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Love is a big and subjective topic in human life. It is an important element in a marital relationship. This study aims to investigate the relationship between love and marital satisfaction among ethnic Chinese in Malaysia. This study implements a survey study design using a questionnaire aimed at gathering personal background information and measuring marital love and satisfaction among the sample population. A total of 384 ethnic Chinese samples who were Malaysian citizens in the age group from 25 years to 44 years old and have been married for at least one year and above voluntarily participated in this study. Overall, the findings showed that love has a significant relationship with marital satisfaction. Love in this study which has been divided into three components namely, intimacy (r = 0.852 **, p <0.00), passion (r = 0.835 **, p <0.01) and commitment (r = 0.737 **, p <0.01) showed a very high significant relationship with marital satisfaction. These findings show the importance of love in helping to increase marital satisfaction among married couples. Among the implications of the study is to enrich the field of psychology that focuses on marriage and culture and counselling as well as sharing knowledge that can serve as a reference to the helping profession.
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To Cite this Article: Yee, T. W., Hoesni, S. M., Abdul Kadir, N. B., Zamani, D. Z. A. (2020). Love and Marital Satisfaction Among Malaysian Ethnic Chinese. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences. 10(10), 260-273.
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