Emotional Maturity, Family Support, and Marital Quality Among Married Individuals

Abstract

The present study examined the relationship between emotional maturity, family support and marital quality among married couples. Moreover, demographic variables including age, monthly family income, gender, profession, partner profession, family system, and marriage type were also compared along study variables. The sample comprised of 249 married couples including female (n = 127) and male (n = 122) individuals. The sample of married individuals was collected physically and online by using a Google Form. Measures included in the study are Emotional Maturity Scale (Singh & Bhargava, 1991) translated in Urdu version by Ishfaq (2014). Then, family support subscale of Social Support Scale (Pierce, Sarason, & Sarason, 1991) that was translated in Urdu language by Rafai (2007) and Marital Quality Scale (Shah, 1995) and was translated in Urdu version by Imran (2018). Emotional maturity was positively linked with family support and marital quality of married individuals. Moreover, family support was also found to have positive association with marital quality. Social maladjustment, personality disintegration, and lack of independence significantly predicted marital quality. Gender differences exposed that female participants were higher on emotional maturity as compared to males. Arrange marriage participants were higher on emotional maturity in comparison to love marriage individuals. Working participants were higher on lack of independence and marital quality as compared to non-working participants. Individuals from nuclear families were higher on emotional maturity and social maladjustment than individuals from joint families.