Author(s)

Rui Mateus Joaquim^1*, Tariane Franciele Bastos Pereira², Laiza de Oliveira Vilela¹, Tayná Maiara Pilla Rodrigues¹, Angela Maria da Silva Muniz Brandino³, Sandro Caramaschi²

¹Faculty of Human Sciences, Federal University of Grande Dourados-UFGD, Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
²Postgraduate Program in Developmental and Learning Psychology, São Paulo State University-UNESP/Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil.
³Faculdade Anhanguera Educacional de Bauru Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil.

Research has shown that dissatisfied couples in the relationship commonly exhibit facial expressions of contempt in interactions. At this point, based on the study of cognition and physiology, researchers were able to predict by longitudinal studies the probability of divorce in a marriage, with accuracy of up to 94%. Our objective was to investigate whether the occurrence of facial expressions of disgust and contempt in married women is associated with marital dissatisfaction. This is an experimental study that correlated, through filmed interviews, the frequency of facial expressions of disgust and disgust (Facial Action Coding System) to the Marital State’s Golombok Rust Inventory, in a sample composed of 20 women. Data analysis based on the Spearman Correlation Test showed a positive correlation between facial expressions of disgust and disdain and conjugal dissatisfaction (rs = 0.2198, p = 0.0280), corroborating the data in the literature.

Facial Expressions, Disgust, Contempt, Nonverbal Communication, Marital Dissatisfaction

Joaquim, R. , Pereira, T. , de Oliveira Vilela, L. , Rodrigues, T. , da Silva Muniz Brandino, A. and Caramaschi, S. (2018) Correlation of Disgust and Contempt Expressions with Conjugal Dissatisfaction. Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science, 8, 562-573. doi: 10.4236/jbbs.2018.810034.