Development of a Model for Structural Relationships of gender role with the Meaning of Life, Orientation of Life, and Marital Satisfaction

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between structural relationships of gender role with the meaning of life, the orientation of life, and marital satisfaction among married university students of Rasht. The present research was a correlational-descriptive study whose statistical population consisted of all married students of Islamic Azad University branches in Rasht, Guilan Province in the academic year 2015-2016. Based on predictor and criterion variables, 210 students were selected as the sample using the convenience sampling method. The required data were collected using Bem gender Role Inventory (1974), Life Orientation Test-Revised (1985), Meaning of Life Questionnaire(1964), and the Marital Satisfaction Inventory (1989). The results of the final structural equations modeling for measuring the relationship of sex role with the meaning of life, the orientation of life, and marital satisfaction showed that gender role has a positive impact on all of them. The study findings suggest and sex role has a considerable impact on the meaning of life, orientation of life, and marital satisfaction.