fatemeh shojaie; Rezvanosadat Jazayeri; sayyed ahmad ahmadi; Maryam sadat fatehizade
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of couples' educational level differences on marital adjustment and marital function.. The sample includes 120 couples in Isfahan in 2017 that passed at least 5 years of their marriage. These individuals were selected from couples who live in six ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of couples' educational level differences on marital adjustment and marital function.. The sample includes 120 couples in Isfahan in 2017 that passed at least 5 years of their marriage. These individuals were selected from couples who live in six regions of Isfahan by a clustering method, and the sample was divided into three groups as follows: 1 - Male educational level is higher than that of female (40), 2 - Female educational level is higher than that of male (40), and 3 - Female and male have the same level of education (40). To collect data, the Revised Martial Adjustment Questionnaire (RDAS), Measurement of Marital Function Questionnaire and Short Neo-Form Questionnaire (60 items) were used. Data were collected to compare marital function and martial adjustment of couples with different compositions of educational levels by SPSS statistical software. The results of covariance (ANCOVA) and multivariate analysis of variance (MANCOVA) showed that the level of martial adjustment and some of the components of marital function in couples, differs with different compositions educational levels. Based on the findings of this study, martial adjustment is more ideal for couples in which male educational level is higher than that of women. There is also no difference in the martial function of couples with different levels of education, but in terms of emotional expression, communication, economics and financial affairs, couples with an equal educational level are in a more ideal situation.
Mahmoud Roghanchi; Rezvanosadat Jazayeri; Ozra Etemadi; Maryam Fatehizade; Khodamorad Momeni Momeni
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Since we have witnessed an increase in the number of divorce and single-parent families, paying more attention to importance problems among mother-headed families that face multiple difficulties seems necessary. Therefore, this study was conducted with aim of exploration the pathologies in mother-headed ...
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Since we have witnessed an increase in the number of divorce and single-parent families, paying more attention to importance problems among mother-headed families that face multiple difficulties seems necessary. Therefore, this study was conducted with aim of exploration the pathologies in mother-headed families. This study was a qualitative research, in which the content analysis approach was applied. The research procedure consisted the participation of 38 mother-headed families in focus group discussion sessions, literature review and semi-structured interview by 10 researchers in the field of family in a 12 months period in 2016. To analyze the collected and registered data, they were coded in 3 phases of open coding, axial coding and selective coding. Data analysis led to extraction of the 12 main themes of problems and psychological disorders of mothers, physically problems of mothers, psychological problems and disorders of children, physically problems of children, children's educational problems, employment problems, interpersonal problems among family members, former husband and his family problems, financial problems, housing problems, problems of family of origin and problems of people around and social support networks. This study provided a new understanding of the experiences of mother-headed families by describing their problems. The roots of this problems in addition to individual and interpersonal problems, are in changes in social structure of our society. Therefore, results showed this families has significant problems in various aspects of their families that require more attention by authorities.
