Altarawneh Rihan Thaher
Counseling and Mental Health Department, Faculty of Educational Sciences, The World Islamic Sciences & Education University W.I.S.E, Amman, 11947, Jordan.
BMC Psychol. 2025 Sep 26;13(1):1046. doi: 10.1186/s40359-025-03343-2.
Attitudes toward marriage (ATM) refers to an individual's perceptions, and expectations of marital relationships, influenced by their cultural background, psychosocial factors, family of origin, and experiences in university life. This study aimed to validate the marital attitude scale (MAS) in Arabic by conducting validity and reliability tests. It also aimed to explore the levels of ATM among university students. Moreover, it compared two groups (group 1: enrolled in a family counseling course vs. group 2: did not enroll in a family counseling course) based on several demographic factors of gender, marital status, age, and type of school.
This is a cross-sectional design among 450 university students in Amman-Jordan (102 participants enrolled in a family counseling course vs. 348 participants who did not enroll in this course). Data was collected from two public universities via online Google Forms from 10 September 2022 to 10 December 2022.
Results indicated that the Arabic version of MAS is valid and reliable by achieving all the criteria levels. More than 65% of Jordanian university students have a positive ATM. Students who enrolled in a family counseling course have better ATM than students who have not enrolled in this course (p < 0.001). Males and students attending humanistic schools are more likely to have positive ATM than female students and students attending scientific and medical schools.
The findings could inform educational policy and encourage universities to include family counseling courses in the curriculum of different schools. Pre-marital counseling sessions should be implemented for prospective spouses to develop their competencies in managing life stressors effectively.
对婚姻的态度（ATM）是指个人对婚姻关系的认知和期望，受其文化背景、心理社会因素、原生家庭以及大学生活经历的影响。本研究旨在通过进行效度和信度测试来验证阿拉伯语版的婚姻态度量表（MAS）。它还旨在探究大学生中对婚姻的态度水平。此外，根据性别、婚姻状况、年龄和学校类型等几个人口统计学因素，对两组（第1组：参加家庭咨询课程的学生与第2组：未参加家庭咨询课程的学生）进行比较。
这是一项针对约旦安曼450名大学生的横断面设计（102名参与者参加了家庭咨询课程，348名参与者未参加该课程）。数据于2022年9月10日至2022年12月10日通过在线谷歌表单从两所公立大学收集。
结果表明，阿拉伯语版的MAS通过了所有标准水平，是有效且可靠的。超过65%的约旦大学生对婚姻持积极态度。参加家庭咨询课程的学生比对婚姻持积极态度。男性和就读于人文类学校的学生比女性学生和就读于理工科及医学院校的学生更有可能对婚姻持积极态度。
这些研究结果可为教育政策提供参考，并鼓励大学在不同学校的课程中纳入家庭咨询课程。应为准配偶开展婚前咨询课程，以培养他们有效应对生活压力源的能力。
