Predicting marital adjustment, sexual satisfaction, and psychological well -being based on thought control strategies among teachers of Yasuj

Abstract EN

Marriage is a significant and valuable component of human life.

Marital adjustment and sexual satisfaction have significant effects on the family and its members’ physical-mental health.

The present study was conducted to predict the marital adjustment, sexual satisfaction, and psychological well-being based on thought control strategies among teachers of Yasuj.

This study is a fundamental research (also known as basic or pure research) conducted with a correlational design.

The statistical population consists of all married teachers of Yasuj in 2016; according to the information obtained from the department of education, the statistical population is 2290 individuals.

Given the high volume of the statistical population, the sample size of married teachers was reduced to 335 individuals by using Morgan table for sample size.

The questionnaires used include Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Questionnaire (1959), Hudson’s Index of Sexual Satisfaction (1981), and Carol Ryff's Scales of Psychological Well-Being (1989), and Thought Control Questionnaire by Wells and Davies (1994).

The descriptive level includes tables of mean and standard deviation as well as frequency tables and diagrams of age, gender, educational level, and income.

At the inferential statistics levels, Pearson’s test and multiple regression test were used for investigating the hypotheses, analyzing the data, and answering the research questions.

It is worth noting that all statistical calculations were conducted in SPSS-19.

The findings of the present study indicated that there is a significant relationship among predicting marital adjustment, sexual satisfaction, and psychological well-being based on thought control strategies among teachers of Yasuj.