The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Relational Ethics and its relationship with marital quality in married men and women in Ahvaz. 208 married men (89) and women (119) were selected as to convenient sample. They completed the Relational Ethics Scale (RES) and The Measure Of Marital Quality (MMQ). The research was of a descriptive correlational type. This study confirmed the six-factor structure of RES. Findings showed that RES are valid and reliable scales for measuring Marital Quality. The results revealed a significantly positive simple (p< 0/001) and multiple (p< 0/001) correlation between Relational Ethics with marital quality. Findings showed that this scale can be used in research and diagnostic work. According to these findings, it can be concluded that marital quality is significantly influenced by relational ethics.

The purpose of this study was to evaluation of psychometric properties and factor structure of Religious Marital Style Scale for Wives (RMSSW) and its Relationships to Marital Commitment in Married Woman in Ahwaz. 150 married woman were selected as to convenient sample. They completed the Religious Marital Style Scale for views (RMSSW), Marital Commitment Inventory (MCI) and Religious Commitment Inventory (RCI). The research was of a descriptive correlational type. This study confirmed the five-factor structure of RMSSW. Findings showed that RMSSW is a valid and reliable scales for measuring perspective taking. The results also revealed a significantly positive simple (p< 0/01) and multiple (p<0/001) correlation between Religious Marital Style Scale for Wives and marital commitment. Findings also showed that this scales can be used in research and diagnostic work. Based on these findings, we can conclude that the style of religious marriage significantly affects the marital commitment.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the factor structure of Criteria Readiness for Marriage Questionnaire (CMRQ) and its relationship with risky Behaviors on single students of Shahid Chamran university of Ahvaz. 240 single students (120 boys & 120 girls) were selected as to convenient sample. They complete the Criteria Readiness for Marriage Questionnaire (CMRQ) and the Scale of risky Behaviors. The study was a correlational research. This study confirmed the six-factors structure of Criteria Readiness for Marriageq (CMRQ). Findings showed that the CMRQ are valid and reliable scales for measuring Readiness for Marriage. The results also revealed that norm compliance & sexual experience are the predictors of using drugs and alcohol, and high-risk sex. Findings showed that this questionnaire can be used in research studies.

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relation of commitment, fairness perception, and marital satisfaction with sacrifice in married women in Ahwaz. 150 women, randomly selected were surveyed. The questionnaires used in the study, Marital Commitment Measure (MCM), Measure of Equity Perception (MEP), Relationship Assessment Scale (RAS), The Perception of Sacrifice Measure (PSM) respectively. Result indicated that between commitment, and marital satisfaction and sacrifice were correlated positively significant; But relation between fairness perception and sacrifice is not significant. Moderating Regression indicated that commitment was strongly prediction of sacrifice.

The aim of the study was to develop and validate a scale for prediction of failure in marriage and determination of its power prediction for discriminating divorce-seeking and intact women in Ahvaz. So a preliminary questionnaire containing 85 items made according to the research literature and clinical experiences. It was conducted on 182 divorce-seeking living women in Ahvaz using available sampling. Then the collected data were analyzed by factor analysis. So a 42 item scale consist of four factors for prediction of failure in marriage was extracted. The scale had 24 items on the first factor (neuroticism), 11 items on the second factor (marital adjustment), 4 items on the third factor (relationship moral), and 3 items on the fourth factor (risky behavior). The results of the questionnaire's Reliability calculation using Cronbach's alpha for four scale factors respectively 0.95 , 0.92, 0.82 , 0.81 was obtained. Also for determining the scale's power of prediction of failure and success in marriage a sample of 129 intact women were used. The results indicated that the Prediction of Failure in Marriage's scale has a satisfactory validity and reliability. Also, the results show that the status marital (intact vs. divorce-seeking) could be predicted by the prediction failure scale. The results and the model presented in the study are discussed in detail.

 The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Self Dyadic Perspective-Taking and Other Dyadic Perspective-Taking scales and their relationships with marital satisfaction in married men and women in Ahvaz. 300 married men (148) and women (152) were selected as to convenient sample. They completed the Self Dyadic Perspective Tsking (SDPT) and Other Dyadic Perspective Taking (ODPT) Scales and The Relationship Assessment Scale (RAS). The research was of a descriptive correlational type. This study confirmed the two-factor structure of SDPT and two-factor structure of ODPT. Findings showed that SDPT & ODOT are valid and reliable scales for measuring perspective taking. The results revealed a significantly positive simple (p< 0/01) and multiple (p< 0/001) correlation between self dyadic perspective taking and other dyadic perspective taking with marital satisfaction. Findings showed that these scales can be used in research and diagnostic work. According to these findings, it can be concluded that marital satisfaction is significantly influenced by couples perspective taking.

Marriage and mate selection are the main basis for constituting families. Conducting research about marriage readiness of students can be regarded as an important matter because they are one of the most important groups of our society that are planners of the its future. So the aim of the present research was studying the experiences of marriage readiness among married students. The study was conducted in a qualitative method using a phenomenological approach. Thus 16 married students who had felt marriage readiness at the time of their marriage, were selected in a purposive sampling which were studied via in-depth and exploratory interviews. Then data were collected, registered, encoded and were classified into 5 main categories. Through the analysis of the participants' experiences 551 primary codes, 17 subthemes, and five main themes, including interpersonal readiness, intrapersonal readiness, contextual readiness, meeting the needs, and social support were identified. The results showed that different factors such as gaining emotional and financial independence from family of origin, getting ready to sacrifice, forgiveness and commitment to their spouse , accepting the responsibilities and challenges of marital life, acquiring necessary interpersonal skills, considering some criteria for choosing their spouse, making acquaintance with the spouse, getting some experiences from marital life of the others and student life, age readiness, and the others' supports have an important role in preparing people for marriage.

The purpose of this research was to study attachment to God, attachment to parents and criteria for marriage as predictor of attitudes toward marriage between married students of shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. 200 students had been selected by the method of multistage sampling. This sample includes 100 males and 100 famales. For measuring the variables in the study, marriage attitude scale, the scale of attachment to God (AGS), the scale of attachment to parents (IPPA) and criteria for marriage questionnaire (CMRQ) were used. The data analysis was done by using the methods of descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation and multi regressions. The results showed that there is a positive relationship between the attachment to parents and the criteria for Marriage with marrige attitudes and there is a negative relationship between the attachment to God (anxiety, avoidance) and marrige attitudes in males and females students. Also, the results of multi regression analysis revealed that the most effective attitudes to marriage in females are the variables of avoiding the God and attachment to mother and in males are the variables of attachment to mother and the critreia for marriage.

 Attitude toward marriage is a cognitive phenomenon that has a considerable influence on willingness to marry, age and stability of marriage. Given that there have been no studies on explaining how the attitudes toward marriage are formed in the country, this paper aims at explaining and providing a preliminary native model of the process. This paper reports a qualitative study, using the grounded theory conducted in 2014-15. The purposive sample consisted of married students of Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz. After the initial classes and codes have been emerged, the sampling procedure changed into a theoretical one which continued until saturation of the data and completion of the theory was reached. 18 students, with an average age of 30, participated in this study. The semi- structured interviews were conducted to gather the data. Data analysis was carried out using Strauss and Corbin’s three-step coding model (open, axial, selective) in which the theoretical model was provided by comparing the data and integrating the similar codes. The results of analyzing the data and finding relations between them in a paradigmatic model are as follows: “the relative change in attitudes toward marriage” was the central class in the process of the data, which relates other categories as well as justifying the basic psycho-social processes. The classes of socio-cultural factors , early experiences and observing incomplete model are the causal conditions in this model. Also, three classes of awareness of and understanding each other; material and spiritual support, and realizing the sanctity of marriage are considered the intervening conditions. Finally, pressures for marriage, interference of parents, intergenerational transmission, as well as economic factors are regarded as grounded conditions. While proper coping strategies constitute the interactive actions, perceived personal development and willingness to marry,ambivalence toward deciding to marry and postponing marriage are provided as the consequences of this paradigmatic model. All these classes are related to one another through the central class identified in this study. In this study, changing attitudes towards marriage is a fundamental factor in encouraging young people to marry, which can be implemented by following a systematic approach (general scheme). Promoting successful Patterns of marriage in society, moral and material support by parents, teaching coping strategies commensurate with the challenges of marriage, increasing marriage preparation skills, and government support in forming counseling units run by committed and professional family psychologists and counselors are key items in this approach.

This study was done with the objective of examining psychometric properties of women religious marriage style scale and it’s relationship with sacrifice motives and the perception of fairness in working women in Ahvaz. This research methodology is a correlational one. Married women were living in the city of Ahvaz. There was 250 general population referring to parks ¬ and assembly places, which participated in this study as volunteers. Measuring instruments in this study include Religious Marital Style Scale for Wives, Motivations for Sacrifice and Perception of Equity. The results were analyzed using Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis. The results show that religious marriage style scale had a good reliability and validity. The Pearson correlation coefficients indicated that sacrifice motives had a significant relationship with emotional-sexual intimacy (0.16), communication skills- attributions for spouse (0.40), adhere to religious commandments (0.41), house management (0.22), and forgiveness-sacrifice (0.24). Also, perception of fairness had a significant relationship with emotional-sexual intimacy (0.12), emotional-sexual intimacy (0.36), adhere to religious commandments (0.44), house management (0.22) and forgiveness-sacrifice (0.28). Based on multiple regression analysis, adhere to religious commandments and forgiveness-sacrifice were the most important predictors of selfless motives. Also, adhere to religious commandments and communication skills- attributions for spouse were the most important predictors of perception of fairness.

The present study is done investigating the simple and moderating relationship between: work- family conflict and social support and marital satisfaction in married and working women. The study sample consisted of 150 women who were married and working in the state Departments of Ahvaz that were selected by multistage random sampling. The instruments used in this study consisted of a Enrich questionnaire measure of marital satisfaction and work-Family conflict, and Phillips social support questionnaire. These tools had appropriate Validity and stability. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum scores were used. To test the hypotheses, also, statistical methods, including Pearson correlation and regression analysis was used to adjust. Results were analyzed using the software SPSS-21. The results of the indicated analysis show that the more social support from family, the higher is marital satisfaction in married working women.

The aim of this study was to examine the mediating role of avoidance and anxiety attachment to partner styles in the relationship between avoidance and anxiety attachment to God styles with marital empathy. The population was married women’s personnel in all of banks in Ahwaz city. The sample consisted of 151 married female personnels which were selected randomly using the randomly cluster sampling method. All participants were asked to complete Batson Empathy Adjectives Scales, Experience in Close Relationships (ECR-R) and Attachment to God Scale. In order to analysis the data, simple correlation, hierarchical regression analysis method and Sobel’s Test were used. The results indicated that avoidance and anxiety attachment to partner styles and avoidance and anxiety attachment to God styles showed a significant negative association with marital empathy while avoidance and anxiety attachment styles to partner styles showed significant positive associations with avoidance and anxiety attachment to God styles. Analysis of the data revealed that avoidance attachment to God style mediated the relationship between avoidance attachment to partner styles and marital empathy, whereas, anxiety attachment to God style not mediated the relationship between anxiety attachment to partner styles and marital empathy.

The purpose of this study was to examine the direct and indirect effects of relational ethics on depression and sexual dysfunction mediated by marital satisfaction and level of communication in married women employees in government offices in Ahvaz. The participants of the study were 220 married female employees who were selected by multi-stage sampling method. The instruments used in this study consisted of Relational Ethics Scale (RES), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-13), Arizona Sexual Experiences Scale (ASEX) and Enrich Marital Satisfaction Inventory. Data were analyzed using structural equation analysis. In order to evaluate the proposed model, the structural model using a structural equation model (SEM) with maximum likelihood estimation (ML) was estimated, which showed that the proposed model fit the data. Sobel's test to determine significant indirect paths of the independent variable on the dependent variable through the mediator variable was used. According to the path coefficients obtained in the horizontal model, direct and indirect paths of research were significant, but after removing one path, the vertical model had good fit indicates. The results obtained and the models presented in this study are discussed in terms of their therapeutic and educational implications.

The aim of this study was to develop and validate a scale for assessing of religious marital style. For this purpose, a preliminary questionnaire containing 66 items for wives and 57 items for husbands containing spouses' duties related to each other, which were extracted from the Islamic references, and was carried out over 198 couples (198 wives and 198 husbands) who were selected by simple random sampling in Isfahan. Then the collected data were analyzed with factor analysis, and thereby a 46-item scale consists of five factors for wives (RMSSW) and a 43-item scale consists of five factors for husbands (RMSSH) were extracted. The RMSSW scale has 16 items on the first factor (emotional-sexual intimacy), 14 items on the second factor (communication skills- attributions for spouse), 7 items on the third factor (adhere to religious commandments), 4 items on the fourth factor (house management), and 5 items on the fifth factor (forgiveness - sacrifice). Also the RMSSH scale has 12 items on the first factor (emotional-sexual intimacy), 10 items on the second factor (communication skills- attributions for spouse), 7 items on the third factor (adhere to religious commandments - participation), 7 items on the fourth factor (accountability-supervision) and 8 items on the fifth factor (conflict resolution styles). The results of the questionnaires reliability calculation using Cronbach's alpha on RMSS for wives 0.81 (for the five factors were 0.91, 0.78, 0.73, 0.72, 0.72 respectively) and 0.86 for husbands (for the five factors were 0.87, 0.84, 0.80, 0.78 and 0.79 respectively) were calculated. Concurrent validity of this scale, through relation between Islamic Lifestyle Test (I.L.S.T.) and Religious Commitment Inventory (RCI) was calculated. Another aim of this study was to determine the relationship between religious marital style with marital intimacy. The results indicated that wives' and husbands' religious marital styles were positively associated with marital intimacy (p <0.01). Moreover, There were significant positive correlations between all RMSS factors (with the exception of adhere to religious commandments factor of wives) with marital intimacy (p <0.01), but even though there was a positive correlation between adhere to religious commandments factor of wives and marital intimacy, this relationship was not significant (p =0.07).

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the components of relational ethics with marital commitment and intimacy in female employees of the shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. The study population was all of married female of the shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz during the years 2014-2015. From statistical population were selected 182 subjects randomly. To assess the variables, scales relational ethics and intimacy and marital commitment were used. In addition, to analyze data were performed Pearson correlation, multiple regression and Canonical correlation methods. Results of stepwise regression analysis showed: ethical relational in marital relationships played an important role in prediction of intimacy and marital commitment. the results also showed that a variable of Canonical correlation to understand the complex relationships between predictor variables and the criterion variables are required, which represents ethical relational in marital relationships the highest relationship with marital commitment and intimacy.

 perception of equity is considered as one of the determinant factors of relationship satisfaction within couples. Can husband’s perspective–taking, equal perspective and sacrifice behaviors have an influence on women’s perception of equity? In response to this question, the present study was designed to investigate relationship between husband’s perspective–taking, equal perspective, sacrifice behaviors and women’s perception of equity. All participants (244 females) were asked to complete the other dyadic perspective-taking scale (ODPT), gender ideology measure (GIM), the perception of sacrificing behaviors measure (PSBM) and perception of equity measure (PEM). The results showed that husband’s perspective–taking and sacrifice behaviors had significant positive correlation with women’s perception of equity, whereas husband’s equal perspective had a significant negative correlation with women’s perception of equity. The results of multiple regression also showed that husband’s perspective–taking, equal perspective and sacrifice behaviors explained 26 percent of the total variance in the women’s perception of equity .

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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship
between parental monitoring and conflict with children’s mental health in
high school students. The sample consisted of ٣٠٠ students (١۵٠ girls and
١۵٠ boys) which were selected randomly using the randomly cluster
sampling method. The measures used in this study were Parental
Monitoring, Parental Conflict, and General Health Questioner. In order to
analysis the data, simple correlation and regression analysis method were
used. The results indicated that the parental monitoring has significant
positive correlation with mental health of children and apparent ant latent
parental conflict has significant negative correlation with mental health of
children in both girls and boys. Finally, a multiple regression analysis
shows that monitoring and parental conflict a multiple correlation and
predicted mental health of children in both girls and boys.

What is the role of Work - Family Conflict and Family &ndash; work in marital satisfaction? What is role of dyadic coping in decreasing or increasing marital satisfaction? In response to these questions, the present study was designed to investigate the moderating role of dayadic coping in the relationship between of Work - Family Conflict and Family &ndash; work and marital satisfaction. Participants were 220 patients (110 males, 110 females) residing in the city of Ahvaz participated. All the participants were asked to complete th Scale Work - Family Conflict (WFC) and family conflict - work (FWC), Dyadic Coping Inventory (DCI)and marital satisfaction Inventory Enrich. The results showed that Work - Family Conflict and Family &ndash; work were negatively associated with marital satisfaction, and dyadic coping was positively associated with marital satisfaction. Based on the results of the present study it can be concluded that dyadic coping can not affect the relationship between insecure ofWork - Family Conflict and Family &ndash; work in marital satisfaction

The aim of this study was to test a proposed model for the impact of anxiety and avoidance attachment styles on marital quality with mediating of perception sacrificing behaviors. The sample in this study consisted of 130 women who were randomly making available the married students were selected Chamran University. Participants completed measures of experiences in close relationships questionnaire (ECR-R), sacrificing behaviors perception questionnarie (PSM), and marital quality questionnaire (MMQ). Structural equation modeling (SEM) and indirect effects through Bootstrap tests were performed using software AMOS/18. The tested model in sample women had a good fit. Results of structural equation modeling indicated that anxious attachment through direct and indirect effects on marital quality was the wife of altruistic behavior. Though avoidance attachment styles had negative indirect impact on marital quality with mediating of sacrificing behaviors, but avoidance attachment styles didn’t have a direct effect on marital quality. The obtained results, the presented model and therapeutic and educational implications were discussed in detail