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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 aim of the present study was to test predictions based on the consent of the five factors of personality and coping style in patients with obsessive-compulsive is. Methods currently is serving with the purposes and nature of this cross - sectional, with the correlation between design. The population consists of all pairs of individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder treatment center in the city formed. The study sample consisted of 60 patients referred to a hospital that formed were chosen for sampling. Research tools were including marital satisfaction questionnaire (EMSQ), a questionnaire dealing with stressful situations (CISS), Five Factor Personality Inventory (NEOPI-R), where all three participants completed the questionnaires. The data recorded by the correlation matrix based on the predictor and criterion variables predicted by the method of simultaneous multiple regression analysis was performed by software SPSS18. Based on the results, it was found that coping styles with elements of consent, the role of egalitarianism, children, parenting, family and relatives, religious orientation, and marital satisfaction variable is negative and significant relationship. Psychometric characteristics of the components irritation personality problems, communication, conflict resolution, financial management and satisfaction variable are negative and significant relationship test. Coping and avoidance coping style and personality characteristics of mental irritation, openness and agree to the satisfaction of being able to predict not paired. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]