test on marital satisfaction.ppt

MaritalSatisfaction 1 Howhashavingchildrenchangedyourmarriedlife 2 3 TestYourOwnMarriageSatisfaction Maritalrelationshipsarecomplexinstitutions Inordertoimprovethequalityofamarriage ithelpstotakeasystematiclookathowitisfunctioning Hereisaquestionnaireyoucanuseasageneralguideforevaluatingyourmaritalsatisfaction Aftereachquestionbelowwritedownthenumberthatmostcloselyapproximatesyourpresentfeelingsaboutyourmarriageoryourspouse Onascaleofonetoten 10is pleased 5is halfyes halfno and0is notpleased 4 IAM Pleasedwiththeamountwetalktoeachother Happywiththefriendsweshareincommon Satisfiedwithoursexlife Inagreementwiththeamountoftimeyouorwespendatworkandathome Inagreementwiththewaywearespendingmoney 5 IAM Pleasedwiththekindofparentyouare Thisreferstothewayyourspouseinteractswiththechildren Oftheopinionthatyouare onmyteam Pleasedwithourleisuretimetogether e g sports vacations outings etc Basicallyinagreementwithyouroutlookonlife e g values attitudes religiousbeliefs politics etc 6 IAM Generallypleasedwiththewayyourelatetomembersofyourownfamily Thisreferstoyourspouse sparents siblings etc Satisfiedwiththewayyourelatetomembersofmyfamily Thisreferstoyourownparents siblings etc Pleasedwithyourgeneralhabits mannerisms andoverallappearance 7 TestYourOwnMarriageSatisfaction Addupyourtotalscore 84andmoremeansthatyouhaveaVERYGOODmarriage Between72 83reflectsSATISFACTORYtoGOODfeelingsandinteractions Ascoreof61 71suggeststhatyouneedtomakesomebasicchanges Below60indicatesaPOORlevelofmaritalsatisfaction 8 TestYourOwnMarriageSatisfaction Marriagesthatarebankruptusuallycallfordivorcecounselingsothatthehusbandandwifepartamicably Usually however peoplewhoselevelsofsatisfactionarethislowdon tconsultpsychologists theyheadstraightforthelawyers 9 TestYourOwnMarriageSatisfaction Manymarriagescanbeimprovedsothatcouplescanexperiencemorejoythangrief Peoplewhobelievethatnothingcanbedonetoimproveabadmarriageareusuallyincorrect Itisdifficult butnotimpossible totransformapoormarriageintoagoodone MaritalSatisfaction Hereisaquizusedinaresearchprojectbymarriageandfamilyspecialiststhatcanhelpyoutodecidehowhealthyisyourmarriage Thesequestionsfocusonthebestpredictorsofmaritaldistressanddivorce 10 Researchreport 1 discussiontopic 2 subjects 20 age sex job marriagecondition havingachild 3 presentationofsubjects responses4 group sanalysisandconclusion MARITALQUIZONE Doroutinediscussionsofteneruptintodestructivearguments Doyouoryourpartneroftenwithdraworrefusetotalkaboutimportantissues Doyouoryourpartneroftendisregardwhattheothersays ordoyouoftenuseput downsDoesitseemasifthethingsyousaytoyourpartnerareoftenheardmuchmorenegativelythanyouintended 12 MARITALQUIZONE Doyoufeelthattherehastobeawinnerandloserwhenyoudisagree Doesyourrelationshipoftentakeabackseattootherinterests Doyouoftenthinkaboutwhatitwouldbeliketobewithsomeoneelse Doesthethoughtofbeingwithyourpartnerafewyearsfromnowdisturbyou 13 MARITALQUIZTWO BelowaresamplequestionsfromIndexofMaritalSatisfaction IMS byWalterW Hudson IMSisdesignedtomeasurethedegreeofsatisfactionyouhavewithyyourpresentmarriage Itisnotatest sotherearenorightorwronganswers Answereachitemascarefullyandaaccuratelyasyoucanbyplacinganumberbesidethefollowquestions 14 MARITALQUIZTWO NoneofthetimeVaryrarelyAlittleofthetimeSomeofthetimeAgoodpartofthetimeMostofthetimeAllofthetime 15 MARITALQUIZTWO MypartnerisaffectionateenoughIfeelthatIwouldchoosethesamepartnerifIhadtodoitoveragain IfeelthatIcantrustmypartner Wehavealotoffuntogether OursisacloserelationshipIfeelthatwehaveenoughinterestincommon Mypartnerisarealcomforttome IfeelthereisnoexcitementinourrelationshipIfeelthatoursexlifeislackingquality 16 WeAreOne 我们是一体 KellySweet凯莉 斯威 17 WeAreOne 我们是一体 KellySweet凯莉 斯威 Didn tneedtoaskDon tknowthereasonEverythingthatIbelieveIsrighthereNotthinkin bout1 Couldn tcatchitifItriedWorldisspinningtoofastSoI llwait tilitcomestomeIamyouYouareme 18 WeAreOne 我们是一体 KellySweet凯莉 斯威 WeareoneTakemeinyourarmsAndflowthroughmeI llflowthroughyouStealmy2 awayCauseI msomovedbyyou3 thanIeverthoughtWaspossible waspossible it severything oh 19 WeAreOne 我们是一体 KellySweet凯莉 斯威 DifferencebetweenmeandyouIt sallinwhereyour4 liesAndeveryday sanotherchanceSolet sgetitrightIamyouYouaremeWeareoneTakemeinyourarms 20 WeAreOne 我们是一体 KellySweet凯莉 斯威 AndflowthroughmeI llflowthroughyouDidyouloseyourselfoutthereDidyoulosefaithand5 Don tturnawayandhideyourselfCausethere safriendtomakealongthewayWearetheheartbeatandoursoulsspeakAndallthe6 Ihaveeverdreamed 21 WeAreOne 我们是一体 KellySweet凯莉 斯威 Isrighthereinfrontofme ohIsrighthereinfrontofme ohIamyouAndyouaremeWeareoneTakemeinyourarmsAndflowthroughmeI llflowthroughyou 22 WeAreOne 我们是一体 KellySweet凯莉 斯威 Didn tneedtoaskDon tknowthereasonEverythingthatIbelieveIsrighthereNotthinkin bouttomorrowCouldn tcatchitifItriedWorldisspinningtoofastSoI llwait tilitcomestomeIamyouYouareme 23 WeAreOne 我们是一体 KellySweet凯莉 斯威 WeareoneTakemeinyourarmsAndflowthroughmeI llflowthroughyouStealmybreathawayCauseI msomovedbyyouDeeperthanIeverthoughtWaspossible waspossible it severything oh 24 WeAreOne 我们是一体 KellySweet凯莉 斯威 DifferencebetweenmeandyouIt sallinwhereyourheartliesAndeveryday sanotherchanceSolet sgetitrightIamyouYouaremeWeareoneTakemeinyourarms 25 WeAreOne 我们是一体 KellySweet凯莉 斯威 AndflowthroughmeI llflowthroughyouDidyouloseyourselfoutthereDidyoulosefaithandgiveupDon tturnawa