성인애착 및 자아분화와 결혼만족도의 관계: 성적,정서적 친밀감의 매개효과 = The Relationship Between Adult Attachment, Self-Differentiation, and Marital Satisfaction: Mediating Effects of Sexual and Emotional Intimacy

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study analyzed the psychological path that married couples’ adult attachment and self-differentiation affect marital satisfaction through sexual and emotional intimacy. The path analysis was based on the data collected by using 5 structured measures from the 473 married (224 men and 249 women). The results are as followed. First, while avoidant attachment and anxious attachment explained the marital satisfaction negatively, self-differentiation explained the marital satisfaction positively. Next, avoidant attachment expects marital satisfaction negatively through the emotional intimacy. Third, emotional intimacy showed bigger effects on marital satisfaction than sexual intimacy, which means couples who were satisfied in their marriage lives showed more emotional intimacy than sexual intimacy with spouses. At the same time, these couples kept the proper psychological relationship and distance from their original families. They were not afraid of starting and keeping intimate relationships including spouses and did not obsessed over building intimate relationships as well. Finally, implications and limitations of the study and suggestions for the future study were discussed.