:: Volume 22, Issue 5 (10-2014) ::
Journal of Ilam University of Medical Sciences 2014, 22(5): 35-44 Back to browse issues page
The Relationship between Personal Styles and Emotional Intelligence with Marital Satisfaction
H Damiri , M Haidarian , A Ahmadi * 1, L Borhani
1- , vahid_ahmadi20@yahoo.com
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Introduction: Emotional intelligence and personal style (sociotropy and autonomy) are important factors in predicting couples marital satisfaction. The present study ai-med to determine the predictive power of personal style (Autonomy and Sociotropy) and Emotional intelligence in predicting couple's satisfaction. Materials & Methods: This research is a cross sectional study that used multiple relationship in regression context. The study population consisted of all couples referring to counseling centers of Zabol and the sample was 100 Couples referring to counseling centers. Data was collected using Enriches marital satisfaction ques-tionnaire, Robins Personal Style Inventory and Bar on EQ questioner. Stepwise regr-ession analysis was used to analyze the data and evaluate the predictive role of each of the variables. Findings: Results of the regression analysis showed that personal style and emotional intelligence have significant roles in predicting marital satisfaction of men and women when used both alone and in combination. Discussion & Conclusion: Couples’ marital satisfaction can be predicted using personal style (sociotropy and autonomy) and th-erefore they should be paid high attention while choosing a spouse and in family counseling.
Keywords: Marital satisfaction, emotional intelligence, personal style (Autonomy / Socitropy)
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: psychology
Received: 2014/04/21 | Accepted: 2014/08/26 | Published: 2014/11/2


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