The Relationship Between Mate Selection Styles and Marital Satisfaction of Married Nurses Journal Article

Objective: This study was conducted to compare marital satisfaction among married nurses with three different mate selection styles. Methods: This study is descriptive ex post facto. A total of 222 married nurses were selected using random sampling method from two educational hospitals affiliated to Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences and four private hospitals of Ahvaz, Iran. They completed mate selection styles questionnaire and the short form of marital satisfaction scale. The data were analyzed through ANOVA by using SPSS16. Results: The findings indicated significant differences in marital satisfaction between married nurses with free choice and arranged styles and between married nurses with free choice and mixed styles. But there was no significant difference between married nurses with arranged and mixed styles with regard to their marital satisfaction. Conclusion: The study nurses who belonged to recent generation of the community made their choices based on personal styles and criteria, and their families had no role in their marriage. Also, compared with last generations, they have higher marital satisfaction.

The Relationship Between Mate Selection Styles and Marital Satisfaction of Married Nurses CrossMark Gholamreza Rajabi1*, Ghodrat Allah Abbasi2, Arash Jelodari1 1. It helps preserving family unit and enjoying better qual- ity of life, while dissatisfaction with marriage leads to anxiety, depression, and even dissolution of family (An- bari, Mohammadkhanai, & Rezaei Dogaheh, 2014; Kha- * Corresponding Author: Gholamreza Rajabi, PhD Address: Department of Counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran. ir 229 October 2016, Volume 4, Number 4 je Mansoori, Mohammadkhani, Mazidi, Kami, Bakhshi Nodooshan, & Shahidi, 2016; Mohammadi, Farzinrad, Zargar, Ali, & Behrooz, 2013; Delavar, Dolatshahi, Nouri, & Ariyanfar, 2014; Skowron, 2000). These studies provide valuable information about marital satisfaction and factors affecting it such as commitment, spouse’s support, individual character- istics, and so on (Bradbury, Fincham, & Beach, 2000; Rostami, Veisi, Jafarian Dehkordi, & Aalkasir, 2014; Shariatzadeh, Vaziri, & Mirhashemi, 2014). Blood research (1967) reported differ- ence between the traditional (arranged) and free choice mate selection styles in term of marital satisfaction. October 2016, Volume 4, Number 4 are few studies conducted on mate selection styles like traditional and free choice marriage and its contribution to marital satisfaction and divorce in our country. As shown in Table 1, the F-ratio of ANOVA indicates that the people’s marital satisfaction differs among three mate selection styles (arranged, free-choice, and mixed) (P<0. Based on Table 2, the marital satisfaction of nurses with arranged mate selection style is lower than nurses with free choice style (P<0.