Enrich Marital Inventory: A Discriminant Validity and Cross‐validation Assessment

Wadsby

Fertility and Sterility

et al. 2008

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Relationship and parenthood in IVF couples with twin and singleton pregnancies compared with spontaneous singleton primiparous couples—a prospective 5-year follow-up study

Wadsby

Fertility and Sterility

et al. 2008

“…The validity of the ENRICH marital satisfaction scale was calculated as 0.86 through the examination of its content validity and its reliability was confirmed with a Cronbach's alpha value of 0.78 (Asoodeh et al, 2010;Fowers et al, 1989). The validity of the Snyder hope scale has also been reported as favorable and over 0.7 through the examination of its content validity (Grewal & Porter, 2007).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 90%

A Path Analysis of Factors Influencing the First Childbearing Decision-Making in Women in Shahrood in 2014

Kariman¹,

Amerian²,

Jannati³

et al. 2016

GJHS

Background and Objectives: Normal fertility follows a set of biological, social and cultural rules and regulations; controlled fertility, however, follows the rules and regulations of the family. The present study was therefore conducted to identify the factors influencing the first childbearing decision-making in women living in Shahroud, Iran, in 2014. Materials and Methods:The present descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 300 randomly-selected pregnant women admitted to health centers in Shahroud. The utilized data collection tools included a demographic and obstetrics questionnaire, a quality of life questionnaire, the ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale, the Snyder Hope Scale and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. Data were analyzed in SPSS-17 and the direct or inverse effects of the factors influencing the first childbearing decision-making were examined in AMOS-20. Results:The results obtained revealed marital age to have the highest degree of correlation with the first childbearing decision-making in women (r=0.90 and P<0.001).Once the statistically insignificant paths were eliminated, marital age was found to have the highest direct effect (β=0.63) on the first childbearing decision-making, followed by other factors including economic status (β=0.07), hopefulness (β=-0.07) and quality of life (β=-0.05). The inverse effects of marital age (β=0.01), social support (β= -0.01) and quality of life (β=-0.01) on the first childbearing decision-making were found to be significant in women (P<0.001). Conclusion:Many factors are involved in the process of childbearing decision-making, including individual factors (marital age, hopefulness and quality of life), familial factors (marital satisfaction) and social factors (social support). Healthcare institutions and policymakers should adopt strategies that can help couples bear their desired number of children within an appropriate time frame through ameliorating their social, economic and familial conditions.

“…In the present study, the 'equality aspect of men and women' was left out and the other nine items were studied. In all these 9 items, there was a significant difference between the level of religiosity and marital satisfaction [30] .…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Influence of Religiosity on Marital Satisfaction

Ahmadi¹,

Azad-Marzabadi²,

Ashrafi³

2008

J. of Social Sciences

Abstract:The following research sought to examine the relationship between a married individual's religiosity level and its impact upon his or her level of marital satisfaction. Findings in this connection can help strengthen families 660 heterosexually hetero-sexually couples from Tehran were studied multistage using cluster sampling. Information regarding religiosity and marital satisfaction was collected using the researcher's prepared questionnaire and ENRICH marital satisfaction scale. The results showed that heterosexually hetero-sexually couples who observe religious beliefs have higher rate of marital satisfaction. Thus, there is a significant correlation between religiosity and marital satisfaction. Considering the relation between religiosity and nine subscales of marital satisfaction, Communication Parenting and religious orientation account for the highest rate of religiosity and sexual relationship accounts for the lowest rate of religiosity. Thus, with the increase in religiosity, marital satisfaction rate will increase and vice versa. It can be concluded that religiosity develops the grounds for marital commitment.