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The Mediating Effects of Dysfunctional Communication Patterns on the Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Marital Satisfaction

Objectives The purpose of this study is to verify the mediating effects of dysfunctional communication patterns on the relationship between adverse childhood experiences(ACEs) and marital satisfaction. 
Methods To this end, a survey was conducted on 235 people aged 20 to 69 who are currently married, and 221 data were used for the final statistical analysis. For the collected data, descriptive statistics, reliability analysis, ANOVA and correlation analysis were performed using the SPSS 23.0 statistical program, and hierarchical regression analysis was performed to verify the influence of control variables. Also, Process Macro v4.0 Model 4 was used to analyze the mediating effects. 
Results It was found that adverse childhood experiences and dysfunctional communication patterns directly affect marital satisfaction, and dysfunctional communication patterns completely mediate between adverse childhood experiences and marital satisfaction. In addition, among the sub-variables of the dysfunctional communication patterns, criticism, contempt, and stonewalling completely mediated between adverse childhood experiences and marital satisfaction, and defensiveness partially mediated. 
Conclusions The results of this study showed that rather than directly predicting marital satisfaction through adverse childhood experiences, those who used a lot of dysfunctional communication patterns among those who had adverse experiences in childhood perceived marital satisfaction as low. Therefore, in the therapeutic intervention to improve marital satisfaction in the couple therapy counseling field, it may be more effective to examine whether the couple had adverse childhood experiences in their original family and whether the couple engage in dysfunctional communication patterns of criticism, defensiveness, contempt, and stonewalling in conflict situations, and focus on causes and alternatives.