Investigating the relationship between lifestyle and commitment with marital satisfaction in married women

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 MS. in consultancy, Instructor of Farhangian University, Iran

2 MS. student in clinical psychology, Islamic Azad University, Branch of Yasooj, Yasooj, Iran

3 MS. student in consultancy, Islamic Azad University, Branch of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

4 MS. student in clinical psychology, Islamic Azad University, Branch of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

5 Young Researchers and Elite Club, Torbat-e-Heydarieh, Iran Islamic Azad University, Branch of Torbat-e-Heydarieh, Torbat-e-Heydarieh, Iran

Abstract

Introduction: The purpose of present study is to determine the relationship between the lifestyle and the commitment of married couples with the marital satisfaction in married women.
 
Materials and Methods: The research statistic society of this descriptive study included all women referred to several consultancy institutes in Mashhad, who had called on for receiving consulting services. Then 200 women among them were selected via convenient method.  Research instrument included the Enrich questionnaire of marital satisfaction (Enrich 1986), the marital commitment of Adams and Jones, and the questionnaire of health-improving lifestyle by Walkser (1990). Data analyzed through descriptive statistics and Pearson coefficient.
 
Results: The results showed that there is a significant positive relationship between lifestyle and the commitment of married couples with marital satisfaction among the married women (P<0.05).
 
Conclusion: The married couples can increase their marital satisfaction through shifting their life style to the correct style.

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Journal of Fundamentals of Mental Health
Volume 19, special issue
May and June 2017
Pages 301-307

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