THE STUDY OF MARITAL ADJUSTMENT OF PARENTS OF DIFFERENTLY ABLED CHILDREN

Abstract

Marital adjustment is ‘the state in which there is an overall feeling of happiness and satisfaction in husband and wife with their marriage and with each other’. By definition Olson and Gorall (2003): Olson and Gorall described marital adjustment as the ability of couples to adapt to the challenges and changes that arise in their relationship over time, including effective problem-solving, communication, and mutual support. The main purpose of present research was to study and compare various dimensions of Marital Adjustment and overall Marital Adjustment of Parents of Differently abled Children. 60 parents, 30 Mothers and 30 Fathers of differently abled children were randomly selected from various Early Intervention Centre and Community, Rehabilitation Centre of Ahmedabad City. The study utilized the Marital Adjustment Questionnaire (1999) scale by Dr. Pramod Kumar and Dr. Kanchan Rohatgi: Use this tool to measure the marital adjustment of parents. The Data was analysed by t-test. Results reveals that significant difference was found between Fathers and Mothers of Differently Abled children in relation to Sexual life and Emotional life of Marital Adjustment. Father’s of differently abled children exhibit higher levels of marital adjustment in the sexual aspect of their relationship compared to Mothers of differently abled children. Mothers of differently abled children exhibit higher levels of marital adjustment in the Emotional aspect of their relationship compared to Father of differently abled children. Overall, the Marital Adjustment of Father and Mothers of differently abled children is the same.