According to recent census data, approximately 50% of first marriages end in divorce, one of life's most stressful events. Even for those marriages that do not end in divorce, many are characterized by unhappiness. For example, it has been estimated that approximately 20% of all married couples experience marital distress, or discontent with their marriage, at any given time. Despite the risk a...

! : "= 01 $ 9 89 * $' 9 $ -*"( "= 01 ' 9 $ -*"( 9 89 * Abstract Introduction: A sexual relationship which is able to satisfy both sides has an important and fundamental role in success and constancy of family foundation. Recognizing sexual function and its components can lead to sexual satisfaction and ultimately to marital satisfaction that has an important effect on couples’ adjustment...

BACKGROUND The early relationships between infant and care takers are significant and the emotional interactions of these relationships play an important role in forming personality and adulthood relationships. OBJECTIVES The current study aimed to investigate the relationship of attachment styles (AS) and emotional intelligence (EI) with marital satisfaction (MS). MATERIALS AND METHODS In ...

Fertility and marriage are inextricably linked in sub-Saharan Africa, but recent changes, such as the rise non-marital fertility, signals a weakening link, second demographic transition offers some explanations. Non-marital fertility comes with disadvantages, it has not been adequately studied Nigeria. Hence, this study examined levels, patterns, correlates of implications for interventions fut...

objective: to determine the reliability and validity of the revised dyadic adjustment scale (rdas) with 14 items (short form) in iranian population. methods:the english version of the rdas was translated into persian. then, persian version was retranslated to english. to study factor structure 338 questionnaires were filled out by parents of elementary students. other measurement tools were the...

Marriages consist of shared experiences and interactions between husbands and wives that may lead to different impressions of the quality of the relationship. Few studies, unfortunately, have tested gender differences in the structure of marital quality, and even fewer studies have evaluated whether genetic and environmental influences on marital quality differ across gender. In this study, we ...