Comparison of quality of life of single-parent couples with couples with more than two children in families living in Tehran

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.

2 MA in Counseling, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

doi.org/10.34785/J015.2019.021

Abstract

Today, improving the quality of life has emerged as a new concept of health that addresses the scientific aspects of the psychological, social, functional, and physical aspects. One of the important events of family life is the decision on the number of children. Because this decision affects the lifestyle and, more importantly, the quality of family life. This study aimed to comparison of quality of life of single-parent couples with couples with more than two children. Regarding the subject of the research, in order to test the hypothesis, the correlation method is used. The study population was single-parent couples and more than two children in Tehran's 7th district. In this research, sampling was done with maximum diversity, so that single-parent couples and couples with more than two children of ages, educational levels and different economic and social classes were selected. Sampling method is a random method. In our research, 300 were selected as samples. The Quality of Life Questionnaire (SF-36) is the most popular and used tool for assessing quality of life. It was also used in this study. The results of the test showed that there is a relationship between physical function, emotional well-being, general health and social function with the number of children for both groups. The results of our research showed that there is a relationship between physical function and the number of children, and this relationship has been established between single-parent couples and couples with more than a few children.

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Family Counseling and Psychotherapy
Volume 9, Issue 1 - Serial Number 27
November 2019
Pages 161-172

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