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Marital Satisfaction, Coping, and Social Support in Female Medical Staff Members in Tehran University Hospitals

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Richter, Jörg
Rostami, Arian
Ghazinour, Mehdi

Abstract / Description

Stress significantly influences marital satisfaction. Women tend to be more emotionally involved in problems than men. Furthermore, employed women encounter more stressors especially when their job is stressful which it is often the case in medical professionals. In the present cross-sectional study, relationships were analyzed between marital satisfaction (ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Inventory), ways of coping (Ways of Coping questionnaire) with marital stress and social support (Social Support Questionnaire) in 100 female medical staff members in Tehran university hospitals. The results revealed a significant negative relationship between subscales of marital satisfaction and using “seeking social support”, “confrontive coping”, “escape avoidance”, “distancing”, and “self-controlling” as ways of coping related to marriage related problems. Furthermore, the analyses showed that job satisfaction, social support, and ways of coping explain between 24% and 38% of the variance in subscales of marital satisfaction. Therefore focusing on these factors could be an effective approach to promote marital satisfaction in female medical staff members.

Keyword(s)

marital satisfaction ways of coping social support women medical staff members Iran

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Date of first publication

2014-06-27

Journal title

Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships

Volume

8

Issue

1

Page numbers

115–127

Publisher

PsychOpen GOLD

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publishedVersion

Review status

peerReviewed

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Richter, J., Rostami, A., & Ghazinour, M. (2014). Marital Satisfaction, Coping, and Social Support in Female Medical Staff Members in Tehran University Hospitals. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 8(1), 115–127. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v8i1.139
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Richter, Jörg
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Rostami, Arian
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Ghazinour, Mehdi
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2018-12-05T08:44:35Z
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    2018-12-05T08:44:35Z
  • Date of first publication
    2014-06-27
  • Abstract / Description
    Stress significantly influences marital satisfaction. Women tend to be more emotionally involved in problems than men. Furthermore, employed women encounter more stressors especially when their job is stressful which it is often the case in medical professionals. In the present cross-sectional study, relationships were analyzed between marital satisfaction (ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Inventory), ways of coping (Ways of Coping questionnaire) with marital stress and social support (Social Support Questionnaire) in 100 female medical staff members in Tehran university hospitals. The results revealed a significant negative relationship between subscales of marital satisfaction and using “seeking social support”, “confrontive coping”, “escape avoidance”, “distancing”, and “self-controlling” as ways of coping related to marriage related problems. Furthermore, the analyses showed that job satisfaction, social support, and ways of coping explain between 24% and 38% of the variance in subscales of marital satisfaction. Therefore focusing on these factors could be an effective approach to promote marital satisfaction in female medical staff members.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Richter, J., Rostami, A., & Ghazinour, M. (2014). Marital Satisfaction, Coping, and Social Support in Female Medical Staff Members in Tehran University Hospitals. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 8(1), 115–127. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v8i1.139
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  • ISSN
    1981-6472
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1820
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2186
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v8i1.139
  • Keyword(s)
    marital satisfaction
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  • Keyword(s)
    ways of coping
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  • Keyword(s)
    social support
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  • Keyword(s)
    women
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  • Keyword(s)
    medical staff members
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  • Keyword(s)
    Iran
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Marital Satisfaction, Coping, and Social Support in Female Medical Staff Members in Tehran University Hospitals
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    1
  • Journal title
    Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
  • Page numbers
    115–127
  • Volume
    8
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