THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OPTIMISM AND ATTACHMENT STYLES WITH MARITAL SATISFACTION IN WOMEN

Families are easily the most important and basic unit of society. To equip
families with tools to build strong marriages, will impact the communities. The happiest couples look
on the bright side of the relationship (optimism). The present study aimed to determine the relationship
between optimism, focusing on strengths rather than weaknesses with marital satisfaction in female
hospital staff.
Materials & Methods: This correlational study included all of the married women employees of
Fateme Zahra Hospital in Najafabad in 2008. The sample of this study consisted of 88 women that
were selected by simple random sampling. Data collecting tool was a questioner. Descriptive and
analytical statistics were used to analyse the data.
Results: The findings showed that optimism and type of mutual relation have significant correlations
with marital satisfaction. Pearson correlation coefficient for optimism, safe and unsafe relation styles
and marital satisfaction were 0.32,0.36 and -0.47 respectively that was significant(r=0.581)
Conclusion: Since the relation between optimism and marital satisfavtion is observed again, it is
recommended to pay more attention to mental health of employees in order to work more effectivly in
hospitals.