Marital Satisfaction, Emotional stability and Quality of Life Among Married Women

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between Marital Satisfaction, Emotional stability and Quality of Life among married women belonging to early adulthood and middle adulthood age groups. This research study intends to focus on the dynamics between the two different stages of life span and understand the influence of marital satisfaction and emotional stability of the individuals in determining their quality of life. A non-probability purposive sampling method was used to assess a sample of 200 respondents from various major cities across India. It was hypothesized that there would be no significant relationship between Marital satisfaction and Emotional stability and between marital satisfaction and Quality of Life. It was also hypothesized that there would be no significant relationship between Emotional stability and Quality of Life which was tested using Pearson’s Correlation. The difference between the early adulthood and middle adulthood was tested using Independent sample T test and Linear Regression was also used to analyse the data. It was found that there is a significant relationship between the variables Marital Satisfaction, Emotional Stability and Quality of Life. Both Marital Satisfaction and Emotional stability were significantly associated with Quality of Life. There was no significant difference in the Quality of life between early adulthood and middle adulthood married women. The results are further interpreted. Implications and limitations of the study are discussed.