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In todays highly stressful world the satisfaction of the married life has been decreasing. On the other hand, the
peoples communications and viewpoints can have the main role to increase the satisfaction. This study is conducted
for evaluation of the relationships and links between the factors of emotional intelligence and marital satisfaction
in Academic members of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences. 122 people of our statistical universe have
answered to the social emotional intelligence of Bar-on and Enrich marital satisfaction questionnaire. Regarding
the type of the research, which was descriptive, Pearson and Spearman correlation co-efficiency and also the T
test have been used. The moderately satisfied rate in this study was 68% and the emotional intelligence score was
337. Overall, emotional intelligence and marital satisfaction were not linked to the variables of gender and age. Of
many aspects of marital satisfaction, interpersonal and empathy aspects were meaningfully related to the variable of
gender, regarding the statistics. Also, of many aspects of emotional intelligence, the one for responsibility between
men and women was only meaningfully different, regarding the statistics. Total score of emotional intelligence and
marital satisfaction were not meaningfully linked to gender. Generally, all the variables of emotional intelligence and
marital satisfaction had a statistical meaningful relationship. 37% of marital satisfaction is predictable by emotional
intelligence. Regarding the high relationship between emotional intelligence and marital satisfaction, it is greatly
recommended that the related educational organizations of the country pay more attention to teach necessary skills
to increase emotional intelligence so that matrimony is improved and family foundation is stronger.
Introduction
The family has always been one of the most important parts of each
society in the history of mankind and in all countries. Consequently,
this very important factor plays a very important role in the progress
and stability of the society. Anyway, the formation of family is based
on marriage [1]. Marriage is a mutual, delicate, and complicated
relationship between two humans which has a basic role in meeting
man and womans emotional-psychological and physical demands
[2]. Marriage is a symbiosis of a man and a woman, who has made
a commitment and takes an oath, and accordingly has changed
themselves. With the evolution of cultures, marriage has become
a religious and sacred rite and tradition. However, any failure in
marriage, as a commitment and oath, will socially label the sides. Not
all marriages, necessarily, are successful and prosperous and some
of them result in a separation. Some of the couples solve their sense
of dissatisfaction and grievance through separation and divorce.
All in all, from the second half of the 1970s, satisfaction has been
declining; but many couples also prefer to stay in a state of conflict
or mere indifference. In spite all these discouraging information about
marriage, many people opt to marry. John Gottmans states that when
there is no problem to make a crisis in a married life couples urge to
report a high level of satisfaction. Consequently, many researchers
have revealed that a perfect marriage will cause people to have a
healthier and happier life [3]. Marriage is a pleasing bond but findings
of researches show that more than half of the marriages in the United
States lead to disappointment and separation. Therefore, a majority
of researchers try to figure out the elements which affect the level of
satisfaction and persistency in interpersonal relationships including
marriage. According to the researches done about the spouses
J Psychol Psychother
ISSN: 2161-0487 JPPT, an open access journal
Citation: Agha Mohammad HP, Mokhtaree MR, Sayadi AR, Nazer M, Mosavi SA (2012) Study of Emotional Intelligence and Marital Satisfaction in
Academic Members of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences. J Psychol Psychother 2:106. doi:10.4172/2161-0487.1000106
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given to the subjects and they were also instructed on how to complete
the questionnaires. After a one-week-respite the questionnaires were
collected. The number of the primary sample was 146 people of which 26
samples were eliminated due to the lack of cooperation or carelessness
in filling the forms. In addition, the privacy policy was highly respected
and individuals willingly participated in the research. Data analyzed
with Pearson and Spearmans correlation statistics and independent
T-test. All the stages of analysis were done using the spss15 software.
Research tools
In this research Bar-on scale was used to measure the level of
emotional intelligence. This questionnaire, including 90 questions, is
translated to Spanish, French, German, Swedish, and Swahili and was
used in The US, Canada, South Africa, Argentina, Germany, Nigeria,
Holland, Mexico, chili, Philippine, Sweden, and South Korea [13]. The
results of the questionnaire show same results in different cultures.
Internal reliability of the test in nine different studies revealed
Cronbachs alpha from 79% to 86%. In reliability testing by using testretest, one year and four month later, for one month later the values
were from 78% to 92% and for months later they were between 55%
to 82%. There was correlation to assess validity between the Bar-on
emotional intelligence test MMPI, Eysenck personality inventory,
Becks depression questionnaire, personal orientation inventory, and
personality testing inventory. Predictive validity shows that there is a
relationship between the Bar-on emotional intelligence test and job
fulfillment, job satisfaction, success in military university, and success
in air force. Dawda and Hart in order determine the validity narrative
test of the Bar-on test in university students, Bar-On Emotional
Quotient Inventory (EQ-I) with The five factors of personality assessed
by (or closely resem- bling) Costa and McCraes and Becks depression
questionnaire and emotional disability assessment test have correlation.
Interpersonal scale had less correlation with sub-scales of emotional
intelligence. Overall, emotional intelligence scales had similar validity
for men and women [14].
Results
65.9% of all the subjects were men and 34.1% were women. The
youngest and the oldest were 32 and 62 years old, respectively; and
the age average was 43.84 years old. 5.6% of all the subjects not at all
satisfied, 20.6% somewhat satisfied, 68.3% moderately satisfied, and
5.5% very much satisfied (Figure 1). Of all different aspects of marital
Citation: Agha Mohammad HP, Mokhtaree MR, Sayadi AR, Nazer M, Mosavi SA (2012) Study of Emotional Intelligence and Marital Satisfaction in
Academic Members of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences. J Psychol Psychother 2:106. doi:10.4172/2161-0487.1000106
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Marital satisfaction
subscales
mann-whitney
P value
Female
Male
Problem solving
P=0.998
-0.003
63.51
63.49
Happiness
P=0.131
-1.511
70.29
59.98
Self-Actualization
P=0.054
-1.929
72.17
59.01
Self-Awareness
P=0.174
-1.365
69.64
60.32
Optimism
P=0.790
-0.266
64.70
62.88
Self-Reliance
P=0.487
-1.313
66.63
61.88
Responsibility
P=0.022*
-2.283
73.73
58.20
P value
Personality issues
0.0001
Marital communication
0.0001
Conflict resolution
0.0001
Finance management
0.0001
Pleasure activities
0.0001
Sexual relation
0.0001
0.0001
0.0001
Religious orientation
0.0001
Marital satisfaction
0.0001
Marital satisfaction
Pearson correlation
Emotional intelligence
68.3
70
Mean Rank
0.615
P<0.0001
60
50
40
30
20.6
20
5.6
10
5.5
0
not at all satised somewhat satised
moderately
satised
As it can be seen, 5.6% of all the subjects had high dissatisfaction, 20.6%
had dissatisfaction, 68.3% had relative satisfaction, and 5.5% had high marital
satisfaction.
Figure 1: The frequency of marital satisfaction in the studied samples.
Female
Male
mean SD
mean SD
P Value
Independence
22.88 4.30
23.49 3.70
0.83
0.0408
Stress Tolerance
20.70 4.95
10.92 5.01
0.232
0.817
Reality testing
22.12 4.78
Interpersonal Relationship
24.70 3.11
22.28 .70
-3.665
0.052
0.215
<0.0001
Impulse Control
19.84 5.26
19.89 5.77
Empathy
21.79 2.65
<0.0001
0.959
assertiveness
21.47 4.39
0.303
Flexibility
21.07 4.46
0.282
J Psychol Psychother
ISSN: 2161-0487 JPPT, an open access journal
Citation: Agha Mohammad HP, Mokhtaree MR, Sayadi AR, Nazer M, Mosavi SA (2012) Study of Emotional Intelligence and Marital Satisfaction in
Academic Members of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences. J Psychol Psychother 2:106. doi:10.4172/2161-0487.1000106
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Citation: Agha Mohammad HP, Mokhtaree MR, Sayadi AR, Nazer M, Mosavi SA (2012) Study of Emotional Intelligence and Marital Satisfaction in
Academic Members of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences. J Psychol Psychother 2:106. doi:10.4172/2161-0487.1000106
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