A Comparison of Woman State Bank Employees and Housewives’ Patterns of Marital Communication and Marital Conflicts (A Case Study of Shiraz)

Subject Areas : Quarterly Journal of Woman and Society

نازنین Honarvaran ¹ (استادیار و عضوهیئت علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی .واحداستهبان، گروه علوم انسانی، استهبان)
زهرا GHaderi ² (استادیار و عضوهیئت علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی.واحد مرودشت. گروه علوم انسانی. مرودشت)
کبری GHobadi ³ (کارشناس ارشد مشاوره دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد مرودشت)

Received: 2015-12-15 Accepted : 2015-12-15 Published : 2011-09-23

Keywords: Marital Conflict, Marital Communication Patterns, Employed Women, Housewives,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to compare employed women and housewives’ patterns of communication and marital conflicts. The design of the study was causal-comparative. Two questionnaires of communication patterns (CPQ) and marital conflicts (MCQ) were employed in this study. The sampling frame of the study involved housewives and married women working in state banks in Shiraz in 2009. The sample of the study included 100 housewives and 100 married women selected through random sampling and cluster random sampling methods respectively. Research data was analyzed employing independent t-test. The results showed that employed women followed more mutual constructive pattern of communication (p<0.05) and housewives adhered more to a mutual avoidance pattern (p<0.01). As regards marital conflicts, employed women had more conflicts over separating financial affairs from each other (p<0.01) and housewives exhibited more conflicts over increasing emotional reactions and the kids' trust (p<0.05).  

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