Resilience, Sense of Humor and Marital Satisfaction among Married Young Adults Across Gender

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to study the resilience, sense of humor and marital satisfaction among married young adults across gender. Resilience scale, Sense of humour Questionnaire 6 (SHQ-6 Reversed in 2015), ENRICH (Evaluation and Nurturing Relationship Issues, Communication and Happiness) Marital Satisfaction Scale were administered to a sample of 60 married young adults (30 males and 30 females) between the age of 24-35. The samples were collected by using purposive sampling method. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and Pearson product moment correlation were used for statistical analysis with the help of SPSS version 22. The findings of the study reveals that there was no significant relationship between resilience, sense of humor and marital satisfaction among married young. The study also found that there was no significant difference in resilience, sense of humor and marital satisfaction among married young adults across gender.