Family Function in Modern and Traditional Marriages among Married Women of Tehran

Matrimony and finding a life partner is one of the most important elements of the social dynamic in a society. This research aims to compare the family functionality both in a modern style marriage and a traditional marriage. In one study a comparative questioner، evaluates the functionality of the family based on McMaster technique. The other study includes demographic information and also the marriage scheme (traditional or modern) between 384 married women in the Tehran. This information is analyzed by using T and CHI2 models. The research shows that in problem solving there is no meaningful difference between women in modern style marriage compared to women in traditional marriage though a modern marriage proves a success when it comes to good communication، role playing، emotional response، Affective involvement and behavior control. The research clearly shows pre-marriage familiarity between the couples and consequently a modern marriage will massively improves the functionality of the family and also the greatly stabilizes the foundation of the family