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...

background: the purpose of this investigation is to determine the efficacy of emotionally focused couples therapy (eft-c) on enhancement of marital adjustment in infertile couples. materials and methods: this was a semi-experimental study with a pre- and post-test design. we selected 30 infertile couples (60 subjects) by purposive sampling. couples were randomly assigned to two groups, sample a...

objective: to determine association between sexual desire and marital satisfaction and sex guilt among a sample of iranian female university students. methods: the data presented here were obtained from a total of 192 married iranian female university students who were selected via a multi-cluster sampling method from universities of social welfare and rehabilitation, tarbiat modarres, and isla...

background:: nowadays, because of sexual dissatisfaction 50% of marriages are not successful. since unhealthy relationship between couples makes them dissatisfied and misunderstanding which along with other circumstances make the foundation of the family unstable and increase the possibility of divorce. therefore, marital counseling can give couples the necessary information for a good sexual l...

This study examined how the marital bond, as indexed through the Oral History Interview (OHI), is related to future triadic family interactions. Families (N = 108), with a 7 - 9 year old child, participated in a longitudinal study (the Family Health Project) examining children's emotional development throughout the transition to adolescence. Parental cohesion and family cohesion, warmth, struct...

aim and background: this research aimed to compare marital satisfaction between patients with coronary disease and the general population. methods and materials: this case-control study included 50 patients with coronary disease from motahari hospital (fuladshahr, iran) and 50 healthy persons from fuladshahr (iran). the two groups were matched regarding marital status and gender. convenience sa...

Personality and marital satisfaction may help to account for the likelihood of marital infidelity. We hypothesized that people with particularly disagreeable spouses (i.e., those low on Agreeableness) and particularly unreliable spouses (i.e., those low on Conscientiousness) will be less satisfied with their marriage, leading them to estimate a higher probability of becoming extramaritally invo...

How are hormonal contraceptives (HCs) related to marital well-being? Some work suggests HCs suppress biological processes associated with women's preferences for partner qualities reflective of genetic fitness, qualities that may be summarized by facial attractiveness. Given that realizing such interpersonal preferences positively predicts relationship satisfaction, any changes in women's prefe...

Seventy-three married couples were studied in 1983 and 1987. To identify marital processes associated with dissolution, a balance theory of marriage was used to generate 1 variable for dividing couples into regulated and nonregulated groups. For studying the precursors of divorce, a "cascade" model of marital dissolution, which forms a Guttman-like scale, received preliminary support. Compared ...

INTRODUCTION Marriage is known as the most important incident in everyone's life after birth. The most important purpose of marriage is achieving a life followed with love and affection beside the spouse and providing mental comfort and general health. The aim of the present study is to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence health and marital satisfaction among married peo...