Compatibility and Marital Satisfaction in Disabled Couples Compared To Healthy Ones

Objectives:  the aim of current study was the evaluation and comparison of compatibility and maritalsatisfaction between handicapped couples and healthy ones. methods: in this study, 50 handicapped couples and 50 healthy couples were examined with enrich’smarital satisfaction questionnaire and bell’s adjustment questionnaire. the data were analyzed, usingspss 15, correlation tests and anova. results: the results showed that there was no significant difference between handicapped and healthycouples in compatibility and marital satisfaction. discussion: it is concluded that people who were handicapped before their marriage and those whodecided to marry them were suitably aware of the issue, therefore accepting a handicapped person was notso hard. what is important in marital compatibility is accepting a partner.