Examining the Relationship between Gender and Psychological Well-Being

The purpose of this study was" Examine the relationship between gender and psychological well-being" (Self-acceptance, positive relations with others, autonomy, environmental mastery and personal growth) among married men and women in Isfahan.The research sample included men and women who have been living together for 5 to 10 years.For this purpose, the sample consisted of 231 couples based on a multi-stage sampling selected and studied.The research method was descriptive, causal-comparative. Research tools was Psychological well-being questionnaire Reef (2009).The results showed that there was significant difference between men and women in positive relations with others, environmental mastery and personal growth (p≤0.01) . But there was no significant relationship in self-acceptance and Autonomy.

psychological well-being is associated with a range of structures like life satisfaction, happiness ,adjustment ,affect ,morale and subjective well-being.In 1989,Psychological Association of South Africa as defined mental health the circumstances led to the situation that the people in their individual capacities (regardless of age, gender or color) and interact with each other as community members can live high quality in all areas and take advantage of situations where there is a choice to actualize their potential (Routledge,2005.(

1.1.Different definitions of health and well-being
 "Well Being " is an integrated method of functioning Which is oriented toward maximizing the potential (Dunn,1961).  Responsibility for your health means conscious commitment towards your well-being.
You choose the positive aspects to obtain virtue and excellence that have effect on four aspects:  Areas of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual (Adller,1982).  An active process through which you become aware and choose and hope to healthier and more successful life.  "Well-being " is an approach that will consider the whole person, not just biological organisms (Hettler,1984).  Successful ,adaptive and innovative partnership in common.  wellbeing is the way of life and sense of balance. This sense of balance is the result of balance or coordination with any aspect or dimension of life (Lowdon Davis,Dickie & Ferguson,1995).  Well-being or a sense of well-being Health including the ability to live and work effectively with community .  Well-being is optimization and optimal health and building their capacities and others .

1.2.Dimentions of Psychological well-being
1.2.1. Self-acceptance: Greek recommend that we must recognize ourselves. That is, an attempt to apply the correct perception, motivation and sense of self.Self-acceptance is defined as the main feature of mental health (Jahvda), Characteristics of self-actualization (Maslow), Positive action (Rogers).It is a self-assessment includes awareness and acceptance of personal strengths and weaknesse (Ryff & Singer,2008).Self-acceptance is determined with features like positive thinking to self, recognition of the existence of multiple dimensions self, also, a positive attitude towards its past (Shokri & et al,2008). 1.2.2. Positive relations with others: All approaches described above are the personal domain as a major feature of a positive life. For example, Jahvda assume" love" as a major component of mental health. while Maslow describes self-actualization as having a strong passion for all creatures and resemble closely with others. 1.2.3. Personal Growth: Of all the aspects of well-being, personal growth is the closest meaning with Aristotle's virtue-oriented because It is clearly related to self-actualization.so it involves an ongoing process of developing one's potential (Shokri & et al,2008

1.3.Health concept
There are several practical elements, which are associated with the overall health of individuals. Elements such as intelligence, personality, physical structure are generally considered to be the product of genetic composition. Gagne refers to this as the natural abilities. Although these are natural components of the individual but these elements are influenced by the environment of the normal process of growth performance (Gagné, 2004).If you have a lot of physical ability but there is no positive catalysts for the growth of its capabilities into the environment initiative, it is likely that the reduced sense of their health.Similarly, if individual has a genetic background to grow and become strong and healthy person but to live in a nutritionally poor environment Less likely to develop their full potential in terms of physical and mentalIf a person has a lively personality and placed in an environment that does not provide the possibility of freshness and vitality to this feature, mental and social health of a person is injured (Lerner & Steinber,2004).Health is defined as a state of successful performance throughout the life including power in physical functioning, cognitive, social and emotional And the successful integration of these three areas.Successful integration of these three areas leads to a rich and fertile and enjoyable activities (Maslahati,2004).The integration of physical, cognitive and socialemotional function help to Helps the community relations And helps individuals To overcome the environmental problems and psychosocial .

1.4.Model of psychological well-being of Riff
Riff model is the most important model the domain of psychological well-being.In this perspective, well-being means attempt to sense of promotion which is manifested in the realization of one's talents and abilities.This model recognizes the psychological well-being as a holistic development process which is spread over a lifetime.Reef and colleagues attempted based on the philosophical foundations (People like Aristotle and Russell) cetermine decent life standards, or so-called "good life".Accordingly, identified six major factors that can be determined to be good or not. selfacceptance, purpose in life, personal Restraints and ignore the many interests and developmental needs and opportunities Despite the improved conditions, as well as continuing education or job , Sexism and patriarchal notions is an obstacle to growth. On the other hand, the results show that there is no significant difference between men and women in their self-acceptance which is due to the change in the condition of women in society in recent years and has created business opportunities for women in education and employment and created some rules in favor of women an further support comes from women.This has led to the development of self-confidence and independence in women.