Majdeddin Mostaan; Yaser Madani; Mahdi Zareh Bahramabadi; Keyvan Salehi
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Iran's Statistical Center reports that the marriage-to-divorce ratio in 2021 was 3 to 1. It mentions that most divorces occur between 1 and 5 years of marriage. The social and cultural implications of these reports and the emphasis of most existing studies on divorce risk factors necessitate an in-depth ...
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Iran's Statistical Center reports that the marriage-to-divorce ratio in 2021 was 3 to 1. It mentions that most divorces occur between 1 and 5 years of marriage. The social and cultural implications of these reports and the emphasis of most existing studies on divorce risk factors necessitate an in-depth analysis of the process and factors contributing to the sustainability of cohabitation of Iranian couples concerning the Family Protection and Young Population Act. Accordingly, the paper explores life stability among Iranian couples. So, 11 Iranian couples were selected using the criteria and snowball sampling methods. Semistructured interviews were conducted based on Strauss and Corbin's grounded theory and systematic design. Following the sequential review and data comparison, 350 primary codes, 25 subcategories, and eight categories were extracted from causal, contextual, interventional-environmental, and strategy and outcome conditions. Among the categories, assigning agency to the eligibilities concerning marriage durability was the main category. Sustainable life is a multi-level and multi-dimensional phenomenon influenced by various pre- and post-marriage factors. Sustainable life is not an event but a trend and a process forged under the influence of psychological-personality factors, ethics, and values, joined by the individual, paired contexts, employment, and income; one that, with favorable and essential areas can assist couples to adopt effective strategies in different real-world scenarios through interactive and sociocultural factors and family conditions, and thrive individually and socially. If couples take a route through interaction, they will experience a lasting marriage life in quantity (over 20 years) and quality.
mahdie sadat nayeri; Keyvan Salehi; Saeed Akbari zardkhane; GholamAli Afrouz
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Marriage is a completely cultural category;Criticism of the quality of the conducted research with the focus on examining the psychometric properties of the developed tools is one of the most important strategies in the construction and improvement of measurement tools; Therefore, this research was conducted ...
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Marriage is a completely cultural category;Criticism of the quality of the conducted research with the focus on examining the psychometric properties of the developed tools is one of the most important strategies in the construction and improvement of measurement tools; Therefore, this research was conducted in a systematic review with the aim of identifto identifyying the characteristics of Iranian marriage selection criteria tools. The search strategy was based on PRISMA guidelines.As a result of the search in the internal databases such as Noormags, IranDoc, Civilica, Elmnet, SID, and Ensani Portal from 2000 to 2023,several 347 internal documents were identified and initially recovered.After discarding the inappropriate ones, 18 articles with thematic focus criteria for Marriage selections were extracted. The studies were evaluated in two stages: first, the agreement between the two reviewers was calculated using Cohen's Kappa coefficient(r=0.82),and none of the articles was removed. Secondly, each study was assessed based on bias, confounders, power, and strength of association between intervention and outcomes using the Quality Assessment. The findings demonstrated currently, until 2023, there are 18 Iranian quantitative tools for measuring spouse selection criteria. In fact, due to the complexities of the subject, the effectiveness of the incremental changes, and the limitations caused by the lack of attention to the principles of design and formulation of the conceptualization, methodical, and analytical sections, the measurement of this important issue is associated with shortcomings;This is the necessity of designing, developing, compiling and standardizing contextual and cultural tools according to the requirements of today's society.
Samira Hoghoughi; Keyvan Salehi; Mohsen Shokouhi Yekta; Ebrahim Khodaie
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The study is to investigate the factors associated with the quality of marriage counseling services and family consolidation by a systematic review. The data was collected based on 27 selected articles from among 72 articles published in valid domestic and foreign scientific-research databases up to ...
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The study is to investigate the factors associated with the quality of marriage counseling services and family consolidation by a systematic review. The data was collected based on 27 selected articles from among 72 articles published in valid domestic and foreign scientific-research databases up to 1400 (2022). To collect the data, the keywords of "services’ quality", "quality evaluation in counseling centers", and "services’ quality for clients" were searched. The articles were qualified through the Critical Assessment Skills Plan (CASP). The reliability of this study was based on the experts’ opinions and the validity was confirmed by Cohen's Kappa test.
The findings showed that the most important factors associating with the quality of marriage and family counseling services includes objective and tangible factors plus intangible factors namely, Reliability (Trust), Accountability and Credibility, Empathy and Rapport, and finally Accessibility and Responsiveness. According to the current research, the quality of services at counseling centers is affected by 43 indicators extracted from the mentioned 5 factors. The study findings illustrate the necessity of the re-evaluation and updating of the marriage and family counseling services. Also providing an accreditation system for quality assessment seems to be essential.