Studying the effect of Iranian couples' religiosity on marital satisfaction: Meta-analysis of researches

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 faculty member, Department of History and Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili

2 Phd student of Cultural Sociology, Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Communication and Media, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Branch Center,

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Payame noor

4 BA student in Sociology, Mohaghegh Ardabili University

10.22098/jfrs.2024.14295.1165

Abstract

Religiosity refers to religious beliefs, rites and customs that play an important role in the interaction and relationships between couples. The most important effect of couples' religiosity is their level of vitality and happiness. The main purpose of the research is to study the effect of couples' religiosity and marital satisfaction through meta-analysis. The research method is quantitative meta-analysis (CMA2). Master and Ph.D. (Iran Doc) in the period of 1386 to 1402. Intentional-non-probability method (evaluation of articles according to entry and exit criteria) from the collected statistical population of 50 scientific documents; 31 selected sample size and the results were analyzed with Cohen's d and Fisher's f tests. The results show that the effect size coefficient of the couple's religiosity on marital satisfaction (living happily) is equal to 0.414. As the level of religiosity of couples increases, their marital satisfaction increases and they feel more happiness, joy and satisfaction. Also, religiosity is more among women than men and among ethnic groups of Ler (0.190) and Fars (0.144) more than other ethnic identities and among general citizens (0.276) and teachers (0.209) more than other investigated group; It has had an effect on the marital satisfaction of couples.

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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 28 October 2024
  • Receive Date: 27 December 2023
  • Revise Date: 27 October 2024
  • Accept Date: 28 October 2024