THE JOURNAL OF WOMENS' STUDIES (JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH ON WOMEN'S STUDIES)
Year:2008 | Volume:2 | Issue:1|Papers Count:7

This study has been prepared to examine the impact of relationship enhancement program on aggressive behavior and sexual satisfaction of working women. This is an educational program which provides women with special skills to overcome their problems. Our population group was composed of Shahrud County's working women. Our sample was composed of 24 women.We utilized Scneider's MS-IR revised questionnaire which is designed to evaluate the rate of aggressive behavior and sexual satisfaction. In addition to descriptive statistics method for data analysis, we have also used test of variance analysis. Our data analysis indicates that relationship enhancement program had a positive impact on aggressive behavior and sexual satisfaction of our study group.

In this research, marital satisfactions in four family structures have been investigated. Questions and hypotheses presented here compare the degree of satisfaction of thefour following types offamily structure:1. Newly married couples without children 2. Families with pre-school children3. Families with teenagers4. Families whose children have married and have left home.Our sample includes 120 spouses and each group is composed of 30 couples. We have utilized ENRICH Questionnaire for marital satisfaction and our methodology is based on comparative causality. We have utilized covariance for data analysis. Our findings show that the level of satisfaction in families whose children have got married and left home is the highest, while families with teenagers have the lest marital satisfaction.

This research investigated the impacts of group counseling intervention using Satir's communicative approach on the performance of dysfunctional couples. 12 couples were selected and randomly assigned to treatment (6 couples) and control (6 couples) groups. Participants were self-referred to the counseling center of Faculty of Medical Sciences of Shahid Beheshti University as well as psychotherapy Ward of Ayatollah Taleghani Hospital. Family assessment device (FAD) was used for pre and post test assessment of couples' functioning. Comparing pretest with posttest scores showed that communicative approach intervention has enhanced couples' functioning in all dimensions including: problem solving, communication, roles, affective involvement, affective responsiveness, behavior control and general function.

In the present research, the conflict between married couples in Shiraz has been studied through a sociological approach. The main purpose of this research is to examine the degree of conflict between couples as well as the effective relevant factors. The theoretical framework of this research is based on Collin's theory which identifies four sociological explanations for domestic violence and conflicts including sexual possession rights, economic stress, intergeneration conflicts and social control. In this research some variables identified by Collins have been utilized as independent variables and their relationship with the dependent variables have been tested. The CTS scale has been also applied in order to measure the degree of conflict. Survey method and data collection via questionnaire have been utilized to serve our purpose. The statistical sample consists of families who have lived in Shiraz in 2007 and the sample size was 657people who have been selected in term of sample volume formula of Lin. Our findings indicate that variables such as the education level of both spouses, the main decision maker in woman's marriage, the length of time the couples got to know each other before getting married, the positive and negative events within the family, the wife's income, the way the husband exerted his authority over his wife, economic stress, kind of emotional relationship between couples and their relationship with relatives and friends have significant relations with the degree of conflict.

Bourdieu believes that the position of a particular individual in the family and society is defined respectively by the Size and qualities of their capital. In light of the theory of exchange and source, this article investigates the relationships between women's economic capital and the qualities of their relations with their spouses in family (the existence of democratic relationships). Subjects of this study were randomly selected from 324 Tehran's households and employed women. The data was obtained through questionnaire. The results indicate that women's economic capital and their relationships with their spouses are positively related. Moreover, among the background variables, spouse's occupational status has proven to be positively related to the dependant variable.

One of the key factors in sustainable development of the developed societies is utilization of human resources. Women constitute 50 per cent of the active population of any given society. And their rate of participation is considered to be a significant factor in development. Despite the emphasis of the Iranian Constitutional Law on the participation of people in determining their fate, nondiscrimination between men and women, and despite women's burning desire for active participation in policymaking of the country, their presence in managerial position (both at micro and macro levels) is marginal. Women do not enjoy the same employment or advancement opportunities as men. This phenomenon which is regarded as "mirror ceiling" is deeply rooted in many social, psychological, cultural, and political factors. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the psychological factors of self-image. Our research shows that the more the level of self-image improves among women, the less overwhelming the "mirror ceiling" will be.