Journal of Family Research
Year:2007 | Volume:3 | Issue:11|Papers Count:11

The aim of this research was to determine the main factors involved in marital conflicts. Couples were selected randomly. To determine the main factors involved in marital conflict, a likert type scale was used. This scale includes 5 demographic items and 19 questions about the important factors of conflict between spouses; the results of this study revealed that the first six important factors of marital conflict are personality traits, love and affection, communication skills, commitment, family background, and refinement. The findings of this research showed that there are two general factors for marital conflict: family processes and family contents. Also the results showed that the most frequently reported marital conflicts were those related to family processes.

The important impact of happiness on the well-being, physical health, work productivity, and social interaction has received a considerable research. Gender differences on the source of happiness has been emphasized the purpose of this study was to determine the predicting factors of happiness among wives of Mobarekeh Steel Company personnel. Subjects were 389 wives of personnel who were rand-only selected from Mobarekeh Steel Company. Oxford Happiness Questionnaire and a demographic questionnaire were used to collect data.A significant positive relationship was found between happiness and marital satisfaction, optimism, husband happiness, attending religious events, deep faith in God, traveling, television watching, artistic activities, life satisfaction, and physical exercise. Psychological problems, and history of having physical illnesses showed a significant negative correlation with happiness (P<0.01).The results of stepwise regression showed that in total, seven variables of marital satisfaction, optimism, husband happiness, television watching, history of psychiatric disorders, attending religious events and travel significantly predicted 57% of happiness variance. These findings emphasize the importance of family, increasing the family satisfaction, optimism, providing psychological support, providing religious spiritual atmosphere, and recreational facilities as effective factors to improve feeling of happiness.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotitionally focused therapy (EFT) with marital and individual method in decreasing relationship distress of couples with chronically ill children. Participants were parents 60 (36 females) who had at least a child suffering from chronic illness. They were selected randomly and assigned in 3 groups. Two experimental groups received EFT in two forms of marital or individual; control group remained with no intervention. All participants completedDayadic Adjustment Scale (DAS). Analysis of variance followed by t-tests revealed significant difference between control and experimental groups, indicating effectiveness of EFT in experimental groups.

Autism disorder with a prevalence of 5 cases per 10,000 is very stressful for parents. This study evaluates psychological needs of mothers of autistic children. Thirteen mothers from two rehabilitation and education center for autistic children were interviewed. Answers were coded and organized. Almost all of them reacted to disorder with denial, confusion, anger and depression.Some of the mothers due to presence of physical and behavioral problems, or having similar cases in relatives, reacted more adaptive. They believed education and support by doctors who diagnose the disorder could decrease their suffering. They also reported some other stresses such as stigmatization, blaming mothers as being responsible for disorder, comparing affected child with others, and ambivalence about efficacy for education and rehabilitation of their child which leads to problems in their family and social performance and depression. In conclusion, it seems that health care system staff would provide supplemental assurance and social support. Education and social support system are very important factors which might be helpful to these mothers.

The aim of the present research was to investigate the impact of mother characteristics on child separation anxiety and social maturation. This research assumes that attachment, personality, and anxiety in mother are related to child attachment anxiety and social maturity.To investigate the relationships this study compares two groups of mothers. This research is a cross-sectional study carried on 60 mothers and their children.Inventories of Adult attachment scale, MCMI-2, State - Trait Anxiety, Social Maturity Scale and Child Symptom Inventory were used to collect the information. The statistical analysis of data is based on Hest, man whitney U, correlation and regression. Results indicated that insecure attachment (anxious-ambivalent), trait anxiety and some of the personality traits of mother could predict separation anxiety and social maturity in children.

Being unwanted child can impact child normal development due to the social, economic, and cultural conditions. These children are more probably at risk of neglect, abuse, and misbehavior. On the other hand, an unwanted child can be a source of challenge for parents which may disturb the family atmosphere and in turn affect them. Method: 428 children were selected through cluster random sampling from elementary schools in Tehran. They were divided into subgroups; wanted and unwanted according to mothers' report. A demographic questionnaire, Family Assessment Device (FAD), and Connors inventory Parent Form were completed.Scores of behavior problems and family functioning were compared in subgroups using T- test. Findings: higher scores in behavior problems and lower family functioning were related significantly to unwantedness of children. Conclusion: These findings support some previous studies. It seems that providing child birth control education and behavior treatment and social problem solving would be very helpful. In addition, parent training focusing on prevention of mistimed contraception would reduce relevant problems associated with unwanted child birth.

The difficulties of couples and their families before and after divorce have been studied for many years. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors involved in divorce such as age, economic, social and cultural variables. Addiction, mental, and sexual disorders in divorced spouses were studied in a Center for Prevention and Decrease of Divorce (CPDD) in welfare organization of Isfahan. Data were collected from all referred cases (424) from March 2003 to march 2005. The results indicated that the most cases were referred to CPDD by Court. It was found that the highest rate of divorce appeal was for women at age of 28 to 31 and for men at 24 to 27 (P<0.05).Divorce after the age of 35 decreases in both sexes (P<0.05). The most important factors of divorce appeal were communication problems, addiction, interference of family members, and mental disorder of one or both couples (P<0.05).The results of the present study emphasizes on the fact that youngers are more suitable to marital problems. Seeking consultation for problems and prevention could decrease the risk of factors leading to divorce.