O PAPEL DA EMPATIA E DA COMUNICAÇÃO ASSERTIVA NA SATISFAÇÃO CONJUGAL EM CASAMENTOS DE LONGA DURAÇÃO

Abstract

Interpersonal relationship quality has great value in individual life and when the subject is married couple satisfaction its influence is quite significant. Researches have shown the importance of social skills in marriage quality and their action on conjugal satisfaction. This study investigates the relation between empathy and assertive communication perceived by the spouse and the married couple satisfaction. The participants were fifty couples, aged between 31 and 77 years old, having more than 10 years of marriage. The participants filled the Marital Satisfaction Scale, the Marital Social Skills Inventory and the Marital Empathy Questionnaire. It was observed a positive correlation between marital satisfaction and assertive communication. According to the correlation intensity, this study points out the importance of empathy on marital satisfaction. Assertive communication also has its hole, but we can suggest that the role of this ability has to be preceded by some empathy training. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]