Role Of Humor and Emotional Intelligence in Predicting Marital Satisfaction among Married Individuals

Abstract

The aim of study was to explore role of humor and emotional intelligence in predicting marital satisfaction among married individuals.The sample of study consisted of 300 married individuals including males (n = 143) and females (n = 157) taken from Rawalpindi and Islamabad, with age range of 25-63 years. Research variables were measured by using Humor Styles in RelationshipPartner Version (HSR-P) developed by Carid (2014), Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS) by Wong and Law (2000) and ENRICH Marital Satisfaction scale (EMSS) byFower and Olson developed (l993) .Results indicated that use of affiliative and aggressive humor cOlTelates positively with marital satisfaction. Moreover, there exists a significant positive relationship between emotional intelligence and marital satisfaction.T-test analysis on gender depicted that female scored higher on self-emotional appraisal. In addition to this, individuals with love marriages scored significantly higher on humor styles in relationship paliner-version and its subscales as compared to individuals with alTanged malriages. Individuals with joint family system scored higher on humor styles, its subscales, and marital satisfaction. T-test analysis on age shows that early adults scored higher on affiliative humor style and middle adults scored higher on emotional intelligence. Results of One-way Anova on education indicated that individuals studied MphillPhD scored higher on both subscales of humor styles and also on three subscales of emotional intelligence. Alongwith this, linear regression analysis indicated that both subscales of humor styles positively predicted marital satisfaction. Findings of study variables are discussed in relation to demographics along with suggestions and future implication.