Marital Conflict, Health, and Well-Being Among Couples

Abstract

Marriage is the most important stage of adult life that influences family members’ overall health and well-being. Many factors increase the conflict between couples and increase stress, leading to poor health. The objective of this study was to identify the effect of marital conflict, family relationships, and relationship satisfaction on couples’ health and psychological well-being. Two hundred fourteen married participants (126 males and 88 females) in the age range of 25 to 55 years old (M=35.88; SD=8.651) had selected through purposive sampling from the different cities of Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, India. Measures of Marital conflict, general health, couple relationship satisfaction, family relationship, and psychological well-being had administered online. The results of hierarchical regression showed that socioeconomic status (Higher, middle, and lower), location (rural ; urban areas), marital conflict, family relationship, and relationship satisfaction were significant predictors of general health. Further, location, family relationship, and relationship satisfaction were significant predictors of psychological well-being. The findings of the present study will be significant in the field of guidance and counselling of married couples and family members who face marital distress, family conflict, and dissatisfaction in their married life.