Ethics - oriented Approach to Marital Interactions; Generational Differences among Married Women

This study was performed to describe the ethics in marital life from the perspective of women and also the causes of value changes occurred in this sphere. Considering to the consequences of changes in family values and the key role of women in this fundamental institution of society, research on these changes seems necessary. This research explains about ethics and its types and then presents a typology of marital interactions based on ethical nature of couple's relations. Value changes in marital interactions and generational differences in this area are shown, by conducting a survey of married women in Tehran.The role of modern values in changing the ethical nature of spouse's interactions is discussed according to the results. The findings showed value changes in marital interactions due to the belief in moral principles in dealing with wife In other words, there are meaningful differences between 3 generations of married women in consideration to ethics in marital interactions; and first generation consider to ethics more than other generations, while third generation consider to ethics less than other generations. Statistical population of the survey research has been all married women in the city of Tehran. The sample society includes 500 women who were selected through multi-stage cluster sampling technique and responded to the researcher - made questionnaire.