The Relationship Between Sensory Processing Styles and Marital Satisfaction

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between sensory processing styles and marital satisfaction. The following self-report measures were given to 136 participant couples (272 women and men) from Tehran who were selected through available sampling and completed Adolesc-ent/Adult Sensory Profile and Enrich marital satisfaction scale. Data was analyzed through Pearson correlation method. Research findings indicated a positive significant relationship bet-ween couple’s sensation seeking and marital satisfaction of themselves and their partners; and there is a negative significant relationship between coup-le’s low registration, sensation avoidi-ng and sensory sensitivity styles and marital satisfaction of themselves and their partners. Results of relationship between men and women’s score distance in each sensory processing style and marital satisfaction indicate that there is a positive significant relationship between couples score distance in sensation seeking and sensation avoiding and men’s marital satisfaction; and there is a negative significant relationship between coup-les score distance in low registration and their marital satisfaction.