Predict marriage desire based on premarital Relationship attitude: Control the role of gender and experience the relationship with the opposite sex

The aim of this study was to predict the marriage desire based on premarital Relationship attitude by control the role of gender and the experience of relationship with the opposite sex. The research method was descriptive correlational. The statistical population included all single students of Qom Payame Noor University to a number of 5000 people in the 2019-2020 Academic year and according to Morgan table, 357 people were selected by available sampling method, according to the loss of 36 people, 321 were selected as statistical sample. To collect the data were used the marriage desire questionnaire (Heydari et al, 2004) and premarital attitude relationships questionnaire (Kordloo, 2001). To analyze the data were used descriptive statistical indicators (Frequency, Average and SD), Pearson correlation coefficient statistical tests and single variable regression by SPSS-25 software. The results showed that premarital relationship attitude can predict marital desire, Also the relationship between premarital attitude and desire for marriage was affected by gender and experience of relationship with the opposite sex (p< 0/01). Recommended to be present educations on the role of premarital relationships for preventing reluctance to marry single students