Investigate relationships between Religious orientation with public health and marital satisfaction among married students of University of Tehran

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to investigate relationships between religious orientation with general health and marital satisfaction among married students of University of Tehran. To reach the aforementioned purpose, 96 married students in year 2008 (46 mal, 46 female) in University of Tehran were Selected by means of convenience sampling. Bahrami's Religious Orientation Scale, Golombok Rust's Inventory of Marital State, and Goldberg's General Health Questionnaire were used as the research instruments. The result of regression analysis indicated that the magnitude of marital state and general health can be predicted from the religious orientation. © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.