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ArticleElectronic physician2017

Predictors of intention to marriage based on theory of planned behavior among university students in Iran.

Reza Shahrabadi, Akram Karimi-Shahanjarini, Saeed Dashti, Alireza Soltanian, Gholamreza Garmaroudi

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Reza ShahrabadiPh.D. Student in Health Education and Promotion, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Akram Karimi-ShahanjariniAssociate Professor, Social Determinants of Health Research Center and Department of Public Health, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Saeed DashtiPh.D. Student in Health Education and Promotion, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Alireza SoltanianAssociate Professor, Modeling of Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center & Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Gholamreza GarmaroudiAssociate Professor, Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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introductionMarriage 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).

methodsThis 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.

resultsThe results showed that attitudes toward marriage (β=0.217; p=0.001), subjective norms (β=0.366; p<0.001), and perceived behavioral control (β=0.279; p<0.001) significantly predicted students' intention to marriage. The TPB constructs explained 44% of the variance of intention.

conclusionResults indicated that strategies to improve the intention of marriage can include: expression of psychological needs such as having a companion, the importance of responsibility, society attitude of marriage, parents and marriage, the importance of the decision-making power and job position.

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MarriageSingle personStudentsTheory of planned behavior

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