期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2021
卷号：11
期号：4
页码：1261-1273
DOI：10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i4/9664
语种：English
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：Spiritual well-being is gradually gaining attention by researchers in understanding the psychological process of marital relations. Thus, this study aims to explore the relationship between spiritual well-being and marital satisfaction among married urban Malays. This study is a part of a larger study to identifying psychological aspects within marital relationships. A total of 578 married Malay individuals (male=256, female=322) from the Klang Valley participated voluntarily in this study. Questionnaires consisted of questions related to personal background, spiritual well-being and marital satisfaction were distributed by the enumerators to the respondents. Completed questionnaires were collected by the enumerators and then coded and analyzed using IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23. Overall, Pearson Correlation Analysis showed that there was a small, positive and significant relationship between spiritual well-being (religiosity) and marital satisfaction (r= .19**, k<0.01). In addition, Pearson correlation analysis also showed that there was a medium, positive and significant relationship between spiritual well-being (existential) and marital satisfaction (r= .32**, k<0.01). In sum, findings indicated that married individuals with higher spiritual well-being scores were more likely to have high scores in marital satisfaction. This study will have implications for the field of psychology focussing on marital satisfaction. Implication of this study is to the field of psychology focussing on marital satisfaction. Another implication of this study is to the importance of spiritual aspects when helping married individuals and couples. Specifically to helping professions such as counsellors, therapists and social workers in helping individuals and married couples.
