Marital Adjustment in Having Child and Childless Couples

Abstract

This study has been undertaken to study the marital adjustment of those couples who are infertile. It also aimed to check marital adjustment with relation to type of the couple and gender. A Comprehensive for the “Marital Adjustment Inventory (MAI)” by Dr. Har Mohan Singh (2011) was used. The sample constituted total 120 couples out of which 60 were from couples having child (30 male and 30 female) and childless couples (30 male and 30 female). The data was collected from Jodhpur District. The data was scored, analyzed as per the manual. ‘F’ test was being calculated. The result showed that, 1. The childless couples group is having batter marital adjustment than couples having a child group, 2. There is no significant difference in the mean score of marital adjustment among the male and female partner and 3. Female childless group is having batter marital adjustment than female partner having a child group.