Predicting of marital conflict based on religious attitudes in women applicants for divorce

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 MS. in psychology, Ramsar Branch, Payam-e-Noor University, Mazandaran, Iran

2 Associate professor of psychology, Tehran Branch, Payam-e-Noor University, Tehran, Iran

3 Assistant professor of psychology, Tehran Branch, Payam-e-Noor University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to predict marital conflicts based on religious attitude in women applicants for divorce in Rasht city.
Materials and Methods: The statistical population of this correlational study included all women applicants for divorce in Rasht in the first half of the year 2017. In this research, a sample of 180 people is considered according to Morgan's table. In order to collect information, marital conflicts questionnaire and religious attitude questionnaire of Khodayari Fard and Ghobari Bonab have been used. In order to analyze the data, the descriptive statistics method and in order to determine the relationship between Kolmogrov-Smirnov tests, Pearson correlation coefficient and regression were used by step-by-step method.
Results: The results showed the negative and linear relationship between religious attitude and marital conflicts in women at level of 0.01. The results indicated that the religious attitude can explain 7.7 percent of marital conflict variance.
Conclusion: Based on the results, generally religious attitude has a role in prediction of marital conflict.

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Journal of Fundamentals of Mental Health
Volume 20, Issue 4
July and August 2018
Pages 225-229

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