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The Role of Trust and Conflict Resolution Style in Relationship Satisfaction Among Late Adulthood

Author(s) Mr. Nishanth V, Mr. Manoj R, Ms. Shalini R
Country India
Abstract This study understands how the trust and conflict resolution styles play an important role in relationship satisfaction among late adult people who were in relationships for very long span of time will contribute to wellbeing, security and happiness during changes like retirement, health and shifting of family role. Relationships satisfaction involves emotional connection between the partners, mutual communication, fair support and effective problem solving. So, when partners have trust confidence and honesty between them will provide emotional safety and intimacy that will lead to enhance satisfaction. The style of Conflict resolution shape their relationship quality by providing few important strategies like Cooperation, compromise and open discussion which will improve satisfaction and closeness by avoiding hostility and withdrawal. When trust and conflict resolution are being connect together to assess, higher trust reduced healthier communication during disagreement. In a quantitative study of correlational research conducted in tamilnadu with 150 adults who have been married and has been in the aged between 50 to 65 the tools included in the study are standardized measures of trust, conflict resolution style and relationship satisfaction scale where used. Results were provided a strong and linear correlation between trust and relationship satisfaction (r=0.567) and a moderate correlation between conflict resolution and relationship satisfaction (r=0.376), and enhanced the importance of both the variables choose in the study in sustaining healthy in late adulthood.
Keywords Trust, Conflict resolution style, late adulthood, Relationship satisfaction
Field Sociology > Philosophy / Psychology / Religion
Published In Volume 8, Issue 2, March-April 2026
Published On 2026-03-15
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i02.71471

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