Emotional Intelligence and Marital Satisfaction (original) (raw)

INTRODUCTIONThe co-existence of a man and a woman changed itself in a bond called 'marriage'. With the evolution of culture marriage became a lifelong sacrament (Russell, 1929). Breaking the marital relationship became a social stigma (Datar, 1988). Marriage got defined as 'a social arrangement based on a contract, including recognition of the rights and duties of parenthood, common residence for husband, wife, children and reciprocal economic obligations (Stephen, 1963).The system of marriage proved to be beneficial in terms of satisfying the security and belongingness needs and challenging it became an unfavorable step. With changing face of democracy industrialization, marriage became a more legal than religious bond. Feminist movements worked hard to gender sensitize the legal structures. In India, since the Hindu Marriage Act (1955), every married Hindu person got a formal right to dissolve marriage through legal means.Education helped in rationalizing decisions, ma...