Keywords
Compassion
Marriage
Marital Satisfaction
Religiosity
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Abstract
Communication, compassion and religiosity are of significant predictors that have an impact on marital satisfaction. Satisfaction in marriage is an indicator that shows the level of marriage relationship quality which can be measured by several aspects such as the way of life adjustment between the couple and the lack of household conflict. Thus this study will explore the influence of communication, compassion and religiosity of married partner on marital satisfaction. In this quantitative research, 165 respondents among married couples who work in the public sector in the state of Terengganu, Malaysia were selected by using the purposive sampling method. A modified version of the ENRICH Marriage Scale (EMS) was used to assess marital satisfaction and the questionnaire were distributed using the online survey. The EMS scale is a 15-item scale comprising the Idealistic Distortion (5 items) and Marital Satisfaction scales (10 items). Before the SEM test is tested, prior adjustment tests were made to ensure that the tested indicator actually represents the measured construct. The data were then analyzed using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) with IBM-SPSS-AMOS program version 21.0. The results of the study found that communication, compassion and religiosity had a significant influence on marital satisfaction.
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