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The present investigation tested the relationship between the Big Five dimensions ofpersonality and the marital satisfactions of 400 mothers of primary school students in Tehran city. All participants were asked IV complete the ENRICH and the NEO• FFI. Analysis of the data involved descriptive statistics and also inferential statistics including Pearson's correlation coefficients and regression analysis. Results showed that Neuroticism were negatively correlated with marital satisfaction, while agreeableness and conscientiousness were positively correlated with marital satisfaction. The results suggested the women's marital satisfaction could be explained by three dimensions of Big Five factor model ofpersona/it: Neuroticism, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness. Neuroticism decreases levels of marital.l satisfaction while Agreeableness and conscientiousness increase levels of marital satisfaction. These findings suggest that Agreeableness and conscientiousness deserve increased attention as significant correlates ofmarital satisfaction
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