Authors : Mahnaz Lotfi, Maryam Safara and MahSima Pour Shahriari
Abstract: In Islam achieving to mental peace is so important but today because of West cultural impact in all facets of life and changing lifestyle of people, people pay attentions to themselves. In every culture, lifestyle is of high importance. Families are supposed to enhance their quality of life by changing in their life style. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the efficiency of the characteristics of Islamic lifestyle in women’s mental health and marital relationships are married. The hypothesis is that the productivity of the characteristics of Islamic lifestyle in relations between married spouses is increasing mental health. The method used in this research is descriptive. Population of married women 25-45 year old teacher in Tehran in the academic year 94-93 with inquiries from the Department of Education in Tehran, about 32,000 people was announced. The sample size was 379 people, according to Morgan table. A sample of cluster sampling was used. The results of the statistical analysis confirmed the relationship between the productivity of the characteristics of Islamic lifestyle in relationships and improve the mental health of married women. Islamic beliefs help couples to have constructive communication and have more psychological comfort and help parents to have healthy child and have satisfaction relationship to adopt themselves to new conditions. Islam instructs the couple’s love. As a result, succeed to conflict resolution and consequently increases their mental health.
Mahnaz Lotfi, Maryam Safara and MahSima Pour Shahriari, 2016. Islamic Lifestyle and Mental Health of Married Women. Research Journal of Medical Sciences, 10: 208-211.