Document Type : Research Paper
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This research conducted to study the relationship between personal characteristics (Neurosis, Extrovertness, Openness to experience, and Agreements and Conscientiousness) with marital satisfaction in widows remarried with their brother-in-law in Kermanshah. The statistical population was all widows in Kermanshah who remarried with their brother-in-law.43 women were selected using purposed sampling method. The method used here was marital satisfaction questionnaire in (ENRICH) and NEO-PI-R) five factors inventory. Meanwhile, the analysis of data was done using correlation coefficient and multiple liner regression (Enter method). The results of this research represented that there is a negative relationship between Neuroticism and marital satisfaction. In addition, the element of Conscientiousness has positive relation with marital satisfaction. Moreover, the findings indicated that Conscientiousness and Neuroticism can be nominated as effective elements in marital satisfaction of women (RS=0/13).Furthermore, the findings demonstrate the importance of personal characteristics in predicting the marital satisfaction and necessity of psychological interventions based on cultural background for this type of marriage.
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