This study investigated whether (I) socio-demographic factors such as age, gender, race, number
of years in marriage. number of children, frequency of marriage. and educational level
(2) psychological well-being. and (3) communication will significantly predict marital satisfaction
among married people in Gauteng Province and (4) whether married people with alcxithymia do
have satisfactory marriages?.Data was collected on married participants who were randomly
selected in Gauteng Province. The sample comprised both males 313 (63.1 %) and females 183
(36.9%). participants were above the consenting age of 18 years, with age ranging between 20 to
72 years.The results indicate that communication, alexithymia, and psychological well-being do
predict marital satisfaction significant!}. A positive correlation was found between dyadic
adjustment and psychological well-being, also between communication and alexithymia.Three
hypotheses were accepted, except for the one of demographic factors which was partially
accepted since not all of them were found to predict marital satisfaction. except age and sex. / Thesis (M.Soc.Sc. (Research Psychology) North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2013
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/14701 |
| Date | January 2013 |
| Creators | Ndlovu, Jody Neo |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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