Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 2

The Relationship between Perceived Individual-Couple Sacrificial Behavior and Quality of Marital Relationship in Married Employees

1Department of Psychology, Khuzestan Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran

2Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran

*Corresponding author: Sahar Safarzadeh, E-mail: Safarzadeh1152@yahoo.com

Online published on 11 April, 2017.

Abstract

The relationship between perceived individual-couple sacrificial behavior and the quality of marital relationship in married employees working in NIOC Ahvaz. Hence, the present research employed a correlational method and the statistical population in this research comprised all of the married employees working in NIOC Ahvaz, out of which, a sample of 400 subjects was selected via stratified random sampling. The research tools included Perception of Sacrificing Behaviors Measure (PSBM) and Quality of Marriage Index (QMI). Pearson correlation coefficient (P <.0001) was used to analyze the data and the results revealed that there exists significant relationship between perceived individual-couple sacrificial behavior and the quality of marital relationship.

Keywords

Individual-Couple Sacrificial Behavior, quality of marriage, employees