Marital Satisfaction of the Post-Rehabilitation Burn Patient

Abstract

The self-reported marital satisfaction of post-rehabilitation burn-injured persons was examined in this study. Using the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Scale 50 burn-injured persons and 52 general surgery patients were compared on two sets of scores of marital satisfaction. Analysis of the data revealed no significant differences in marital satisfaction scores except in the area of sex relations. The burn-injured group has statistically significantly more conflict in this area than did the general surgery group.