Sexual compatibility and relationship satisfaction: A correlational study

Pages: 1090-1092
Gagan Jain (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan)

This study examines the correlation between sexual compatibility and marital satisfaction. Married couples (n=70) who are in marriage for last 3 years were tested on both Hubert’s Index of Sexual Compatibility and Hendrick’s Relationship Assessment Scale. It was predicted that there is a positive correlation between sexual compatibility and marital satisfaction. Result validated the hypothesis of the study. It had been found that the co-efficient of correlation between sexual compatibility and marital satisfaction between men, women, and both are +.684, +.850, +.763 respectively. It has also been found that there is no significant mean difference between men and women on both the scales, i.e., SCS and RAS by applying the t-test. However the correlation is stronger in women than men, may be because of different meaning assigned to sex by both the genders.