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Original article
The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Marital Satisfaction: 10-Year Outcome of Partners from Three Different Economic Levels 1
Zohre Nasiri Zarch, PhD 2 Sayed Mahdi Marashi, MD 3 Hojatollah Raji, MD 1Educational Psychology , Shahid Beheshti University , Tehran, Iran. 2 Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.. 3 Bahrami Children's Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Corresponding author: Hojatollah Raji Resident of Paediatric Surgery, Bahrami Children's Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Email: hojatollah_
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Back ground: Emotional communication and economic factors play an important role in having a satisfying relationship and a more successful marriage. In this regard, we investigated the 10-year outcome of partners from three different economic levels regarding the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and marital satisfaction. Objective: The research was designed as a descriptive-correlative survey and data were analyzed using Pearson correlation test and stepwise regression. Methods and Material: Participants were 159 couples (N = 318) who were randomly selected through clustered sampling. The questionnaires included: Bar-on Emotional Intelligence (1997) and Enrich Marital satisfaction (1989). Results: The findings revealed that the average values of emotional intelligence (m = 333.1) and marital satisfaction (m = 300.77) were high in the under-rich region (p
