Disturbances in communication and marital disharmony in neurotics

Abstract

The present study examines marital disharmony in terms of disturbed communication in neurotics and their spouses, as compared with normal couples. It is hypothesised that there would be significant differences between neurotics and normals, and between spouses of neurotics and spouses of normals, with regard to communication. The Marital Communication Inventory and the Personal Report of Spouse Communication Apprehension are used. The results show that the marriages of neurotics are characterised by poor communication and marital disharmony when compared with the normal marriages.