zahra jani; zahra delavar; abolfazl karami; behzad shoghi
Abstract
The objective of the present study was to determine the share of variables with variations in marital intimacy levels. This study is among fundamental studies and in terms of data collection and analysis is a descriptive and correlational study with structural equations modeling method. The statistical ...
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The objective of the present study was to determine the share of variables with variations in marital intimacy levels. This study is among fundamental studies and in terms of data collection and analysis is a descriptive and correlational study with structural equations modeling method. The statistical population of this study included all married women who referred to Tehran health houses in 2019. For this purpose, 320 women functioned as the sample and finally, considering the potential drops, 350 women were selected as the final sample of the study. The sampling method of this study was multistage cluster sampling. Therefore, of the health houses in Tehran, 10 houses were selected randomly and then, 35 married women were selected from each house and questionnaires were distributed among them. To gather information, Marital Intimacy Questionnaire (MIQ), Scorner and Friedlander Differentiation Scale (1998), Eidelson and Epstein Relationship Beliefs Inventory (RBI), and Sexual Satisfaction and Marital Commitment and Marital Life Quality Scale were used. Also, in order to test the hypotheses, structural equation modeling with PLS was used. The research findings showed that self-differentiation has no direct effect on marital intimacy. Relationship beliefs, sexual satisfaction, marital commitment, and marital life quality have a direct effect on martial intimacy. Marital commitment affects marital intimacy (0/35) that is significant at p>0/01. Also, marital quality affects marital intimacy (0/136) that is significant at p>0/01. Therefore, each variable has an indirect effect (marital and life quality) on marital intimacy.
