Electronic Physician (ISSN: 2008-5842)
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April 2017, Volume: 9, Issue: 4, Pages: 4090-4095, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.19082/4090 Predictors of intention to marriage based on theory of planned behavior among university students in Iran Reza Shahrabadi1, Akram Karimi-Shahanjarini2, Saeed Dashti3, Alireza Soltanian4, Gholamreza Garmaroudi5 Ph.D. Student in Health Education and Promotion, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2 Associate Professor, Social Determinants of Health Research Center and Department of Public Health, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran 3 Ph.D. Student in Health Education and Promotion, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran 4 Associate Professor, Modeling of Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center & Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran 5 Associate Professor, Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 1
Type of article: Original Abstract Introduction: Marriage is a social capital in society, so that makes the behavioral and social stability of parents and children in a generation, productive. Various factors can affect the intention of marriage, including individual, economic, social and cultural factors. The present study aimed to determine predictors of university students' intention to marriage based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB). Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed among 192 single students (Master and PhD students with five to seven years of dentistry and medicine) in Hamadan, in 2014. The samples in this study were selected through convenient sampling. The data collection tools were demographic and TPB questionnaires. A questionnaire based on the TPB model was used in order to assess attitude toward behavior, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and intention. Data were analyzed by using SPSS16 and descriptive indexes, independent-samples t-test, One-way ANOVA and multivariate linear regression at 95% significant level. Results: The results showed that attitudes toward marriage (β=0.217; p=0.001), subjective norms (β=0.366; p
http://www.ephysician.ir
April 2017, Volume: 9, Issue: 4, Pages: 4090-4095, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.19082/4090 Predictors of intention to marriage based on theory of planned behavior among university students in Iran Reza Shahrabadi1, Akram Karimi-Shahanjarini2, Saeed Dashti3, Alireza Soltanian4, Gholamreza Garmaroudi5 Ph.D. Student in Health Education and Promotion, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2 Associate Professor, Social Determinants of Health Research Center and Department of Public Health, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran 3 Ph.D. Student in Health Education and Promotion, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran 4 Associate Professor, Modeling of Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center & Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran 5 Associate Professor, Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 1
Type of article: Original Abstract Introduction: Marriage is a social capital in society, so that makes the behavioral and social stability of parents and children in a generation, productive. Various factors can affect the intention of marriage, including individual, economic, social and cultural factors. The present study aimed to determine predictors of university students' intention to marriage based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB). Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed among 192 single students (Master and PhD students with five to seven years of dentistry and medicine) in Hamadan, in 2014. The samples in this study were selected through convenient sampling. The data collection tools were demographic and TPB questionnaires. A questionnaire based on the TPB model was used in order to assess attitude toward behavior, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and intention. Data were analyzed by using SPSS16 and descriptive indexes, independent-samples t-test, One-way ANOVA and multivariate linear regression at 95% significant level. Results: The results showed that attitudes toward marriage (β=0.217; p=0.001), subjective norms (β=0.366; p
