The Relationship between Controlling Behaviors and Marital Instability in Female Teachers’ of Kerman Schools

Subject Areas : Woman and family

Ali  Pourrajab ¹ (Ali Pourrjib, MSc in General Psychology, Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran)
Mitra  Kamyabi ² (* Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran (Corresponding Author))

Received: 2018-03-06 Accepted : 2020-09-22 Published : 2021-02-19

Keywords: emotional control, marital instability, controlling behaviors, control through isolation, control through scare,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between controlling behaviors and marital instability. The research was a descriptive Correlational study. The statistical population of the study included all female teachers in the 2nd district of Kerman city. From them, 60 people were selected randomly according to the Cochran formula. Participants responded to Graham, Kuam and Archers’ Controlling Behaviors (2005) and Johnson & Booths’ (1980) Marital Instability Questionnaires. For data analysis, multivariate regression and Pearson correlation tests were used. Findings showed that all dimensions of controlling behavior (economic control, threatening control, control through scaring, emotional control, control through isolation and control through children) are related to marital instability. The The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between controlling behaviors and marital instability. The research was a descriptive Correlational study. The statistical population of the study included all female teachers in the 2nd district of Kerman city. From them, 60 people were selected randomly according to the Cochran formula. Participants responded to Graham, Kuam and Archers’ Controlling Behaviors (2005) and Johnson & Booths’ (1980) Marital Instability Questionnaires. For data analysis, multivariate regression and Pearson correlation tests were used. Findings showed that all dimensions of controlling behavior (economic control, threatening control, control through scaring, emotional control, control through isolation and control through children) are related to marital instability. most important predictors are emotional control, control through isolation, control through scaring, child control, threatening control and economic respectively.

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