Effects of Perceived Stress, Psychological Wellbeing and Work-Life Balance on the Marital Satisfaction among Mental Health Professionals

Marriage plays a key role in the psychological well-being of individuals, either improving their overall function or hindering it. Mental health professionals play a key role in resolving marital and familial discord and the factors affecting it. Similarly, Marital satisfaction is influenced by various factors. The present study is aimed at assessing the effect of perceived stress, psychological well-being and work-life balance on marital satisfaction among mental health professionals. A purposive sampling technique was used to collect a sample of 107 married mental health professionals aged between 24 and 60 and above. They were included only after a qualification from a licensed course. Those who were not married or belonged to unrecognised professions were excluded. The tools used were the dyadic adjustment scale (DAS-7), Perceived stress scale – 10 (PSS), the WHO-5 well-being index and the Work-life balance Scale. Correlation and regression analysis revealed that psychological well-being, work-life balance and marital satisfaction were significant to one another. Perceived stress and marital satisfaction were found to have a negative relationship with each other. However, there was no relationship between perceived stress, psychological well-being and work-life balance. Marital satisfaction was predicted by psychological well-being, work-life balance and perceived stress.