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Non‐Verbal Communication and Marital Satisfaction
Author(s) -
KAHN MALCOLM
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1970.00449.x
Subject(s) - psychology , nonverbal communication , marital therapy , social psychology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology
Twenty‐one college couples were identified as maritally satisfied and 21 couples as maritally dissatisfied by the Locke‐Wallace Marital Adjustment Scale. The Marital Communication Scale (MCS), a new behavioral measure of accuracy of marital non‐verbal communication, and the Primary Communication Inventory (PCI), a self‐report measure, were administered to each couple. The results indicate a relationship between marital satisfaction and accuracy of non‐verbal communication as assessed by both measures. The commonality of the two measures was found to be limited, however.