فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

AbstractBackground and Aim:The family has important and multiple effects on various aspects of individual and social life.Marital satisfaction influences on the family. The aim of current study was to determine the effectsof demographic factors on marital satisfaction in selected population of Tehran.Materials and Methods:This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. The sample was of 90 couples (180 individuals) whichwere selected by convenience sampling from the people who were working in centers affiliated tothe Ministry of Health. They had spent at least two years of marriage, and they didn’t haveaddiction and severe psychiatric disorders. After removing the falsified questionnaires, the 80couples (160 individuals) were investigated. Enrich marital satisfaction questionnaire and aresearcher- made demographic characteristics questionnaire were completed for each couple. Datawere analyzed by Pearson's correlation and paired t-test.Results:The relationships between age (p=0.07 for women & p=0.85 for men), family size (p=0.07 forwomen & p=0.8 for men), income (p=0.09 for women & p=0.6 for men), difference age of couple(p=0.92 for women & p=0.55 for men) and length of marriage (p=0.36 for women & p=0.36 formen) and marital satisfaction were not significant.Conclusion:Marital satisfaction scores were higher than expected in women and men. Also no significantrelationship with determinant variables was not consistent with some studies. This issue shows needfurther examination to generalize the results to other couples.Keywords:Satisfaction, Marital Relationship, Demographic Factors