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Relation between Sex-Role Orientation and Marital Satisfaction

Loyola College in Maryland

Faith D. Gilroy

Loyola College in Maryland

Martin F. Sherman

Loyola College in Maryland

This study investigated the reported marital satisfaction of couples as it related to their sex-role orientations. One hundred eighty-five couples living in Columbia, MD, completed Rem Sex-Role Inventories and Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Tests. The results suggest that couples in which both partners are androgynous report higher marital satisfaction than both sex-typed (traditional role) couples and incongruent (sex-typed spouse with non-sex-typed spouse) couples. These results were discussed in a framework of cognitive balance.

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