The relationship between marital satisfaction, general health and psychological stress in culturally employed women and non-employed women in Shiraz

Pages: 221-225
Shahla Habibi, Aminallah Fazel, and Mahbobeh Fouladchang (Department of Psychology, Arsanjan Branch Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran)

The aim of this study was to investigate marital satisfaction, mental health and stress in culturally employed women and non-employed women in Shiraz in 2006. In the present study, a sample of 200 employed and non-employed women was selected. Enrich questionnaire with 47 questions was used to measure marital satisfaction, GHQ questionnaire with 28 questions was used to measure mental health and 65-point questionnaire was used to assess stress. The results show that there was a positive and significant relationship between marital satisfaction and general health. There is also a negative relationship between marital satisfaction and stress. There was a significant negative relationship between stress and general health. There was no significant difference between marital satisfaction of employed and non-employed women. There was a significant difference between the general health of employed and non-employed women, meaning that the general health of unemployed women was higher than that of employed women. There was also a significant difference between the stress of employed women and nonemployed women, meaning that the general health of unemployed women was higher than that of employed women. There was also a significant difference between the stress of employed and unemployed women, so that the stress of employed women was more than unemployed women.