Awareness of social relations and their relationship to marital satisfaction among employees

Authors

  • L. Dr. WIjdan Adheem Abdel Hassan

Keywords:

awareness, social relations, couples, marital satisfaction, employees

Abstract

This research dealt with the relationship between awareness of social relations and marital satisfaction among employees, as this research aimed to identify

  1. Awareness of employees' in social relations.
  2. Marital satisfaction among employees.
  3. The correlation between awareness of social relationships and marital satisfaction among employees
  4. Differences in the correlation between awareness of social relationships and marital satisfaction among employees according to the gender variable (male - female)
  5. The extent to which awareness of social relations contributes to marital satisfaction among employees.

To achieve the objectives of this research, the researcher adopted the measure of awareness of social relations ((Snell, 1993), translated into Arabic, extracted the validity of the translation, and built the measure of marital satisfaction. Their psychometric characteristics were extracted from the validity and reliability, as the reliability of the scale reached the test-retest method.) (0.84) and the method. (0.86), which are two good reliability coefficients. As for the measure of marital satisfaction, the researcher extracted its psychometric characteristics of validity and reliability, as the reliability reached by the method of Test-retest)) (0.80) and by the method (0.85), which are two good reliability coefficients, and then the researcher applied the two scales to the same research. amounting to 400 male and female employees from the ministries of the state, and after analyzing the data, the output showed the following results:

  1. The sample of this research is aware of social relations
  2. The sample of this research has marital satisfaction.
  3. There is a significant correlation between awareness of social relationships and marital satisfaction.
  4. There are differences in the correlation between awareness of social relationships and marital satisfaction according to gender in favor of females.
  5. Awareness of social relationships contributes to marital satisfaction.

In light of the results of this research, the researcher developed a set of recommendations and proposals

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Snell, W. J. (1992). The impact of counselor and participant gender on willingness to discuss relational topics: Development of the Relationship Disclosure Scale. Journal of Counseling and Development.

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Acitelli, L. K. (1986). The influence of relationship awareness on perceived marital satisfaction and stability. Dissertation Abstracts In- ternational.

Bernard. (1976). Homosociality and female depression. Journal of Social Issues.

Bookwala, J. (2011). Marital quality as a moderator of the effects of poor vision. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences.

Feeney, J. A. (2002). ttachment, marital interaction and rela- tionship satisfaction: A diary study. Personal Relationships.

Fincham, F. D. (1987). The assessment of marital quality: A reevaluation. Journal of Marriage and the Family.

Fowers, B. (1991). His and her marriage: A multivariate study of gender and marital satisfaction. Sex Roles.

Holt-Lunstad, J. B. (2008). s there something unique about marriage? The relative impact of marital status, relationship quality, and network social support on ambulatory blood pressure and mental health. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

Ingoldsby, B. H. (2005). motional Expressiveness and Marital Adjustment in Ecuador. Journal Marriage & Family Review.

Mickelson, K. D. (2006). he moderating role of gende and gender role attitudes on the link between spousal support and marital quality. Sex Roles.

Mirgain, A. a. (2007). Emotion skills and marital health: The association between observed and self-reported emotion skills, intimacy, and marital satisfaction. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology.

Snell, W. E. (1997). Measuring relational aspects of the self Relational- esteem, relational-depression, and relational-preoccupation. Contemporary Social Psychology.

Snell, W. J. (1992). The impact of counselor and participant gender on willingness to discuss relational topics: Development of the Relationship Disclosure Scale. Journal of Counseling and Development.

Tesser, A. &. (1976). Toward a causal model of love. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Wicklund, R. A. (1980). Self awareness theory: When the self makes a differences. In D. M. Wegner & R. R. Vallacher (Eds.), The self in social psychology. New York.

سمر أحمد الشماسي. (2004). العوامل المحددة للرضا الزواجي لدى النساء في مدينة عمان. الأردن: كلية الدراسات العلياء الجامعة الأردنية،.

غيث المشاقبة. (2012). ما اثر برنامج ارشاد جمعي مستند الى نظرية ساتير في تحسين نوعية الحياة الزوجية لدى عينة من الزوجات اللواتي يعانين من انخفاض الرضا الزواجي . الزرقاء: الجامعة الهاشمية.

Published

2023-05-27

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Articles for the Humanities