Comparing different thinking styles and marital satisfaction among engineers of urban and nonurban areas

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to compare different thinking styles and marital satisfaction among engineers of urban and nonurban areas. The design of this study was casual-comparative. The sample population of this study consisted of the engineers who were members of engineers’ society of Sari city among which two samples of 138 urban engineers and 112 nonurban engineers were chosen randomly. Enrich’s Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire and Sternberg’s Thinking Styles were the instruments of this study. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test and Loon test. The results of this study indicated that there is a significant difference between thinking styles, marital satisfaction and job burnout among engineers of urban and nonurban areas.

Keywords: thinking styles; marital satisfaction; engineer.