Predicting Marital Satisfaction According to Love-Making Styles (Intimacy, Desire, Commitment) and Anxiety

One of the most important factor to determine satisfaction in a married lifeis to ave mental health. The main purpose of this study was to determine the anxiety ratio (trait  state) and the Styles of lovemaking (Intimacy, passion/ enthusiasm and commitment) in marital satisfaction. This research is correlational. The statistical population included all married personnel of SAIPA automotive manufacturer company in the years 1391_1392.For this purpose, 200 married personnel were selected by the simple random sampling approach. In order to data gathering, Sternberg’s triangularlove scale test, Spielberger anxiety scale (state/obvious& trait/invisible) and Enrich marital satisfaction short form were used. Obtained data were analyzed using multiple regression. Results of this study showed that among love and its pattern (Intimacy, passion and commitment), the intimacy and commitment factors are positively and significantly correlated with marital satisfaction, the passion factor is not a significant predictor for marital satisfaction. However, in the level of anxiety (generalobviousinvisible), between general anxiety and invisible anxiety with marital satisfaction, there is a negative and significant correlation, while obvious anxiety is not a significant predictor of marital satisfaction, In other words, the intimacy, commitment, general anxiety and invisible anxiety are proper predictors for marital satisfaction.