title: The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Marital Satisfaction: 10-Year Outcome of Partners from Three Different Economic Levels.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  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
  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<0.05). Moreover, there was no significant relationship between interpersonal and marital satisfaction within the under-rich region. On average, emotional intelligence accounted for 40.8% of marital satisfaction within those three regions (p<0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of the regression analysis showed that general mood is the most effective factor changing marital satisfaction in the three studied regions (R2= 0.34), rich (R2= 0.42) and semi-rich (R2= 0.52) regions (p<0.01). The most influential factor changing marital satisfaction in the under-rich (R2= 0.28) region was found to be stress management (p<0.01).
authors: Educational Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Zohre
authors: Z
authors: Nasiri Zarch
authors: Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors: Sayed Mahdi
authors: SM
authors: Marashi
authors: Bahrami Children's Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Hojatollah
authors: H
authors: Raji
keywords: Economic Status; Emotional Intelligence; Marital Satisfaction