Study the relation between practicing religious beliefs and intimate relationship with spouse among Tehranian female students

Amiri, Robabeh; Hashemian, Kianoush

doi:10.22054/qccpc.2010.5868

Study the relation between practicing religious beliefs and intimate relationship with spouse among Tehranian female students

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

robabeh amiri

kianoush hashemian

https://doi.org/10.22054/qccpc.2010.5868

Abstract

This descriptive study has investigated the relation between the practicing religious beliefs and intimate relationship with spouse among the Tehranian female students. Therefore, the hypotheses, based on the this factor-practicing religious beliefs-and the intimacy, agreement, honesty, love and commitment with spouse, shaped and investigated. For sampling, first from the higher education centers in Tehran, Azad and State universities, 200 female students with random sampling were chosen to fill out the questionnaires. The instruments which were used in this study were: (1) MABAD questionnaire to measures practicing religious beliefs, and (2) Marital intimacy questionnaire or MIQ. Collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics procedure and Pearson correlation. The final results confirmed all the hypotheses. In other word, the positive correlation was found between the practicing religious beliefs and intimacy, agreement, honesty, love and commitment. On the other hand, the 5 more practicing religious beliefs, the more intimate relationship (5 indices) with spouses.

Keywords

Practicing religious beliefs

Intimacy