Relationships give meaning and purpose to our lives like no other activity or endeavor can. At a time when people are learning about greater independence and responsibility, they are expected to know the skills of developing significant or intimate relationships with others. One most important intimate relationship is the relationship within a marriage. Psychologists have studied what defines a healthy marriage and the factors of what makes a healthy marriage relationship.
It is important to first define what makes a healthy marriage. In 2004, a group of psychologist researched on what is a healthy marriage. They brought up many key assumptions on what makes a healthy relationship. One of the elements are commitment of the couple, which includes a person “having an intention to preserve when difficulties areas, and being committed to caring for the other person (Moore 4). Another is having intimacy and emotional support (Moore 3). These elements are linked with communication and interaction which are also key components the psychologist study. However they separate and highlight the importance of the emotional aspects of healthy relationships. These aspects include trust, caring, and love as well as physical affection (Moore 5). There are many other elements that define a healthy marriage like satisfaction, conflict resolution, fidelity, commitment to the children, and duration martial status (Moore 3). It is important to always define what a healthy marriage means to the couple.
There are key elements to make that a healthy marriage relationship. One of them is mutual respect, which means each person in the relationship respects the other person. Dr. Sarkis states “abuse, weather it is physical, verbal, or emotional, defies mutual respect in every way, shape and form” (Sarkis 1). Then Dr. Sharkis discuss that there has to be similar interest, goals, and values within a healthy relationships (Sharkis 2). Usually