EFFECT OF NURTURANCE ON WIVES' APPRAISALS OF THEIR MARITAL SATISFACTION AND THE DEGREE OF THEIR HUSBANDS' APHASIA.

IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT: (1) THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WIVES' DEGREE OF NURTURANCE (NEED TO GIVE AFFECTION AND CARE) AND THEIR PERCEPTION OF THE SEVERITY OF THEIR HUSBANDS' SPEECH DISABILITIES, (2) THERE WOULD BE A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WIVES' NURTURANT NEEDS AND THEIR REPORTS OF MARITAL SATISFACTION, AND (3) WIVES WHO WERE HIGH IN NURTURANCE WOULD REPORT FULFILLING AFFECTIONAL ROLES AND WOULD REPORT SHARING ACTIVITIES WITH THEIR HUSBANDS MORE OFTEN THAN LOW-NURTURANT WIVES. SPEECH RATINGS WERE MADE ON THE FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION PROFILE. MARITAL SATISFACTION WAS MEASURED BY A MARITAL ROLES AND ATTITUDES QUESTIONNAIRE, A NEED-SATISFACTION QUESTIONNAIRE, AND A MARITAL HAPPINESS SCALE. THE MAJOR HYPOTHESES WERE CONFIRMED WITH EXCEPTION OF THE FULFILLMENT OF AFFECTIONAL ROLES. HERE NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES WERE FOUND BETWEEN HIGH-NURTURANT AND LOW-NURTURANT GROUPS. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)