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The Influence of Husbands' Perceived Relationships with Their Mothers-in-law on their Marital Satisfaction: Focused on the Mediating Effects of Wives' Communication Styles

This study was designed to investigate the influence of the relationships between husbands and their mothers-in-law on their marital satisfaction, and the mediating effects of wives' communication styles perceived by husbands. The subjects were 261 married males in their 30s∼50s, and the following three scales were administered: a scale on the conflicts between married men and their mothers-in-law, a communication style scale, and a marital satisfaction scale. The data were analyzed for stepwise hierarchical regression, Baron & Kenny (1986)'s test, and the Sobel test (1982). The results were as follows. First, husbands' marital satisfaction was negatively related with conflict with their mothers-in-law, and their wives' super-reasonable style, blaming style, and irrelevant style of communication; however, it waspositively related with their wives’ functional(congruent) communication style and placating communication style. Second, functional (congruent) communication style and all the dysfunctional styles of communication, except for irrelevant style, had a significant influence on husbands' marital satisfaction. Third, dysfunctional/functional styles of communication had partial mediating effects on the influence of the relationships between husbands and their mothers-in-law on the husbands’ marital satisfaction. The limitations of the study and implications for further research were discussed based on the results.