Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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PHD student, Consulting Department, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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Professor Department of Psychology, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran
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Assistant Professor Department, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Marital Satisfaction is an indicator of the strength and efficiency of the family system. The health of the family depends on the existence of healthy and strong communication between the spouses.
The aim of this research:
Therfore, the current research was concuted wich the aim of identifying the effective factors in marital Satisfaction.
Research method:
The metod of this research was qualitative approach and a qualitative and based on the foundation’s data method.
The study population of the research was 20 counselors and psychologists of premarriage, family and couple counseling in Tehran of counseling experience.who hat at least five years of counseling experience. The partcipants were selected based on targeted and available sampling. The analysis of the interviews led to the identification of 25 open codes and 6 central codes and selective code “marital satisfaction and healthy and sustainable marriage”.
Finding:
The analysis of findings showed that Various factors play a role in marital satisfaction. Personality traits, satisfying bacic needs and strengthening communication skills are among these factors. personality traits are strengthening factors and satisfying bacic needs and strengthening communication skills are promoting factors. The result obtained from the research, personality traits (having emotional stability, high self-confidence, responsibility, flexibility and having a moral conscience), satisfaction of basic needa (need for love and respect, progress, being seen, deep sex, caress and touch) and strenhening communication skills (discussion skills, conflict resolution, interpersonal relationships, empathy and stress management) have an effective role in marital satisfaction. It can be concluded that by using the resalts of the research and paying attention to the above, counselors and psychologists will guide the couple to a more fruitful marriage and in this way help the health of the society.
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