Investigation of Relationship between Power Structure in Family with Mental Health of Female Teachers in Elementary and High Schools of Shiraz

The purpose of this research is, comparing the relationship between power structure in family and mental health in two groups of female teachers. The research method is descriptive and of correlation type. The statistical population in this research includes all married female teachers in primary and secondary schools in Shiraz during 2008-2009. A sample of 160 married teachers of primary schools are selected by a multistage sampling and two questionnaires are distributed by chance among quadruple areas of Shiraz. In this research, 5 primary and secondary schools are selected by chance, 4 teachers were selected to do subsequent stages of research, and from each area in primary and secondary school. The data tools are two questionnaires which are: 1- Questionnaire of power structure in family.
2- Questionnaire of public health (GHQ-28).
Analyzing data is done in both level, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Finally we see that there is a meaning full relationship between power structure and mental health but there is no significant relationship between family relations and mental health. But among other variables only period length of marriage can predict mental health.