Relationship among Attachment Style, Communication Competence and Marital Satisfaction (애착과 의사소통 능력 및 결혼관계 만족의 관계)

Hwee-Sook Jang (장휘숙); Young-Joo Yi (이영주)

Relationship among Attachment Style, Communication Competence and Marital Satisfaction

THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
2007, 20(4), pp.17-32
Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science

Hwee-Sook Jang ¹, Young-Joo Yi ¹

¹충남대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study examined the relationship among the attachment style, communication competence and marital satisfaction with male and female adults of the thirties and forties in the first decade of marriage. ANOVA revealed men with secure attachments had the highest marital satisfaction than the ones with other attachment styles. Among 4 dimensions of communication competence, altercentrism explained significantly the marital satisfactions of men and, expressiveness and self-disclosure explained significantly that of women. Also women and the one with secure attachments had higher communication competence than their counterparts. Regression analysis found the man's communication competence mediated the relationships of attachments and marital satisfaction, while women's communication competence did not interact with attachments.

KEYWORDS

attachment, attachment style, communication competence, marital satisfaction

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