An Examination In To The Relation Between Happiness And Life Expectancy With Matrimonial Satisfaction

Background: The present study is functional and analytical in terms of objective and method respectively and it has been carried out correlatively. The aim of this research is to find the relation between happiness and life expectancy with matrimonial satisfaction. Method: The statistical population of the current study includes 150 psychologist women working in Tehran province clinics and hospital, selected using Cochran formula. The questionnaires were distributed using random sampling among them. In current study, Snyder hope scale, Oxford happiness questionnaire and Anrich matrimonial satisfaction questionnaire were used. The validity of questionnaire questions was confirmed by instructors and specialists. Moreover, the reliability of questions was calculated by Cronbach Alfa 0.80. Therefore, the questions had acceptable validity and reliability. For the purpose of analyzing the obtained data, SPSS software was used. The results related to Kolmogorov- Smirnov test implied the abnormality of data. Hence, the Non-parametric Spearman test was used in order to examine the questioned hypothesis. Results related to data analysis indicated that the correlative relation between happiness and matrimonial satisfaction is confirmed with 0.809 and sig=0.0001 coefficient and confidence level of 95 percent. Given the fact that the significance level in correlation coefficient is less than five percent, thus there is a direct and significant relation exists between happiness and matrimonial satisfaction. Result: As a result, the hypothesis H0 and H1 are rejected and accepted respectively. Additionally, the correlation relation between life expectancy and matrimonial satisfaction is confirmed with the coefficient of 0.824 and sig=0.0001 and the confidence level s is 95 percent as well. Conclusion: Due to fact that the significance level in correlation coefficient is less than five percent, thus there exists a significant and direct relation between life expectancy and matrimonial satisfaction. Thus, the hypothesis H0 and H1 are rejected and accepted respectively.

Keywords:

Happiness , Life expectancy , Matrimonial Satisfaction