Social Psychology Research

Abstract Introduction: In recent years established a several television networks to influence and change cultural tastes of Iranians in outside the country. Therefore, present research examined the impact of television channels located in out of country (satellite) on marital satisfaction, marital adjustment and marital intimacy of married college students in Rasht city. The study method was descriptive and survey and research design was causal-comparative (analytical and -group Contrasts). For this purpose 205 married students (132 women and 73 men) in the governmental and non-governmental universities in Rasht city were selected by convenience sampling method, Then each of them responded to the questionnaire on demographic information, Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test, Hudson marital satisfaction index, Walker and Thompson intimacy scale. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 20 software using Pearson correlation coefficient and univariate analysis of variance (in a factorial design 2 × 2).
Results: The findings indicated that there is no relation between the number of use hours of television channels located in out of country with each of marital satisfaction, marital adjustment and marital intimacy variables. However, when group contrasts (analyses of variance) were found, regardless of gender factor, the main effect of the use of satellites leads to a decrease in marital satisfaction (F= 4.316, P=0.039), marital adjustment (F=8.341, P=0.004) and marital intimacy (F= 5.780, P=0.017) in college students.
Conclusion: The use of television channels located in out of country threatens marital satisfaction, marital adjustment and marital intimacy of married college students and the Satellite audiences compared to those who do not use the satellite having less marital satisfaction, marital adjustment and marital intimacy.