Prediction of Men’s Marital Satisfaction Based on Their Wives’ Anxiety and Self-Control

Keyghobadi, Nasrin; Fatehizade, Maryam; Tabrizi, Mehdi

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Keyghobadi N, Fatehizade M, Tabrizi M. (2026). Prediction of Men’s Marital Satisfaction Based on Their Wives’ Anxiety and Self-Control. , Rooyesh. 15(7), 71-80.
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Prediction of Men’s Marital Satisfaction Based on Their Wives’ Anxiety and Self-Control

Nasrin Keyghobadi¹

, Maryam Fatehizade²

, Mehdi Tabrizi ^*³

1- PhD student, Department of Counseling, Kho.C., Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr, Iran.
2- Professor, Department of Counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran. m.fatehizade@edu.ui.ac.ir
3- Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling, Kho.C., Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr, Iran mehditabr@iau.ac.ir , mehditabr@iau.ac.ir

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The present study aimed to predict men’s marital satisfaction based on their wives’ anxiety and self-control. The research method was descriptive-correlational, using regression analysis. The statistical population consisted of married students studying at Islamic Azad Universities in Isfahan in 2023 and their spouses. Based on Klein’s method, 256 participants, including 128 couples, were selected through convenience sampling. The data collection instruments included the ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ; Olson, 1989) and Cattell’s 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PFQ; Cattell, 1973). The data were analyzed using simultaneous multiple regression analysis. The results showed that wives’ anxiety and self-control, taken together, had a significant multiple correlation with men’s marital satisfaction and were able to predict it. These two variables jointly explained 12.1% of the variance in men’s marital satisfaction. In addition, wives’ anxiety predicted men’s marital satisfaction positively (−0.25), whereas their self-control predicted it negatively (−0.26). Therefore, it can be concluded that lower anxiety and lower self-control in wives are associated with higher marital satisfaction in men, and these personality characteristics may play a role in explaining differences in men’s marital satisfaction.

Keywords: Anxiety, Self-Control, Marital Satisfaction.

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Type of Article: Research | Subject: General Psychology
Received: 2026/08/15 | Accepted: 2026/09/4 | ePublished: 2026/09/27