Comparison of solving social problems, social trust and marital intimacy in working women and housewives

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Master's student in Islamic psychology, positivist, Islamic Azad University, Sari branch

2 Master of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

3 کارشناسی ارشد روان شناسی بالینی،دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد سنندج

4 Master's degree in psychology and education of exceptional children

10.30510/psi.2023.398640.4326

Abstract

This research was conducted with the aim of comparative investigation of social problem solving, social trust and marital intimacy in working women and housewives of Baneh city. The statistical population of the present study was all working women and housewives who referred to health centers and medical services in Baneh city, using the available sampling method of 200 people (100 working people and 100 housewives) in a comparative (post-event) method. ) Selected. The tools used in this research were the Revised Social Problem Solving Questionnaire (SPSI-R; Dzorilla et al., 2002), the Social Trust Questionnaire by Safarinia and Sharif (2009), the Marital Intimacy Questionnaire by Bagarozi (2001), which, for analysis The data and the test of the hypotheses of the research were used by the multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) test. The results of MANOVA analysis showed that the components of "positive orientation towards the problem", "negative orientation towards the problem", "logical problem solving", "impulsive style", "avoidant style" are more in working women than housewives. has The components of "confidence", "honesty", "openness", "cooperative tendencies", "trust-based behavior" are more common in housewives than in working women. Also, the average of "emotional", "psychological", "rational", "sexual", "physical", "spiritual", "aesthetic", "recreational" components is higher in housewives than working women.

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