An analysis of predictive power of personal lifestyles and emotional intelligence on the level of marital satisfaction of couples Download PDF

Emotional intelligence along with autonomy and sociotropy personality traits is an important factor in predicting marital satisfaction of couples. The objective of this paper is to determine the predictive power of personal styles (i.e. Autonomy and Sociotropy traits) and Emotional Intelligence on marital satisfaction. Methodology: The nature of this research is cross-section analysis and the multiple correlations have been used in regression context and comparison. The statistical population consists of all Zaboli couples. Using available sampling method, they have been selected from 100 couples seeking help from counseling centers. The data has been collected using Enrich marital satisfaction questionnaire, Robins personal styles inventory (PSI-II) and Bar-on emotional intelligence. In order to analyze the data and also investigate the predictive power of each variable, the stepwise regression has been used. The results: The regression analysis results indicate that personal styles and emotional intelligence when used either separately or together, have meaningful role in predicting marital satisfaction of men and women. Conclusion: The marital satisfaction of couples can be predicted using emotional intelligence and autonomous and sociotropic personal styles. Thus they have to be considered while selecting a mate or giving marriage counseling.