Author/Authors :
Ozgoli, Giti Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health - School of Midwifery and Nursing - Shahid Beheshti university of medical sciences - Tehran, Iran , Sheikhan, Zohre Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health - School of Midwifery and Nursing - Shahid Beheshti university of medical sciences - Tehran, Iran , Zahiroddin, Alireza Department of Psychiatry - Behavioral Sciences Research Center of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran , Khodakarami, Nahid Infertility Reproductive Health Research Center - Shahid Beheshti University of medical sciences - Tehran, Iran , Nasiri, Malihe Department of Biostatistics - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Marriage is the most common life event in all societies. There are some factors which
may lead to an unstable marriage. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between marital
quality and sexual satisfaction with marital status by using Path model in Iranian women.
Methods: This was cross-sectional study conducted on 400 women, who were selected through
multistage sampling method. Data were collected on demographic characteristics, marriage
instability, marital quality, and Larson sexual satisfaction questionnaires. Descriptive statistics,
Pearson’s test were performed by SPSS V.16 and LISREL8.80 used for analysis of data.
Results: Marital quality was the most effective predictor of marital status (P<0.001). Sexual
satisfaction had direct association with marital status through direct effect of marital quality
(P<0.001). Moreover, smoking (P<0.001) and addiction of spouse (P<0.08) had association with
marital status inversely (p< 0.05).
Conclusion: Noticed to sexuality and increase quality marital life and avoidance of high risk
behaviors will help to stability marriage.
Keywords :
Path model , Iranian Women , Risk factor , Marital status
