Spouses

One of the most important issues in the field of jurisprudence and family law, with a significant impact on the balance and mental health of family members, is the issue of couples’ sexual rights. One of the most essential aspects of sexual rights is enjoyment and compliance, which are covered in jurisprudence and law. The fulfillment of this issue among couples could have a significant impact on their mental health and the stability of the family foundation. The present study was fundamentally investigated using a qualitative approach based on jurisprudential, legal, and psychological documents. Exercising the right to obey and enjoy has been stated in significant legal examples such as religious acts, non-religious activities due to the presence of the wife in the society, leaving the house, or leaving the country, etc., which are important in the context of the family. The findings of the research indicated that the application of each of the mentioned examples and titles in the formulation of a healthy marriage, as well as the application of balance and limitation of each of its elements, are the most important spiritual effects to play an effective role in mental health (such as: creating mental peace due to satisfaction of the couples, providing empathy, providing adaptations based on persuasion of the spiritual needs of couples, etc.). One of the most essential and influential issues in the couples’ mental health is the spiritual satisfaction resulting from marriage, and the proper application of the rights of enjoyment, compliance, or conditions will have significant consequences.

Sexual satisfaction and sexual assertiveness are both considered to be the most important factors in maintaining a successful, healthy and happy married life. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between sexual assertiveness and sexual satisfaction of married women of reproductive age in Qom province in 2021.

100 married women who referred to health centers in Qom, Iran participated in this cross-sectional study. Health centers were selected by clustering and a convenience sample was entered into the study from April to October 2023. The questionnaire of Hulbert's sexual assertiveness index and Larson Sexual Satisfaction were used. Data analysis was done by SPSS-22 software. Pearson's correlation coefficient and one-way analysis of variance were used to analyze the data.

The results showed that the mean of sexual satisfaction score (SD) was 99.40 (15.41), the mean of sexual assertiveness was 56.19 (20.04), and there was a high correlation between sexual assertiveness and sexual satisfaction r=0.74 (P <0.001). There was a significant difference between the averages of sexual assertiveness and age of women and spouses (P <0.001). A significant difference was found between the average sexual self-expression of women with the number of children (P=0.03) and between the average sexual assertiveness and the education groups of spouses (P=0.04).

Considering the positive correlation between sexual assertiveness and sexual satisfaction, it is suggested that in order to increase women's sexual satisfaction, service providers should increase their sexual assertiveness through various counseling and educational methods.

Addiction is a detrimental phenomenon to the economy, health, and the foundation of families. family members who do not have intimate parent-child interactions or strong bonds tend to take drugs more frequently. The interdependence of spouses is one of the effects of living with addicts. This study was designed to determine the relationship between attachment style and interdependence of spouses of patients with maintenance drug use.
This is a descriptive-correlational study done on 98 spouses of patients with maintenance treatment referred to the addiction treatment clinic of Sari Zare Psychiatric Hospital, selected by simple random sampling in 1400. Research tools included the Collins and Reed Adult Attachment Scale and the Spin-Fisher Interdependence Questionnaire. Data were analyzed by SPSS-22 software and descriptive and inferential statistical methods (Chi-square, independent t-test, Mann-Whitney, Analysis of variance, Kruskal–Wallis, and linear regression).
The mean and standard deviation of the total score of closeness, dependence, and anxiety attachment styles and interdependence were 11.88±2.21,12.11±2.60,11.71±4.50,60.65±12.0, respectively. Interdependence and insecure attachment had a significant negative connection, according to the partial correlation coefficient (P<0.05). there was a positive correlation between cross-dependence and bilateral-anxiety attachment (P<0.05). Results of multiple regressions showed to predict the interdependence of attachment styles, only the anxious-ambivalent style can significantly predict a 31% variance of the interdependence of spouses of addicts undergoing maintenance treatment and also showed a significant relationship between correlation with substance use time, birth rate and experience of stressful events in the last 6 months.
The results showed interdependence had a significant relationship with their attachment style and it is necessary to pay attention to their spouses along with addicted patients, and to spouses who have an anxious mutual attachment to prevent interdependence. It is recommended that for future research, about the cultural and historical roots of Iranian society, the present study should also be conducted in other cities to examine the effects of cultural differences among families.

Background and Objectives :

Marriage is one of the effective factors that can promote mental health and lifestyle and reduce the risk of individual and social disorders. This study aims to prioritize the criteria for partner selection according to the perceptions of female students of Qom University of Medical Sciences (QUMS) in 2017.

This is descriptive-analytical study with a cross-sectional design was conducted in 2017. The study population consists of all single female students of QUMS, of whom 373 were selected by multi-stage sampling method. The instrument was the 22-item Preference Criteria of Spouse Selection Inventory (PCSSI) with acceptable validity and reliability. Data were analyzed in SPSS software, version 20 statistical software using descriptive statistics and Friedman’s test, Chi-square test, t-test, and one-way analysis of variance.

The age range of the participants was 18-38 years, and their semester range was 1-15. The results of Friedman test showed a significant difference between the mean ranks of partner selection criteria. Mental health had the highest priority, while being from the same ethnicity had the lowest priority. There was a significant negative correlation between age and importance of partner selection criteria (P<0.001). In addition, there was a significant difference between students with associate degree and the students with bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, and PhD degree in terms of the importance of partner selection criteria (P<0.001).

Female students of QUMS pay more attention to mental health, responsibility, and chastity criteria in choosing a partner.

Fertility in the country has reached below the replacement level, which has attracted the attention of politicians. Ideal fertility can predict actual fertility. Achieving ideal fertility can increase the current level of fertility. Marital satisfaction is one of the important determinants of fertility. The present study endeavors to investigate the effect of marital satisfaction on ideal fertility.

The present study was conducted quantitatively with the survey method. For this purpose, 379 married women aged 15 to 49 living in the suburbs of Bandar Abbas were surveyed. Sampling was performed by multi-stage cluster method. A questionnaire was used to collect data.

Women's marital satisfaction and the ideal number of children had a positive and significant correlation. The increase in the duration of marriage was correlated with the increase in the ideal number of children. The difference in the average ideal number of children by the education level of women was significant. The average ideal number of children of Sunni women was more than that of Shia women and women belonging to Fars, Lor, Turk and Arab ethnicities were less than women of other ethnicities. The results of multivariate regression showed that the increase in women’s marital satisfaction leads to an increase in the ideal number of children.

Planning to increase marital satisfaction of couples can help to achieve ideal fertility. Ideal fertility research can mean increasing the current level of total fertility in the country. Therefore, in the new population policies, along with encouraging policies to increase fertility, serious attention should also be paid to the family, spouse relationships and marital satisfaction.

One of the most important social challenges is to maintain family cohesion and in this, the role of sexual relations between spouses is fundamental. Given the many harms that have arisen with the change of lifestyle in this area, the present study seeks to answer the questions that what are the most prominent pillars of the sexual morality system in Islam? Based on that, what are the most prominent ways to increase spouses' sexual satisfaction?

The research was conducted by library-citation method and descriptive-analytical analysis.

The three pillars of "wisdom", "guidance" and "satisfaction" can be mentioned as the pillars of the Islamic sexual ethics system, which have principles such as "observance of privacy", "tendency to complementary sex" and "continuity" The human race. By observing the frequency of religious teachings emphasizing the needs of spouses' sexual satisfaction and taking into account the challenges of society, the four strategies of "keeping the hijab", "keeping the look", "impudence" and "reciprocal attention to the spouse's instincts" are more prominent.

The three strategies of "keeping the hijab", "keeping the look" and "ungratefulness" as necessary and obligatory for each other and arising from the pillar of "divine satisfaction", can protect spouses from mental and physical dangers and illegitimate tendencies. It is safe. The strategy of "spouses' mutual attention to each other's emotional and physical needs" also originates from the pillar of "divine guidance"; Given the difference between men and women in arousing and satisfying sexual instinct, each of them must consider the sexual desires of the other person to increase sexual satisfaction. In further promoting these strategies at the community level and preventing related harms, the three factors of "knowledge", "observance" and "supervision" and the participation of related institutions and tools are noteworthy.

 Dissolution of marriage by using the defect option or the option of violation of the conditional characteristic is one of the ways to dissolve a marriage when the woman or man has a defect or lacks a qualifying or conditional characteristic during the marriage. The jurists’ famous case attitude and the dissolution of marriage law has made some researchers to investigate the unwritten factors by taking advantage of Manat's resection, which obsession is one of these diseases. The marriage of an acutely obsessive person causes many important goals of marriage to be disrupted. The purpose of this article is to investigate the role of obsessive disorder in the dissolution of marriage during the severity of the disease.

 This research investigates the possibility of dissolution of marriage with obsessive disorder by descriptive and analytical method and using library sources.

 According to the narrative evidence and the rules of harmlessness and non-harm, the prescribed defects that cause the dissolution of the marriage are allegorical in the religion and law. Therefore, it is possible to dissolve the marriage based on the criteria of the prescribed defects in the case of one of the spouses’ obsession disorder. So when the obsession is in a severe state or obsessive madness due to the obstacle and disgust of sexual intercourse, it is possible to dissolve the marriage. Also, due to the custom's emphasis on the spouses’ health, if during the marriage, one of the spouses has severe obsessive illness or obsessive insanity, the other party can terminate the marriage by citing the option of violating the condition.

 One of the important determinants of a successful marriage is the realistic expectation about marriage. This study aimed to assess the expectations of newly married couples about marriage referred to the pre-marital counseling center, and also the factors affecting their marriage expectations. Methods. In this cross-sectional study, to examine the level of marital expectation of newlywed couples referring to the premarital counseling center in Tabriz from August 2018 to April 2019, 284 samples were chosen. The self-administered Marriage Expectation Scale was used to collect data.

 In a sample of 284, the mean age was 26±5 years. Approximately 52% of couples had an academic education. The mean marriage expectation score was 158.13±19.74. According to the results of logistic regression, the odds of idealistic marriage expectation among couples with an academic degree was 2.94 times higher compared to those with an under diploma degree (P= 0.003). In addition, the odds of idealistic marriage expectation among employees and self-employed couples was 3.14 and 3.16 times higher compared to the unemployed ones or housewives, respectively (P<0.05).

 The majority of couples had idealistic expectations about marriage and also couples with academic education, self-employed and employees had more idealistic marriage expectations.

The importance of positive family relationships and its impact on various aspects of social life, including health, have been stressed in several studies. Religious teachings have always emphasized companionship and optimal relations between couples. This study examines married lifestyles and its determinants and seek to determine the factors affecting their lifestyle.

A cross-sectional survey of married men and women in Tehran was done. We selected 1736 samples by multi-stage cluster sampling from 50 districts and the data were analyzed.

Extreme individualism was not prevalent among spouses. Selective lifestyles were affected by mass media, religion, gender, and attitudes of the spouse leading to conflict between work and family.

Findings of this study, have challenged the relationship between contemporary changes and a separate lifestyles. In order to increase the stability of marital life, it is necessary to explain family policies and  consideration of individual intimate needs of married couples.