Dynamics of Marriage and Family

Dynamics of Marriage and Family 3(3+0)

Lesson 30 : Marriage Education

Criteria of Marital Success

Several tentative criteria of marital success emerge from Hill’s work. It includes individual personalities and dynamics of interpersonal interaction.

This criterion is as follows:

1. Love is directed and maintained towards the male.
2. Marital interaction is marked by accommodation by both parties.
3. Basic roles are mutually complimentary and comfortable.
4. Both parties have a feeling of emotional security.
5. Group relationships are satisfactory for raising children.
6. Spouses have their ego-demands satisfactorily met.
7. Economic problems are adequately solved.
8. Self development is provided, although not at the expense of the marriage.
9. Spouses think of their relationship as a solid entity.