The relation between the reasons for continuation common life with the strategies for maintaining marital relationship

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the reasons for continuation common life with the strategies for maintaining marital relationship. It was a descriptive study of correlational type. The population was all 17 to 55 years old couples in Semnan and Esfahan city that have lived together 1 to 35 years and have continue to common life in 1395 year. A sample included 175 individual (100 women and 75 men) who were selected with available sampling method. The data were collected from the reasons for continuation common life scale and the marital relationship maintaining strategies questionnaire. Data were analyzed using correlation test and independent t-test. The results of the study showed that there is a significant and positive relationship between the rewarding factors and the number of rewarding factors with the type of marital relationship maintaining strategies. On the other side, there is a significant and negative relationship between the restricted factors and the number of restricted factors with the type of marital relationship maintaining strategies. Also, there was no obvious difference in the restricted and rewarding reasons for continuation common life between the two genders. In general, the result of the study showed that the rewarding factors play a very important role in the strategies that individuals use to maintain their common life. Also, the result of this study can be used to increase and improve the quality, satisfaction, and stability of the couple’s common life.