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Database: PsycINFO
[ Journal Article ]
Marital satisfaction and communication practices: Comparisons among Indian and American couples.
Yelsma, Paul; Athappilly, Kuriakose
Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol 19(1), 1988, 37-54.

Abstract

  1. Surveyed 31 American married couples and 53 Indian couples in arranged and love marriages on marital satisfaction and communication practices. Couples in Indian arranged marriages rated marital satisfaction higher than did American couples or Indian love marriages. Indian love marriages bore greater similarity to American companionate marriages in that verbal, nonverbal, and sexual communication had a greater influence on marital satisfaction than was the case with Indian arranged marriages. It is suggested that submissiveness and appropriate selection and external support of a wife influence the degree of satisfaction in arranged marriages. (French & Spanish abstracts) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)