The Study of Relationship between Self – efficacy and Marital Satisfaction of Couples Referring to the Community Health Centers of Babol in 2015
Niloufar Hajipour Khorasani
Student Research Committee, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Meimanat Hosseini *
Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mahsa Matbouei
Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Soraya Khafri
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Medicine Faculty, Babol Medical University, Babol, Iran.
Parvaneh Vasli
Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ali Esmaeili Vardanjani
Chronic Disease (Home Care) Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Background and Goal: Marital satisfaction is the most important component of marriage. In most studies, there is disagreement on the relationship between self – efficacy and marital satisfaction. Therefore; in this paper, it is addressed to study the relationship between self – efficacy and marital satisfaction of couples.
Methods: This cross sectional study was performed on 354 couples referring to the community health centers of Babol in 2015. Self – efficacy level was measured using Sherer’s general self – efficacy scale, and marital satisfaction was measured using 47 – question form of Enrich’s marital satisfaction questionnaire. Using multi – variable regression analysis model and correlation test, the relationship between the self - efficacy and marital satisfaction was evaluated.
Findings: Mean (standard deviation= SD) age of males was 37.26 (8.81) years and mean (SD) age of females was 35.05 (9.04) years. Most males (86.2 percent) and most females (88.7 percent) reported strong self – efficacy, and most males (52.6 percent) and 49.7 percent of females reported high marital satisfaction. According to the results of regression analysis, self – efficacy was an effective factor in marital satisfaction of couples, (P<0/05, β=0/08).
Conclusion: Self – efficacy with a middle correlation value (r=0.41) is the predictor of marital satisfaction. Performing interventional studies to increase the self – efficacy and evaluation of its effect on marital satisfaction is recommended in future studies.
Keywords: Self – efficacy, marital satisfaction, couples, correlation