The role of Marital Conflicts and Marital Expectations in predicting Satisfaction with Marital Relations

Satisfaction with marital relations as one of the important and determining indicators in the health and strength of the family is influenced by several factors; therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the role of marital conflicts and marital expectations in predicting satisfaction with marital relations.

The present research method was descriptive-correlational. The research population included all the married women who were referred to the health centers of the neighborhoods of Tehran in the second six months of 2022, and 120 people were selected by the available sampling method. The data collection tools included Sanai's Marital Conflict Questionnaire (2008), Bakhshodeh and Bahrami Ehsan's Marital Expectations (2012), and Inrich Favers and Elson's Marital Satisfaction (1993). To analyze the data, Pearson's correlation test and multiple regressions were used with the help of SPSS version 21 software.

The results showed that the correlation between marital conflicts and marital expectations with satisfaction with marital relations was negative (p<0.01). Also, the components of marital conflicts and marital expectations had a total of 37% ability to predict changes in satisfaction with marital relations.

The results of the research show the importance of marital conflicts and marital expectations in marital counseling.