Religiosity and Marital Satisfaction

The aims of paper were investigating relation between religious attitude and marital satisfaction among married students of University of Tehran. 156 married students were randomly selected as the study sample. Two questionnaires, Student's Religiosity Scale (Khodayarifard et al., 2007), and Dyadic Adjustment Scale (Spanier, 1976), were used. Correlation findings showed a significant positive relation between religious attitude and marital satisfaction. Results showed that the religious attitude had a more significant relation with dyadic consensus than other three dyadic adjustment subscales. Findings also indicate not significant differences between marital satisfaction and religiosity among married male and female students. According to findings, family therapists could consider religious belief factors in occurrence and solving marital conflicts.