Military Service, Marital Status, and Men's Relationship Satisfaction

Author(s): Kelly C. Mcleland, Geoffrey W. Sutton

DOI: https://doi.org/10.65030/idr.03016

Abstract: The authors examined the relationship between military status, marital status, and relationship satisfaction in a sample of 46 men. Modifications of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale (KMSS) and the ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale (EMS) were used as measures of relationship satisfaction. A two-way MANCOVA (military status x marital status) with age as the covariate revealed lower satisfaction scores for military men. Follow-up ANCOVAs indicated a significant association between military status and relationship satisfaction when measured on the EMS. Additional analyses indicated that deployment alert status explained part of the variance for lowered relationship satisfaction. The results were discussed in terms of a contextual model of marriage (Bradbury & Fincham, 1988).

Keywords: Military personnel; Marital status; Relationship satisfaction; Marital quality; Deployment stress; Individual differences; Military families norms; Hand washing; Prosocial behavior; Social influence; Compliance; Observational study; Hygiene behavior; Men's health

Pages: 177-182

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