Feasibility Study of the Relationship between Marital Satisfaction with Five Major Personality Traits (Case Study, Islamic Azad University of Bonab)

Subject Areas : Woman and family

Keyvan Heidarnejad ¹ , Roghaieh Iranpour ² , Mohamadali Hakim ³

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Maragheh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Maragheh Iran
2 - Master, Family Counseling Department, Abhar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abhar, Iran.
3 - PhD Student, Department of Political Science, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

Received: 2018-12-22 Accepted : 2019-02-27 Published : 2018-12-22

Keywords: Couples, Keywords: Marital Satisfaction, Five Major Personality Traits,

Abstract :

The main objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between five major personality traits and marital satisfaction. Accordingly, among married students of the Islamic Azad University of Bonab, 30 couples (60 people) were selected in 2018 using simple random sampling method. The measuring instruments including two questionnaires (Revised NEO Personality Inventory and Enrich Marital Satisfaction Scale) are performed on the subjects. Data analysis results showed that marital satisfaction is positively correlated with extraversion, openness to experience, consensus and conscientiousness (P>0.05); but negatively correlated with neuroticism (P<0.05). In other words, the regression results indicate that in case of marital satisfaction, the effects of four personality traits  

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