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Roles Of Self Objectification And Appearance Anxiety On Marital Satisfaction
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Satisfaction
is the pleasure that one feels when they do something or get something
that they wanted or needed to do or get. It is the art of satisfying or
the state of being satisfied. Satisfaction is a pleasant or positive
emotion. It can also be a feeling, or can even be a state of a mind. A
person feels satisfied by accomplishment, recognition, invention, and
service. The opposite of satisfaction is dissatisfaction.
Dissatisfaction occurs when we fail at doing something many times.
Satisfaction is also motivator of behavior.
Marital satisfaction
refers to a subjective global evaluation of one’s relationship
(Narimani, Porzoor, Atadokht & Abbasi, 2015). Being in a satisfying
marriage has consistently been associated with better physical health,
mental health, and overall life satisfaction (Mirfardi, Edalati, &
Redzuan, 2010). Conversely, marital distress, separation, and divorce
have been linked to increased stress, poor physical health, and
emotional (Narimani, Porzoor , Atadokht & Abbasi 2015). . Marriage
as an institution has a crucial role in helping two individuals to have
personal growth and enrichment from established family life. According
to Fowers (1995), Love and marriage is the primary source of individual
happiness and meaning in life. These fulfillment, happiness and positive
development will be possible only when the relationship between couples
is coherent and satisfactory. One of the most important goals of
marriage is the will to attain marital satisfaction (Zainah, Nasir,
& Ruzy, 2012). Marital satisfaction is a complex and
multi-dimensional phenomenon, which has been extensively explored by the
most diverse scientific fields (Rebello, Silva Junior, & Brito,
2014). According to Schoen et al., marital satisfaction is a global
evaluation of the state of one’s marriage and a reflection of marital
happiness and functioning. From an evolutionary perspective, marital
satisfaction can be viewed as a psychological state of regulated
mechanisms that monitor the benefits and costs of marriage to a
particular person. In the definition of marital satisfaction, experts
agree that it subjectively assesses quality of relationship (Farahmand
& Ahmadnia, 2014). It seems that factors which influence or
contribute to marital satisfaction may differ across cultures. For
example, a husband’s income is a more important variable for marital
satisfaction in Japan as compared to United States. After marriage,
individuals seek a life full of happiness and satisfaction; therefore,
more significant than the marriage itself is success in marriage and
marital satisfaction. As a result, a decrease in marital satisfaction
not only creates an inappropriate atmosphere in a family but also leads
to family instability and divorce . Therefore, due to the significance
of the balanced function of the family and preventing it from breaking
up, it is necessary to know the effective factors in marital
satisfaction which is the strengthening basis for married life (Stevens,
Kiger, & Riley, (2001). In spite of widely studies about marital
satisfaction, many researchers have claimed that some aspects still need
to be explained. Moreover, Pleasant and relaxing couples relationship
is not only suitable in order to their growth and flourishing, but also
it is essential for children’s development and growth. So, it could be
definitely considered as a factor for achieving life’s goals and is
effectively influenced mental disorders in the community. Although,
results of a study shows that almost all couples have high marital
satisfaction in early years of marriage life but, it painfully decreases
over time when their age increases (Motavalli , Ozgoli, Bakhtiari,
2008.). On the other hand, lack of marital satisfaction has important
consequences such as impairment in social interaction, feelings of
isolation and loneliness, lower life satisfaction and family disputes
that note the importance of this factor again. Results of some studies
have shown that factors such as social, economic (income) and employment
situation as well as personality, cognitive, religious factors besides,
dating before marriage, spousal age, number of children, couples’ age
gap, addiction, education, gender, disease and sexual satisfaction
involved in marital satisfaction. It is worth to mention that Chiung,
(2005), have claimed that factors affecting marital relationship is
obviously vary in different culture. The most marital dissatisfaction is
related to women and in another study has been reported that marital
satisfaction in women increases with age.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study investigated the role of self-objectification and Appearance Anxiety on marital satisfaction among married people. Two hundred and fifty-three (253) participants purposively selected from St, Peters Catholic Church, ministry of education and ministry of Health, in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State consisting of 109 males and 144 females with a mean age of 35.6 years. A survey design was adopted for the study. Three instruments were used in the study objectified body consciousness scale (Melkinley ... Continue reading---
