Present study aimed at to explore the relationship between marital adjustment and style of mutual communication amongst the couples. Survey technique was employed for data collection. Two sub-scales ‘General Pattern of Adjustment’ and ‘Communication’ of Marital Adjustment Scale-Urdu (MAS-U) (Kazmi & Pervez, 2002) was used personally by the researcher in face to face fashion to collect the data. Convenient sample of 200 married women was taken from two cities of KPK i.e. Mansehra, and Abbottabad (Pakistan). It was hypothesized that; (1) better communication leads towards marital harmony and (2) the general pattern of marital adjustment is associated with mutual positive communication style. The results reveal that significant positive association exists between the general pattern of adjustment and mutual communication style of the couples (r =0.25; df =198; p<0.01). Study offers various further directions to explore the issue of marital adjustment. \nKey Words: Marital adjustment, marital harmony, Married women, Communication, General pattern of adjustment.

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