AU - Nasehi, A. AU - Raeesi, F. AU - Jafari, M. AU - Rahmani, M. TI - The Level of Marital Adjustment in Dormitory Students PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - ijpcp JN - ijpcp VO - 10 VI - 1 IP - 1 4099 - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-115-en.html 4100 - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-115-en.pdf SO - ijpcp 1 AB  -  AbstractObjectives: The aim of this project was to evaluate the level of marital adjustment and the re-lation between marital adjustment and some demographic variables in a group of students residing at the dormitories of Tehran University of medical sciences. Method: This is a descriptive-cross sectional study.The instrument to collect data was the marital adjustment questionnaire. The subjects for this study were 148 residents of married students dor-mitory of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (74 males, 74 females). Data were analyzed by chi-square and Fisher’s LSD. Findings: This project indicated 75.8% marital  adjustment and 24.2% incompatibility. Among evaluated variables, there were significant correlations between the variable marital adjustment and both age difference between the couples as well as duration of marriage in years. Results: Marital adjustment is reduced with the raise in age difference between the couples and dura- tion of marriage.   CP - IRAN IN - Psychiatrist, Assistant Professor of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Roozbeh Hospital, Kargar street, Tehran, Iran, I. R. LG - eng PB - ijpcp PG - 116 PT - Original Research YR - 2004