Predicting Marital Satisfaction based on Attitudes Towards Gender Roles and Identity Styles in Couples

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MSc psychology department, Hekmat razavi institute of higher education, Mashhad, Iran

Abstract

Objective: This study investigates the prediction of marital satisfaction based on attitudes toward gender roles and identity in married couples.
Methods: The research method employed for this purpose is descriptive and correlational. Therefore, A cluster sampling method was used to select 350 married individuals from the residents of the second municipality district of Mashhad in 2022, including 150 women and 150 men. Data was collected using the Tagras scale, Smith identity styles, and Enrich marriage satisfaction questionnaire. Correlation and regression models were employed to analyze the data.
Results:The findings reveal significant relationships between attitudes toward gender roles, identity styles, and marital satisfaction. Additionally, it is important to note that the significance of these relationships differed among males and females. After analyzing the data using regression analysis, it was found that attitudes towards gender roles and identity styles have the ability to predict marital satisfaction by %26 and %34, respectively and at the p<0.01 significance level.
Conclusion: Hence, based on the results, it can be concluded that individuals who hold egalitarian attitudes toward gender roles tend to experience higher levels of marital satisfaction. Conversely, those who adhere to traditional gender roles are more likely to experience lower levels of marital satisfaction. Furthermore, it was observed that an informational identity style positively predicts marital satisfaction, while a diffuse identity style negatively predicts it.

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  • Receive Date: 23 December 2023
  • Revise Date: 09 June 2024
  • Accept Date: 10 June 2024

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