Predicting the quality of married life based on childhood trauma and socio-economic status of married women

The aim of this study was to predict the quality of marital life based on childhood trauma and socio-economic status of married women.

The research method was correlational type and the statistical population of the study was the people referred to health centers in Tehran in 2020, of which by random cluster sampling 320 eligible people were included in the study. In the present study in the first phase Districts were selected randomly and participants were selected using online and convenient sampling. Research tools include Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (Bernstein et al., 1994), Socio-Economic Questionnaire (Ghodratnama et al., 2013) and Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale by Busby et al. (1995). Research data were analyzed using multivariate regression analysis by SPSS-24 software.

In this study, the regression coefficient of physical trauma with marital quality of life was significant at the level of 0.01 (β=-0.331, P=0.001). The regression coefficient of socio-economic status with marital quality of life was significant at the level of 0.01 (β=0.175, P=0.027).

Couples therapists are advised to consider the couple's trauma in couple therapy sessions. Based on the findings of the present study, the need to increase the income of individuals in the family, which promotes socio-economic status, is suggested.