مقايسه بهداشت رواني در زوج هاي جشنهاي ازدواج دانشجويي و زوج هاي عادي

COMPARISON OF MENTAL HEALTH IN STUDENT COUPLES OF ORDINARY & MASS MARRIAGES

This study was aimed to explore individual mental health, family functioning and family structure on 34 couples who married via a mass marriage program, as compared with a control group including 39 couples who married in ordinary way. All participants were asked to fill in the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), Marital Adjustment Test (MAT) and Family Adaptability & Cohesion Scale, 3rd version (FACES III). Statistical analyses showed that there were no remarkable differences between the groups. This suggests that the mass marriage program had not significant effect on mental health, marriage adjustment and family structure as well as family functioning. Further analyses on demographic information clarified that duration of engagement period was significantly longer for the mass marriage couples.