Comparison of Attitude and Tendency Toward Pre-Marital Relationship, Irrational Beliefs, and Self-Inhibition of Male and Female Students

Sajjad Sheykh; Abolghasem Khosh Konesh; Taghi Ebrahim Poor; Mojgan Pourdel

doi:10.18502/qjcr.v21i81.9497

Sajjad Sheykh Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University. Tehran Iran.
Abolghasem Khosh Konesh Department of Counseling, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Taghi Ebrahim Poor Department of Counseling, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Mojgan Pourdel Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/qjcr.v21i81.9497

Keywords: Irrational beliefs, self-restraint, attitudes and tendencies towards premarital relationships.

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study was to compare attitudes and tendencies towards premarital relationships and irrational beliefs with self-restraint in male and female students. Methods: The research method was descriptive causal-comparative. The statistical population consisted of all students of Shahid Beheshti University in 2015-2016, from which 365 people (170 boys and 195 girls) were selected as a sample by stratified random sampling method. Tools for data collection included the following questionnaires: Irrational Beliefs (Jones, 1980), Premarital Relationship (Cordlow, 2001), and the Self-Determent Questionnaire (Weinberger and Schwartz, 1990). Results: Data analysis by independent t-test showed that there is a significant difference between attitudes and tendencies towards premarital relationship, irrational beliefs and self-restraint in male and female students (P<0.01). Conclusion: The results showed that gender is a factor influencing attitudes and tendencies towards premarital relationships, irrational beliefs and self-restraint. As such, males had greater attitudes and tendencies toward premarital relationships, and lower irrational and slef-restrait, compared with female students.