A Study on Social-Psychological Elements and Marital Contentment Among Married Couples

Significant difference was found between the husbands and wives on the variable Stress Tolerance. The husbands had more Stress Tolerance than the wives. No significant difference was found between husbands and wives on the variable Altruistic Behavior but the variable emotional adjustment shown significant difference among the husbands and wives. Such as, husbands were more emotionally adjusted than the wives. Whereas the wives had more spirituality than the husbands. No significant difference was reported between the husbands and wives on the variable couple's love. The husbands were happier than the wives in case of the couples in the age group 60 and above. The studies also find out that couples in urban area had more stress tolerance than the couples in rural area. couples in urban the area had more altruistic behavior than the rural area also they are more residence on the variable emotional adjustment. The couples in the urban area were high Emotional Adjustment than the couples in the rural area. The overall outcomes of the study conclude that the social psychologists elements such as stress tolerance, altruistic behavior, spirituality, emotional adjustment, couple's love and marital satisfaction are more important during the time of pre and post marital counseling to explore how these variables can affect the marital life. So it possible to identify and assess the weak points among the couples and give remedial counseling which may increase marital satisfaction.