̇ği̇n Ni̇teli̇ği̇ Üzeri̇ne Geli̇şti̇ri̇len Kavramlarin Ortaya Çikardiği Anlam Karmaşasi Üzeri̇ne Bi̇r Değerlendi̇rme

“…Spanier, 1976, s. 18). Bu ölçekler evlilik uyumu (marital adjustment) (Locke & Wallace, 1959;Spanier, 1976), evlilik doyumu (marital satisfaction) (Snyder, 1979;Olson, Fournier & Druckman, 1998;Schumm vd., 1986), evlilik kalitesi (marital quality) (Norton, 1983;Fincham & Linfield, 1997), evlilik başarısı (marital success) (Chi & Houseknecht, 1985 & Olson, 1986;Booth & Johnson, 1988), evlilik mutluluğu 1 (marital happiness) (Hicks & Platt, 1970;Howard & Daves, 1976;Thornton, 1977;Kunz & Albrecht, 1977;Albrecht, 1979), evlilik istikrarı (marital stability) (Hicks & Platt, 1970;Nye, White & Frideres, 1973;Lenthall, 1977), evlilik çatışması (marital conflict) (Gottman, Markman & Notarius, 1977;Braiker & Kelley, 1979), evlilik bağlanımı (marital commitment) (Dean & Spanier, 1974;Adams & Jones, 1997), evlilik bağlanması (marital attachment) 2 (Dickstein vd., 2001), evlilik etkileşimi (marital interaction) (Gottman & Krokoff, 1989;Bradbury, Fincham & Beach, 2000, s. 966), evlilik iletişimi (marital communication) (Noller & Fitzpatrick, 1990), evlilik uyuşması (marital cohesion-marital cohesiveness) (Pittman, Price-Bonham & McKenry, 1983), evlilik bütünleşmesi (marital integration) (Farber, 1957), evlilik uzlaşması (marital consensus) (Spanier, 1976), evlilik bağımlılığı (marital dependency) (Kalmuss & Straus, 1982) gibi kavramları beraberinde getirmiş (Bahr, Chappell & Leigh, 1983;Sabatelli, 1988;Dush, Taylor & Kroeger, 2008;...…”