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Marital Adjustment and Its Relationship with Religious Orientations Among Iranian Infertile and Fertile Women: A Cross-Sectional Study

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This study aimed to determine the status of marital adjustment and its relationship with religious orientations in fertile and infertile women. This study was conducted on 160 infertile and 320 fertile Muslim Iranian women. There was significant difference in terms of marital adjustment in two groups. There was significant relationship between marital adjustments with intrinsic religious orientation in two groups; however, there was no significant relationship between marital adjustments with extrinsic religious orientation. The results suggest that intrinsic religious orientation is likely to increase marital adjustment in fertile and infertile women. However, further studies should be performed to assess the association of religious orientations with marital adjustment in other communities and religions.

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This research was supported by the Student Research Committee of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. I would like to express my deep gratitude to the university research counselor, the Province Health Management, Alzahra Educational Hospital manager, and all employees helping us to gather our required information.

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  1. Midwifery Department, Social determinants of Health Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

    Mojgan Mirghafourvand

  2. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Research Center, Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

    Azizeh Farshbaf-Khalili

  3. Students’ Research Committee, Midwifery Department, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

    Solmaz Ghanbari-Homayi

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Mirghafourvand, M., Farshbaf-Khalili, A. & Ghanbari-Homayi, S. Marital Adjustment and Its Relationship with Religious Orientations Among Iranian Infertile and Fertile Women: A Cross-Sectional Study. J Relig Health 58, 965–976 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-018-0566-6

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