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

Abstract

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