Trust and Marital Satisfaction among Love and Arrange Married Couples

Page: 324-328
Shivani Arora and Suhas Shetgovekar (School of Social Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Delhi)

Trust is the prerequisite condition for the satisfactory and stable relationship among the couples. Trust and marital satisfaction are more in love married couples or in arrange married couples? To answer this question the present study was planned. The present study examined the level of Trust and Marital Satisfaction among Love and Arrange married couples. Moreover, Gender differences were also studied. Total of 112 participants were there in the present study (n1= 28 love married couples, n2= 28 arrange married couples). Enrich Marital Satisfaction Scale (Fowers & Olson, 1993) and Trust Scale (Rempel, Holmes, & Zanna, 1985) were used to measure the constructs. The marital age of the sample ranged from 5-10 years to see the trust and marital satisfaction. Data was analysed using 2-way ANOVA and Spearman Correlation. The result of this study showed a significant difference on the variables Trust and Marital Satisfaction among Love and Arranged married couples. Also, significant gender differences were found in relation to trust and marital satisfaction among love and arrange married couples.