A study of the interface between social health and marital satisfaction among the staff of welfare organization in Karaj

Abstract

this survey was conducted in order to recognize the relationship between social health and marital satisfaction in married staff of welfare organization in Karaj. this study is of survey-correlation type and for sampling the method general census was used so that all the staff who were married and their marriage was at least of one year and were interested to take part in the survey (105 individuals) entered it. The required information was collected via Keyes social health questionnaire and Enrich marital satisfaction. findings indicate that between social health , social participation subscale and marital satisfaction lays a direct and significant relationship. About the relationship between demographic variables and survey variables, age, number of children, the level of education and social health a significant relationship was observed so that with an increase in the number of children and age and decreasing the level of education, social health enhanced. In other cases no significant relationship was found. according to the survey findings individuals’ social health is effective on their marital satisfaction. Social health would lead in vitality, accountability and efficiency of individuals and society. Engraining this soul in individuals would enable them to make the relationships understandable and predictable in their family, they would not be isolated or vanity would not be encircling them, they would share a close relationship with their family members and rely on it as a source of peace and reliability. Thus we can say with increasing social health we would have a rise in marital satisfaction and family security and a fall in marital contradictions and finally social damages