Relationship between Marital Adjustment and Psychological Well-Being

Authors

1 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, AI-Zahra University

2 MA Research Assistant, Payam-e NOr University of Zahedan

Abstract

The objective of this research is to study the marital adjustment of Al-Zahra University students in relation to their psychological well-being. Participants of the research were 201 married female students at Al-Zahra University. They were selected via the method of available samples. For data- gathering, e Spanier Marital Adjustment Questionnaire and psychological Well­Being Questionnaire were utilized. For data analysis, one way ANOVA analysis and Pierson correlation and regression methods were used.
The results suggest that there is a meaningful interrelation between ~ sychological well-being subscale and marital adjustment subscales; except spirituality subscale of well being, which only had correlation with dyadic coherence subscale of marital adjustment questionnaire. Analysis of r gression showed that duration of marriage and marital adjustment with ::>.6 percent assurance predict mental well-being.

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