نشریه مطالعات زن و خانواده
سال دهم شماره 4 (زمستان 1401)

Currently, the corona pandemic can be one of the major health problems in Iran and around the world, and the resulting home quarantine, family, and relationships between families have been affected. Determining the subjective relationship between mothers' awareness and self-efficacy with parent-child switching during quarantine life was all corona choices. The statistical population of the study included all mothers with children aged 6 to 12 years in Rasht in the February of 2021 , from which 205 people were selected by available method and the Freiburg Mindfulness Scale (FMI-S). ) Completed the Dumka Parenting Self-Efficacy Scale (PSAM), the Mother-Child Relationship Scale (MCRE). Data were analyzed using SPSS 24.'s Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression. The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between parents' mindfulness and mother-child relationship (P<0/01), and the results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between parents' mindfulness and mother-child relationship (P<0/01). Finally, the analysis of available data showed that the relationship between parents' mindfulness and self-efficacy with the mother-child relationship is positive and significant. Parental awareness and self-efficacy play a significant role in explaining the mother-child relationship (P<0/01). The results of the present study have practical implications for psychologists and family counselors and by improving the level of mindfulness and self-efficacy of mothers, the quality of parent-child relationships can be improved.

Many factors affect the incidence of domestic violence and its acceptance in women. One of these factors is women's misperception of the power structure in the family. This study aimed to investigate the effect of intervention based on changing perceptions of family power structure on attitudes toward patriarchy and self-compassion in women, victims of domestic violence. The population of the present study included all women victims of domestic violence in Yazd city in 2020. According to the baseline case study design, 2women victims of domestic violence were selected by purposeful sampling method and received 8 sessions interventional protocol based on changing the perception of women who are victims of domestic violence about the family structure. Mohseni Tabrizi Domestic Violence Scale and Self-Compassion Scale were used to collect data during baseline, treatment and follow-up phases. The data were analyzed using visual analysis, improvement percentage and reliable change index. The reliable change index and the trend of changing scores showed that with the continuation of intervention sessions, attitudes toward patriarchy and self-compassion in women had decreased and increased, respectively. changes was maintained after one month follow-up (p<0.05). According to the findings, it can be concluded that the intervention based on changing the perception of family power structure can change the traditional and patriarchal misconceptions of women victims of domestic violence and improve their self-compassion.

It is well acknowledged that the stress of work can influence on the marriage outcomes. Some jobs such as working in hospital and dealing with patients are very stressful. However, despite the emphasis on the role of work stress in different areas and marital satisfaction in previous researches, there is little information about the effect of adaptive processes such as self-regulation in the relationship on nurses' marital satisfaction. The Vulnerability-Stress-Adaptation Model implies that a successful adaptive process can possibly help individuals mitigate stressful events and raise satisfaction in marriage. the current study aimed to investigate whether job stress of married nurses can influence their marital satisfaction, and also to examine the mediating role of relationship self-regulation. A total of 252 married nurses from nine governmental and five private hospitals in Tehran were participated. Hospitals were selected by convenient sampling and voluntary to contribute. To collect data, Relationship Assessment Scale (RAS), Relationship Self-Regulation (RSR) and the Job-Related Tension Index (JRTI) were given to volunteer nurses who agreed to complete the questionnaires. The results indicated a significant negative association of job stress with marital satisfaction and a positive relationship of relationship self-regulation with marital satisfaction. Also, it was confirmed that relationship self-regulation has a mediating role in the relationship between job stress and marital satisfaction. The current study showed how the adaptive process may help to increase marital satisfaction in a stressful environment among married nurses.

The present research is designed with the aim of deep and comprehensive identification of textual and cultural factors related to couples’ interaction, explanation of its meaning and concept, and the model of factors related to the quality of couples’ interaction and functional analytical psychotherapy approach (FAP). The research community was all married men and women in Tehran who had been married for at least two years. Although men's and women's relationship has been analyzed in the research, the unit of analysis is individual: married men and women. By purposive sampling technique, 30 married couples were selected in Tehran. Semi-structured interviews with related participants continued until theoretical data saturation was achieved. Each interview text was placed in ATLAS Ti software for coding system, semantic production, and analyzable codes, and then the software performed analysis. According to the aforementioned model, results were categorized based on seven themes including identifying and expressing needs, experiencing and expressing excitement, conflict and incompatibility, mutual relationship, disclosure and close relationship with spouse, verbal and nonverbal relationship, and attitudes

Population and its changes have long been one of the most important and vital issues of a country. According to the latest data from the Statistics Center, the fertility rate has reached 1.7, which means less than the replacement level, which shows that we are facing the challenge of population decline. Changes in women's lifestyles and attitudes are one of the most important factors affecting the issue of fertility. In this study, the challenges of fertility in women with three children were investigated. The aim of this study was to find the motivating factors for fertility. The research was qualitative and phenomenological. For this purpose, in-depth interviews were conducted with 20 mothers aged 26-42 years, who had three or more children and were selected by snowball sampling method. According to the analysis of the findings, three main categories of barriers to fertility, motivating factors for fertility and expectations to facilitate fertility and 10 sub-categories and more than 100 concepts were obtained. In general, it can be concluded that people have large numbers of children according to their religious beliefs, and in this way, the material and spiritual support received from both families can be a helpful factor. Also, the accompanying help of the wife in household chores and caring for the children to the mother was an important and effective issue.