The Investigation of the Relationship between religious Orientation and Moral Intelligence and Marital Commitment of Married Students in University of Sistan and Baluchestan Province

Abstract

With regard to the fact that dogmatism and moral intelligence are important factors in marital satisfaction and commitment, and commitment and satisfaction lead to a lasting marriage and cause couples remain committed to married life and family. On the other hand, considering that the lack of marital commitment in marriage causes the formation of extra-marital relationships which eventually lead to divorce and separation, the present study has been carried out to investigate the relationship between religious orientation and moral intelligence and marital commitment of married students in university of Sistan and Baluchestan province.  This research is a descriptive correlational study in which 308 married students of University of Sistan and Baluchestan in 2015 have been studied through three questionnaires namely Alport's religious orientation (1950), Lennick & Kiel's moral intelligence (2005), and Adams and Jones's marital commitment (1997). The data were analyzed through Pearson correlation coefficient and simultaneous multiple regression by using SPSS 21 software. The results showed that there is a significant and positive relationship between religious orientation and marital commitment, between moral intelligence and marital commitment. Also, both internal and external religious orientations and honesty, responsibility, forgiveness and compassion components (moral intelligence components) enjoy marital commitment prediction power. With regard to the findings, the more attention to the role of religious beliefs and moral intelligence in the form of holding training workshops and counseling sessions, etc., is necessary to increase the marital commitment in all entity of society, especially in the family, education and training, higher education and the national media.