Document Type : Research/Original/Regular

Authors

• Fateme Sadat Mortazavi Karimabad ¹
• Amir Karami ²

¹ M.A. in Psychology, Hekmat Razavi Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran.

² Assistant Professor of Psychology, Hekmat Razavi Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran.

Abstract

The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the roles of object relations, paranoid thoughts and interdependence in the stability of married women’s life in Mashhad. This study was a descriptive correlational study. The research population consisted of the married women in Districts 10 and 12 of the city of Mashhad in 2023, and the exact number was not known. Based on Tabachnick and Fidell's formula, 74 samples were required, but for higher reliability and more accuracy in the results, 212 people were selected through convenience sampling (e.g., households, university and hospitals). The research tools included Booth et al. Marital Instability Questionnaire (1983), the Bell Object Relations Questionnaire (1995), the Green et al. Paranoid Thoughts Scale (2008) and Fisher et al. Interdependence Questionnaire (1991). Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient and enter regression were used in data analysis. The results of data analysis showed that there is a significant negative relationship between object relations, paranoid thoughts and interdependence with the marital stability (P<0.01). Also, the results of the regression analysis showed that only paranoid thoughts and interdependence are significant predictors for the marital stability (P<0.01). According to the findings, it can be concluded that the higher the amount of paranoid thoughts and interdependence in married women, the lower their marital stability will be.

Keywords

• Marital Stability
• Object Relations
• Paranoid Thoughts
• Interdependence

Main Subjects

• Woman and family