The relationship between marital commitment, spiritual well-being, and satisfaction in marriag

Purpose The purpose of this research was to determine the degree to which marital commitment, spiritual well-being, and duration of marriage predict satisfaction in marriage.;Method A quantitative research design was conducted, using a combination of three well established instruments to create one survey with 60 questions: The Revised Commitment Inventory, the Spiritual Well-being Scale, and the Marriage Satisfaction Scale a component of ENRICH. Responses were gathered from 166 married individuals responding to an Internet survey. An analysis of variance for univariate multiple regression was used to demonstrate that spiritual well-being, marital commitment and duration of marriage are statistically significant predictors of satisfaction in marriage, [ F(3,162) = 20.29,p < .001].;Results Multiple Regression Model Summary results indicated R2 adj = .26, suggesting marital commitment, spiritual well-being, and duration of marriage explained 26% of the total variance for satisfaction in marriage. Analysis of structure coefficients indicated marital commitment uniquely accounts for 78% of the variance; spiritual well-being contributes 44% of the variance; whereas duration of marriage accounted for only .2%. These results are consistent with previous research. Thus marital commitment plays the largest role in explaining satisfaction in marriage, while spiritual well-being predicts less, and duration of marriage is the smallest predictor of satisfaction in marriage. Implications of this research may be significant for clinicians, offering insight into which relationship variables of the variables explored in my research are important. Based on the results of this research, clinicians may emphasize strengthening individual commitment in marriage. The results may also suggest addressing spiritual well-being in marriage counseling because it may foster individual well-being and satisfaction. Because duration of marriage was not a significant predictor of marital satisfaction in this study, a new marriage has the same chances of success than a longer marriage has when considered with commitment and spiritual well-being. KEY WORDS: Marriage, Counseling, Marital commitment, Spiritual well-being, Marital satisfaction.