Mental health articles

marital quality definition Perceived and objective characteristics of a marital
union. These characteristics may include self-evaluated
assessments of satisfaction, fullfillment, and happiness
of union partners. They may also involve selfor
externally-evaluated aspects of marital interactions,
such as conflict, communication, problem solving, sharing,
and physical and/or emotional closeness. In addition
to interpersonal dynamics, it involves structural
aspects of a union, such as the cohabitation and separation
history. Marital quality addresses the history and
dynamics of social, economic, psychological and even
sexual rights and reciprocity within the couple.