Open AccessThe Influence of Religiosity on Marital Satisfaction
Author(s) -
Khodabakhsh Ahmadi,
Esfandiar Azad-Marzabadi,
Seyed Mahdi Nabipoor Ashrafi
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1558-6987
pISSN - 1549-3652
DOI - 10.3844/jssp.2008.103.110
Subject(s) - religiosity , psychology , social psychology
The following research sought to examine the relationship between a married individuals religiosity level and its impact upon his or her level of marital satisfaction. Findings in this connection can help strengthen families 660 heterosexually hetero-sexually couples from Tehran were studied multistage using cluster sampling. Information regarding religiosity and marital satisfaction was collected using the researchers prepared questionnaire and ENRICH marital satisfaction scale. The results showed that heterosexually hetero-sexually couples who observe religious beliefs have higher rate of marital satisfaction. Thus, there is a significant correlation between religiosity and marital satisfaction. Considering the relation between religiosity and nine subscales of marital satisfaction, Communication Parenting and religious orientation account for the highest rate of religiosity and sexual relationship accounts for the lowest rate of religiosity. Thus, with the increase in religiosity, marital satisfaction rate will increase and vice versa. It can be concluded that religiosity develops the grounds for marital commitment