Investment model of marital commitment among married postgraduate students in Tehran, Iran
Family is not only the place to meet the emotional, material, evolutionary and spiritual needs of its own members, but it is also the origin of human emotions and the main focus of the most traditional intimate relationships and interpersonal interactions, including marriage. A marital relationsh...
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| description | Family is not only the place to meet the emotional, material, evolutionary and spiritual
needs of its own members, but it is also the origin of human emotions and the main focus
of the most traditional intimate relationships and interpersonal interactions, including
marriage. A marital relationship has always been an emphasized area. It also has been
closely related to commitment as one of the key role players in either the success or the
failure of marriages. Rusbult's Investment Model emphasized that increasing in
satisfaction level, decreasing in the level of the quality of alternatives, and increasing in
investment size would strengthen individuals' marital commitment, and it can contribute
to marital stability. This study used Rusbult's Investment Model to investigate the
relationship between marital satisfaction, the quality of alternatives, investment size, and
marital commitment due to the increase in the rate of divorces in Iran over the last
decade.
The current cross-sectional study determined and evaluated the relationships between
the satisfaction level, quality of alternatives, investment size, the demographic factors
with the marital commitment, and finding the predictors of marital commitment among
the married individual postgraduate students in Iran. Based on the convenience sampling
method, 473 respondents have been chosen to cover the aim of the study. The Farsi
translated version of a standard self-administrated Web-based questionnaire was
adopted. The reliability of the questionnaire was tested by Cronbach's alpha in both pilot
and the actual study. All Cronbach's Alphas were above 0.80; therefore, all subscales
were reliable.
Accordingly, the findings of the study revealed significant bivariate correlations between
satisfaction level, quality of alternatives, investment size, gender and having children
with marital commitment; also, no significant correlation has been found between age,
marital duration, family income and spouse's educational level with marital commitment.
among respondents. Moreover, Bootstrap multiple linear regression on the relevant
variables revealed gender as the strongest predictor of marital commitment, followed by
marital satisfaction, the quality of alternatives and the investment size among
respondents. The predictor model explained 59.5 percent of the variance in respondents'
marital commitment in the study. Therefore, the results lend support to the use of
Rusbult's Investment Model that explains significant factors that increase an individuals'
marital commitment in the context of Iran society. This study shed light on the stability
of marriage's contributors to help the policymakers and professionals to provide more
efficient policies and programs. Further studies on Rusbult's Investment Model might
assist in generalizing findings for greater benefit. |
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| spelling | upm-1043892023-08-10T01:56:48Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/104389/ Investment model of marital commitment among married postgraduate students in Tehran, Iran Seyedsalehi, Shideh Family is not only the place to meet the emotional, material, evolutionary and spiritual needs of its own members, but it is also the origin of human emotions and the main focus of the most traditional intimate relationships and interpersonal interactions, including marriage. A marital relationship has always been an emphasized area. It also has been closely related to commitment as one of the key role players in either the success or the failure of marriages. Rusbult's Investment Model emphasized that increasing in satisfaction level, decreasing in the level of the quality of alternatives, and increasing in investment size would strengthen individuals' marital commitment, and it can contribute to marital stability. This study used Rusbult's Investment Model to investigate the relationship between marital satisfaction, the quality of alternatives, investment size, and marital commitment due to the increase in the rate of divorces in Iran over the last decade. The current cross-sectional study determined and evaluated the relationships between the satisfaction level, quality of alternatives, investment size, the demographic factors with the marital commitment, and finding the predictors of marital commitment among the married individual postgraduate students in Iran. Based on the convenience sampling method, 473 respondents have been chosen to cover the aim of the study. The Farsi translated version of a standard self-administrated Web-based questionnaire was adopted. The reliability of the questionnaire was tested by Cronbach's alpha in both pilot and the actual study. All Cronbach's Alphas were above 0.80; therefore, all subscales were reliable. Accordingly, the findings of the study revealed significant bivariate correlations between satisfaction level, quality of alternatives, investment size, gender and having children with marital commitment; also, no significant correlation has been found between age, marital duration, family income and spouse's educational level with marital commitment. among respondents. Moreover, Bootstrap multiple linear regression on the relevant variables revealed gender as the strongest predictor of marital commitment, followed by marital satisfaction, the quality of alternatives and the investment size among respondents. The predictor model explained 59.5 percent of the variance in respondents' marital commitment in the study. Therefore, the results lend support to the use of Rusbult's Investment Model that explains significant factors that increase an individuals' marital commitment in the context of Iran society. This study shed light on the stability of marriage's contributors to help the policymakers and professionals to provide more efficient policies and programs. Further studies on Rusbult's Investment Model might assist in generalizing findings for greater benefit. 2021-03 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/104389/1/SHIDEH%20SEYEDSALEHI%20-%20IR.pdf Seyedsalehi, Shideh (2021) Investment model of marital commitment among married postgraduate students in Tehran, Iran. Masters thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Marriage - Iran Married students - Iran Commitment (Psychology) |
| spellingShingle | Marriage - Iran Married students - Iran Commitment (Psychology) Seyedsalehi, Shideh Investment model of marital commitment among married postgraduate students in Tehran, Iran |
| title | Investment model of marital commitment among married postgraduate students in Tehran, Iran |
| title_full | Investment model of marital commitment among married postgraduate students in Tehran, Iran |
| title_fullStr | Investment model of marital commitment among married postgraduate students in Tehran, Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investment model of marital commitment among married postgraduate students in Tehran, Iran |
| title_short | Investment model of marital commitment among married postgraduate students in Tehran, Iran |
| title_sort | investment model of marital commitment among married postgraduate students in tehran, iran |
| topic | Marriage - Iran Married students - Iran Commitment (Psychology) |
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