Predicting the quality of marital life based on emotional empathy and sexual satisfaction in married female nurses in Ahvaz

Background and Objective: Nurses are the most important human resources in the health system. Considering nursing stress, emotional and cognitive characteristics play a fundamental role in the quality of marital life of nurses. Therefore, the present study was to predict the quality of marital life based on emotional empathy and sexual satisfaction in married female nurses in Ahvaz. Method: In this descriptive-correlational study, the statistical population of the present study included all married female nurses with children at the Islamic Azad University of Ahvaz in the academic year 2024, of which 253 people were selected as a sample. The tools used included the questionnaires of quality of marital life by Busby et al. (1995), emotional empathy by Tisi et al. (2001), and sexual satisfaction by Hudson et al. (1981). The data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression. Findings: The results showed that emotional empathy has a positive and significant relationship with the quality of marital life, and sexual satisfaction also has a positive and significant relationship with the quality of marital life. Emotional empathy and sexual satisfaction predicted 20% of the variance related to the quality of marital life of married female nurses, and emotional empathy had more influence on the quality of marital life of married female nurses. Conclusion: According to the results obtained, attention to empathy and satisfaction regarding the quality of marital life of nurses is felt more than before.