Comparison of "Intimacy and Marital Adjustment" in Two Styles of Marriage of Family-arranged and Couple-matching Agencies

The major goal of this research is comparison of"intimacy and marital adjustment" in two styles of marriages of family-arranged and couple-matching agencies. This research is a post-occurrence study in which the style of partner selection (agency v. family-arranged) is the independent variable, and intimacy and satisfaction are dependent variables. The statistical population includes all the female members of the above two categories. Sample of the research wich consisted of 50 subjects from each of these two categories were matched. Research tools were three questionnaires: demographic questionnaire, marital intimacy questions (MIQ) and mutual satisfaction (DAS). Statistical methods? ?? T and Q tow in SPSS 17 were applied. Statistical analysis of the collected data showed that total score for intimacy with t=4/63 was significant at 0/01 percent, and score of maritaladjustment with t=5/30 percent. Marriages of the couple-matching agencieshad a highler level of intimacy and marital adjustment in comparsion to family-arranged marriages.