Investigation of Structural Relationship between Communication Skills and Marital Intimacy

Abstract

The goal of this research was to study structural relationship between communication skills and marital intimacy in Isfahanian couples. This research was multiple correlation and the sample includes 400 men and women which were selected by cluster random sampling among Isfahanian couples on the first half of 2013. In order to collect data, questionnaire of marital intimacy (2006) and Queendom communication skills (2001) was used. Data was analyzed by pearson correlation and stepwise regression. Obtained results of correlation showed that there is positive significant relationship between communication skills scores and marital intimacy. The results of stepwise regression indicated that communication skills described 46% of marital intimacy. Also the structural equation model of communication skills with marital intimacy showed that communication skills described 96% of marital intimacy. The index of goodness of fit IFI, NFI, CFI and TLI were upper 0.9 and acceptable, but RFI was less than 0.9 and unacceptable. RMSEA was 0.7 and acceptable and it indicated goodness of fit. Finally, the presented model had appropriate fitness by the collected data at this research.

Keywords

• marital intimacy
• communication skills
• structural equation model