Relationship between Optimism, Religiosity and Self-Esteem with Marital Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction

Abstract

Domestic violence against females is a very common issue In any culture, religion and ethnicity and several reasons are found to be related with it which probably cause serious health outcomes. The study was undertaken to examine the perceived stress, life satisfaction and self-esteem among females facing domestic violence. It was a correlation research study being conducted in three different centers i.e. Dar-ul-Amaan, Dastak Shelter Homes and Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Human Rights Centre for Women, Lahore Pakistan. Total sample size was 100 subjects who were selected for data collection. Purposive sampling technique was used for data collection, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) was used for measuring mental stress level [1], Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) and Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (RSE) were used to measure a singular's emotions of self-esteem [2, 3]. The data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 18.0) by keeping 0.05 level of significance. A total of 80 subjects were approached in the study, weak negative relationship between perceived stress and life satisfaction was r (80) =-0.385, p<0.001 and our hypothesis I was accepted; A linear regression analysis revealed that perceived stress was a significant predictor of life satisfaction (β=0.40, p= 0.008) accounting for 16% of the variance in life satisfaction. Concerning the relationship between perceived stress and self-esteem highlights an insignificant relationship was found; r(80)=0.145, p=0.705 thus Hypothesis II was rejected. Also the relationship between life satisfaction and self-esteem was not significant r(80)=0.043, p=0.199 and hypothesis III was rejected. There was considerable negative relationship observed between perceived stress and life satisfaction among females facing domestic violence, an insignificant relationship between life satisfaction and self-esteem and similarly insignificant relationship between perceived stress and self-esteem was found among females facing domestic violence.

Path Analysis of the Relationship Between Optimism, Humor, Affectivity, and Marital Satisfaction Among Infertile Couples

“…The results of the present study demonstrated that various factors play a role in creating marriage life satisfaction among infertile couples so that paying attention to them can play an important role in facilitating good mental well-being concerning marriage. The findings of the present study support various previous findings in the literature (Cann and Collette 2014;Ghadami and Khalatbari 2015;Gorman and Jordan 2015;Homaei et al 2016). The results indicated the importance of attention to the psychological health of infertile couples.…”

“…Several studies in the field of well-being have confirmed that optimistic people experience more marital satisfaction (Homaei et al 2016). Psychological theories and studies concerning life satisfaction have conceptualized optimism with life satisfaction and the expectation of a better future (Mirahmadi 2009) and can be a predictor of a couple's marital quality (Homaei et al 2016;Smith et al 2013b). Findings from earlier studies on couples' understanding of life show that positive traits such as optimism have an important effect on long-term marital satisfaction among couples (Ko et al 2007;Turliuc and Candel 2017), and enhance intimacy (Sabouripour and Roslan 2015).…”

“…Findings from earlier studies on couples' understanding of life show that positive traits such as optimism have an important effect on long-term marital satisfaction among couples (Ko et al 2007;Turliuc and Candel 2017), and enhance intimacy (Sabouripour and Roslan 2015). There is evidence that individuals with high optimism experience higher levels of marital satisfaction (Clark and Schroth 2010) and lower levels of mental and emotional problems (Homaei et al 2016;Noori and Biria 2009;Poursardar et al 2012).…”

“…It is defined in terms of the explanatory styles of individual (Seligman 2006). Several studies in the field of well-being have confirmed that optimistic people experience more marital satisfaction (Homaei et al 2016). Psychological theories and studies concerning life satisfaction have conceptualized optimism with life satisfaction and the expectation of a better future (Mirahmadi 2009) and can be a predictor of a couple's marital quality (Homaei et al 2016;Smith et al 2013b).…”

Optimism and life satisfaction in persons with schizophrenia living in the community

“…For instance, optimism was predictive of life satisfaction of middle-aged women and community-dwelling older adults (Daukantaitė & Zukauskiene, 2012; Dumitrache, Windle, & Herrera, 2015). In addition, optimism was associated with life satisfaction of secondary school students, adolescents, college students and married university students (Homaei, Bozorgi, Ghahfarokhi, & Hosseinpour, 2016; Kapikiran, 2012; Santilli, Marcionetti, Rochat, Rossier, & Nota, 2017; Wong & Lim, 2009).…”