@2024 Afarand., IRAN
ISSN: 2383-3483 Journal of Police Medicine 2018;7(1):19-23
ISSN: 2383-3483 Journal of Police Medicine 2018;7(1):19-23
Affecting Factors on Marital Attitude Pattern in Police Staff; Path Analysis Model
ARTICLE INFO
Article Type
Descriptive & Survey StudyAuthors
Ghazanfari E. (1)Kazemnejad A. (*)
Gholami Fesharaki M. (1)
(*) Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
(1) Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Correspondence
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Article History
Received: May 7, 2017Accepted: October 31, 2017
ePublished: June 3, 2018
ABSTRACT
Aims
Marriage attitude is a cognitive phenomenon that has a considerable influence on willingness to get married, age when married and the stability of marriage. This study was done with the aim of exploration affecting factors on marriage attitude pattern.
Instrument & Methods This cross sectional study was done with using two-stage cluster sampling in year 2015-16, on 750 Tehran, Iran, police personnel. Self-made questionnaire on marital attitude was used to data collection. Data was analyzed using factor analysis Spearman correlation coefficient and path analysis in SPSS 23 and AMOS 23.
Findings The number of siblings, work experience and the ideal number of children indicators had a positive significant correlation and the ideal age had a significant negative correlation with the marital attitude. The correlation between age and economic situation indicators with marital attitude was not significant (p>0.05). The goodness of fit index with values of RMSEA=0.00, GFI=0.99, NFI=0.99 and CMIN/DF=0.73, showed that the path model is suitable. In the path analysis test it was determined that gender, the ideal age for marriage and the number of siblings had direct effects and age, years of work experience, the ideal number of children and the economic situation had indirect effects on marital attitude.
Conclusion Creating the culture of having more children in the family, stabilize the employment situation and having appropriate work experience increase attitudes toward marriage.
Instrument & Methods This cross sectional study was done with using two-stage cluster sampling in year 2015-16, on 750 Tehran, Iran, police personnel. Self-made questionnaire on marital attitude was used to data collection. Data was analyzed using factor analysis Spearman correlation coefficient and path analysis in SPSS 23 and AMOS 23.
Findings The number of siblings, work experience and the ideal number of children indicators had a positive significant correlation and the ideal age had a significant negative correlation with the marital attitude. The correlation between age and economic situation indicators with marital attitude was not significant (p>0.05). The goodness of fit index with values of RMSEA=0.00, GFI=0.99, NFI=0.99 and CMIN/DF=0.73, showed that the path model is suitable. In the path analysis test it was determined that gender, the ideal age for marriage and the number of siblings had direct effects and age, years of work experience, the ideal number of children and the economic situation had indirect effects on marital attitude.
Conclusion Creating the culture of having more children in the family, stabilize the employment situation and having appropriate work experience increase attitudes toward marriage.
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[19]Erickson MJ, Carlson T. Spirituality and family therapy. Abingdon: Routledge; 2014.
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[21]Strong B, DeVault C, Cohen T. The marriage and family experience: intimate relationships in a changing society. Boston: Cengage Learning; 2007.
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