The comparison of Marital Satisfaction in Employed and Non-Employed Women: A Meta-Analysis

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Studies, Islamic Azad University, Dezful Branch.

2 Department of Counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahwaz, Iran

3 Department of Psycholog, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

Abstract

Women's employment is one of the most important factors that have a significant impact on marital life variables, such as marital satisfaction. Purpose: The present study seeks to compare the marital satisfaction of employed and unemployed women with the meta-analysis method. A lot of research has been done in this regard, which have reported very different and sometimes contradictory results. The meta-analysis is a set of systematic techniques for solving the contradiction of the findings of various researches on a subject. Methods: Using internal databases, all the research (paper and thesis) was collected. Finally, 47 studies were conducted between 1379 to 1396, that 18 samples were selected using in-depth metrology metrics. Conclusion: In total, the effect size of the combination in the fixed effects model has a constant of 0.180 and in the random effects model of 0.282. Results: Women's employment has a significant positive effect on marital satisfaction. .

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