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The aim of this study was to investigate marital satisfaction, mental health and stress in culturally employed women and non-employed women in Shiraz in 2006. In the present study, a sample of 200 employed and non-employed women was selected. Enrich questionnaire with 47 questions was used to measure marital satisfaction, GHQ questionnaire with 28 questions was used to measure mental health and 65-point questionnaire was used to assess stress. The results show that there was a positive and significant relationship between marital satisfaction and general health. There is also a negative relationship between marital satisfaction and stress. There was a significant negative relationship between stress and general health. There was no significant difference between marital satisfaction of employed and non-employed women. There was a significant difference between the general health of employed and non-employed women, meaning that the general health of unemployed women was higher than that of employed women. There was also a significant difference between the stress of employed women and nonemployed women, meaning that the general health of unemployed women was higher than that of employed women. There was also a significant difference between the stress of employed and unemployed women, so that the stress of employed women was more than unemployed women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the present study predicting role of general health and personality in extramarital relationships (emotional & sexual) of married men and women. Research method was the correlation type and predictive. Statistical population included all women and men having extramarital relationships of Abadeh city. For collecting data general health and Neo personality characteristics questionnaires were used. Data were analyzed using multi variable regression and also by structural formulas. Findings showed that: General health and personality characteristics can predict men and women's extramarital relationships (emotional & sexual) in a meaningful level. Personality characteristics (general) and public health have a positive relation with extramarital nation (emotional & sexually) and personality characteristics consciousness, agreement, open-minded, extraversion (have a negative relationship with extramarital relationship emotional & sexual). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]