Shahmirzad Nilufar, Miller Warren B, Farid Malihe, Akbari Kamrani Mahnaz
Student Research Committee, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
Transnational Family Research Institute, Pittsboro, NC, USA.
Sci Rep. 2025 Feb 21;15(1):6278. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-90358-9.
Given recent changes in fertility patterns and the role of motivation, the desire for childbearing can be considered the primary motivator for fertility behavior and an important factor in fertility decision-making among humans. This study was conducted to examine the relationship between communication skills, understanding intellectual coordination and marital satisfaction with childbearing motivation among Iranian couples of reproductive age, Karaj in 2023-2024. This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 150 fertile-aged couples (300 people). Sampling was done randomly, and research tools included a questionnaire on demographic characteristics, Dastan's communication skills questionnaire, Iranian couples' intellectual mutuality and coordination, Enrich marital satisfaction scale, and Miller's childbearing motivation questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 21, and descriptive statistics, dispersion indices, tables, and graphs were used to describe the data. Bivariate correlation was used to analyze the data. The mean age of female and male participants was 36.54(SD = 7.155) and 40.75(SD = 7.782). The mean score of communication skills was 118.883(SD = 15.380), understanding intellectual coordination was 106.893(SD = 18.393), marital satisfaction was 54.693(SD = 11.426), and respectively the positive and negative childbearing motivation were 96.263(SD = 14.949) and 52.456(SD = 12.282). Pearson correlation results showed a significant negative correlation between communication skills and negative childbearing motivation among female (P = 0.002, r=-0.246) and male participants (P = 0.003, r=-0.240). Moreover, a significant negative correlation was found between understanding intellectual coordination and negative childbearing motivation scores (P = 0.0001, r=-0.327). Spearman correlation results also showed a significant negative correlation between marital satisfaction and negative childbearing motivation (P = 0.0001, rs=-0.242). Communication skills, understanding intellectual coordination, and marital satisfaction were effective factors in couples' desire for childbearing. Therefore, implementing counseling programs to improve communication skills and enhance mutual understanding and marital satisfaction may be effective measures to increase couples' motivation and ultimately increase their decision to have children.
鉴于近期生育模式的变化以及动机的作用，生育意愿可被视为生育行为的主要动机，也是人类生育决策中的一个重要因素。本研究旨在探讨2023 - 2024年伊朗卡拉季育龄夫妇的沟通技巧、理解智力协调与婚姻满意度与生育动机之间的关系。这项描述性分析研究对150对育龄夫妇（300人）进行。采用随机抽样，研究工具包括一份人口统计学特征问卷、达斯坦沟通技巧问卷、伊朗夫妇智力相互性与协调性问卷、恩里奇婚姻满意度量表以及米勒生育动机问卷。使用SPSS 21版对数据进行分析，描述性统计、离散指数、表格和图表用于描述数据。采用双变量相关性分析数据。女性和男性参与者的平均年龄分别为36.54（标准差 = 7.155）和40.75（标准差 = 7.782）。沟通技巧的平均得分是118.883（标准差 = 15.380），理解智力协调的平均得分是106.893（标准差 = 18.393），婚姻满意度的平均得分是54.693（标准差 = 11.426），生育动机的正向和负向得分分别为96.263（标准差 = 14.949）和52.456（标准差 = 12.282）。皮尔逊相关结果显示，女性（P = 0.002，r = -0.246）和男性参与者（P = 0.003，r = -0.240）的沟通技巧与负向生育动机之间存在显著负相关。此外，理解智力协调与负向生育动机得分之间也存在显著负相关（P = 0.0001，r = -0.327）。斯皮尔曼相关结果还显示，婚姻满意度与负向生育动机之间存在显著负相关（P = 0.0001，rs = -0.242）。沟通技巧、理解智力协调和婚姻满意度是影响夫妻生育意愿的因素。因此，实施咨询项目以提高沟通技巧、增强相互理解和婚姻满意度，可能是增加夫妻生育动机并最终提高其生育意愿的有效措施。
