Journal of Research and Health
مجله تخصصی پژوهش و سلامت
J Research Health
Medical Sciences
http://jrh.gmu.ac.ir
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10.29252/jrh
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2022
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The Hidden Side of Students’ Marriage at an Iranian University: A Qualitative Study of Achievements and Barriers
● Psychosocial Health
مقاله اصيل پژوهشي
Orginal Article
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span new="" roman="" times=""><strong>Background:</strong> The celebration of university students’ marriage ceremonies in Iran nearly dates back three decades, but its positive and negative aspects require further reconsideration. This study is intended to explore those aspects in the words of university students who married during their studies at the university.<br>
<strong>Methods:</strong> In this qualitative study, a qualitative content analysis method was used to evaluate the experiences and perceptions of students. Sixteen university students (8 couples) were selected through purposive sampling and interviewed at Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Iran, in 2016. The participants, who were newly-wed couples with an age range of 18 to 28 years, attended a semi-structured in-depth interview.<br>
<strong>Results:</strong> The analyzed data emerged as four major categories (and eleven subcategories), including (a) inspirational and prompting factors (membership in the student unions, enhanced opportunity to know peers, attitude change towards marriage on the campus, and peers sharing experiences of marriage on the campus), (b) existence of supportive resources (existence of social support, and existence of economic support for marriage on the campus), (c) barriers and failing marriages (barriers against marriage on the campus and causes of failure), and (d) achievements in marital life (social maturation, enhancing life goals, and maturational development in the married life).<br>
<strong>Conclusion:</strong> University students’ marriage on campus offers couples a successful married life in the future. Social maturation and development in married life are the fruit of such marriages; however, economic problems and low social and family support are still among the concerns for university students wishing to marry at the university. </span></span></div>
Marital adjustment, Marriage, Student couples, University students
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http://jrh.gmu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2024-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1
Nematullah
Shomoossi
nshomoossi@yahoo.com
2949644031
100319475328460024946
No
Department of English Language, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran.
Marzieh
Torkmannejad Sabzevari
Mts1489@yahoo.com
0793608198
100319475328460024947
No
Medical Department, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran.
Mostafa
Rad
mostafarad633@yahoo.com
5739571561
100319475328460024948
No
Iranian Research Center on Healthy Aging, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran.
Mostafa
Amiri
mu1amiry@gmail.com
0919320503
100319475328460024949
Yes
General Education Department, School of Medicine, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad. General Education Department, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.