The engagement as a change in the life of the couple and the dimensions of communication in the dyad, such as support, commitment and depreciation

Abstract

The subject of the research presented in this paper is the impact that engagement treated as
a change in the life of a couple has on the communication in the dyad. The identified dimensions of the communication are following: support, commitment and depreciation. All presented dimensions are based on the Marriage Communication Questionnaire by Plopa. The location of the individual's results on these continuums is important for his functioning in a love relationship, and thus indirectly also for achieving life satisfaction. The results show an inverse relationship between the length of the relationship and the dimension of support toward a partner (result at tendency level) that can be explained by an increase in the sense of loneliness along with the growing length of seniority in a relationship.