Abstract

This study was examined the attachment and marital satisfaction in twenty-five psychiatric patients(depression 9, anxiety disorder 12, alcohol dependency 1, bipolar disorder 1, delusional disorder 1, schizophrenia 1) and thrity-eight normal subjects. As a result, normal person's attachment-intimacy degree related Global Distress(GDS), Affective Communication(AFC), Problem Solving Communication(PSC), Disagreement About Finances(FIN), Sexual Dissatisfaction(SEX), Conflict Over Child Rearing(CCR). And normal person's attachment-anxiety related Global Distress(GDS), Dissatisfaction With Children(DSC), Conflict Over Child Rearing(CCR). psychiatric patients' attachment-intimacy degree was related Global Distress(GDS). With afterwords it is same From the comparison the marital satisfaction of normal person and the psychiatric patients. psychiatric patients' attachment-anxiety degree was significantly higher than normal person. Normal persons' attachment-dependancy and attachment-intimacy degree was more elevated than psychiatric patients. However, even not significant. Marital satisfaction in psychiatric disorder is following. The dissatisfaction of psychiatric patient was significantly higher than normal person in Global Distress(GDS), Problem Solving Communication(PSC), Sexual Dissatisfaction(SEX), and Conflict Over Child Rearing(CCR). The dissatisfaction of psychiatric patient was higher normal person in Affective Communication( AFC), Disagreement About Finances (FIN), and Dissatisfaction With Children(DSC). These findings indicated that "attachment-intimacy" is closely related to degree of marital satisfaction. It was studied marrital satisfaction with single dimension until recently. However, this study was evaluated multiple dimension. And it probably means what kind of attachment factor gives an effect it researched. Therefore, When applying a research result in. the next couple treament, each dimension it fractionates a especially couple problem and approaches.