Factors Associated with Iranian Couple\'s Communication Patterns: A Scoping Review

Autor: Sedigheh Hasani-Moghadam, Jila Ganji, Hamid Sharif Nia, Mohsen Aarabi, Soghra Khani
Jazyk: English<br />Persian
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Vol 29, Iss 177, Pp 222-239 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1735-9260
1735-9279
Popis: Background and purpose: Couples' communication patterns is of great importance in resolving marital conflicts. These patterns include mutual constructive communication, mutual avoidance communication, and demand-withdrawal communication. The present study aimed at investigating the factors associated with Iranian couples' communication patterns. Materials and methods: A scoping review was performed at five stages; 1-designing the research question 2- searching and extracting research studies 3- selecting relevant studies 4- organizing and summarizing the information, 5. reporting the results. Results: In this scoping review, 18 articles were selected from 130 studies. The factors affecting couples' communication patterns were classified into four categories: 1- spiritual well-being and spirituality, 2- marital and sexual satisfaction, 3- marital compatibility, and 4- love styles. Conclusion: Some factors, including spiritual well-being and spirituality, marital satisfaction and sexual satisfaction, marital compatibility, and love styles were found to affect couples' communication patterns. Seemingly providing ways to enhance couples' communication patterns towards a mutual constructive pattern is necessary to prevent marital problems and conflicts, and experiencing effective and efficient relationships.
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