Assessing the relationship between quality of life and marital satisfaction among Malaysian married couples

The increase of living cost due to rapid global economic changes forced husband and wife go out to work and spent less time for families, consequently cause the decline in marital happiness and quality of life. This paper investigates factors that influence couples’marital satisfaction on their qual...

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Main Authors:	Rozmi Ismail, Azlan H. A.N., Yusoff F.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Journal of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
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spelling	ukm-102552017-03-30T06:50:54Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10255/ Assessing the relationship between quality of life and marital satisfaction among Malaysian married couples Rozmi Ismail, Azlan H. A.N., Yusoff F., The increase of living cost due to rapid global economic changes forced husband and wife go out to work and spent less time for families, consequently cause the decline in marital happiness and quality of life. This paper investigates factors that influence couples’marital satisfaction on their quality of life.A total of 603 married couples participated in this study by completing the ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale (EMS) and Quality of Life instruments. The results found that age, gender, duration of marriage, family income, number of children contributed to marital dissatisfaction and low quality of life. Multivariate analysis revealed that the increase in marital quality will lead to decrease in QOL. The implication of this study suggested that all stake holders and government agency should focus on the policy to improving quality of life and happiness. Journal of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10255/1/065-071%20Rozmi%20Relationship%20between%20Quality%20of%20Life.pdf Rozmi Ismail, and Azlan H. A.N., and Yusoff F., (2015) Assessing the relationship between quality of life and marital satisfaction among Malaysian married couples. e-BANGI: Jurnal Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Sp. (2). pp. 65-71. ISSN 1823-884X http://www.ukm.my/e-bangi/index.php?option=com_jresearch&view=publicationslist&Itemid=45&lang=en
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description	The increase of living cost due to rapid global economic changes forced husband and wife go out to work and spent less time for families, consequently cause the decline in marital happiness and quality of life. This paper investigates factors that influence couples’marital satisfaction on their quality of life.A total of 603 married couples participated in this study by completing the ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale (EMS) and Quality of Life instruments. The results found that age, gender, duration of marriage, family income, number of children contributed to marital dissatisfaction and low quality of life. Multivariate analysis revealed that the increase in marital quality will lead to decrease in QOL. The implication of this study suggested that all stake holders and government agency should focus on the policy to improving quality of life and happiness.
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author	Rozmi Ismail, Azlan H. A.N., Yusoff F.,
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author_facet	Rozmi Ismail, Azlan H. A.N., Yusoff F.,
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title	Assessing the relationship between quality of life and marital satisfaction among Malaysian married couples
title_short	Assessing the relationship between quality of life and marital satisfaction among Malaysian married couples
title_full	Assessing the relationship between quality of life and marital satisfaction among Malaysian married couples
title_fullStr	Assessing the relationship between quality of life and marital satisfaction among Malaysian married couples
title_full_unstemmed	Assessing the relationship between quality of life and marital satisfaction among Malaysian married couples
title_sort	assessing the relationship between quality of life and marital satisfaction among malaysian married couples
publisher	Journal of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2015
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Assessing the relationship between quality of life and marital satisfaction among Malaysian married couples

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