The early years of marriage represent a crucial adjustment period for couples.
Marital satisfaction is defined as an individual’s subjective evaluation of the quality of
their marital relationship. Effective communication is presumed to play an important role
in enhancing marital satisfaction. This study aims to examine the relationship between
effective communication and marital satisfaction among wives within the first ten years of
marriage. The research method employed is quantitative with purposive sampling,
involving 163 participants. The instruments used were the Marital Satisfaction Scale and
the Effective Communication Scale, which were adapted and developed by the researcher.
Data analysis was conducted using Pearson Correlation. The results indicate a significant
relationship between effective communication and marital satisfaction with a significance
value of 0.669. The findings of this study may guide couples in strengthening marital
harmony and satisfaction and is expected to contributed to academic references in the
fields of developmental psychology