Investigating the relationship between desire to have children and social adjustment among men and women in Marvdasht city

Subject Areas : general Psychology

Bahareh Boustani ¹ , Roodabeh Ranjbar Delkhani ² , Morteza Karimi ³ , Mahnaz Asadi ⁴ , Mohammad javad ebrahimi asemanjerdi ^{5 *}

1 - Master of Science in Clinical Psychology, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran, [e-mail]
2 - PhD Student in Curriculum Planning, Khorasgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran [e-mail]
3 - Master of Science in Clinical Psychology, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran [e-mail]
4 - Master of Science in Clinical Psychology, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, [e-mail]
5 - shiraz azad university (pardis)

Received: 2024-05-02 Accepted : 2023-05-03 Published : 2024-09-28

Keywords: emotional adaptation, occupational adaptation, social adaptation, willingness to have children,

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Abstract

Introduction: Having children is one of the important components of population science and is one of the topics that are very important in the field of social issues. The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between the desire to have children and social adjustment among men and women in Marvdasht city. Research method: In this research, according to the practical purpose and from the point of view of data collection, it is a descriptive research of the correlation type. The statistical population of this research is all the women and men of Marovdasht city located in the age group of 25 to 45 years old, hence the number of women and men in Marovdasht city is large. We chose as an example. The tools of this research are two questionnaires, Naibi and Abdollahian's desire to have children and Bell's social adjustment, which were analyzed using SPSS software, 22 items and correlation coefficient test. Findings: The findings show that there is a relationship between the desire to have children and social adjustment (r=0.774), job adjustment (r=0.743), health adjustment, emotional adjustment (r=0.714) and adjustment at home (r=0.714). There is a significant relationship. Conclusion: Therefore, considering the role of informing and informing the people, it is suggested that non-governmental and people's organizations be activated in the field of issues related to population growth and fertility in the society.

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