摘要：Relationship standards and attributions could be considered as significant cognitive variables that have received significant attentiontheoretically, empirically, and clinically. Relationship standards contain family member’s beliefs about their close relations in particular and other relations in general. Attributions are inferences generated by individuals to explain the causes of behaviors and events in their relations. In this study the changes in these cognitive variables and marital satisfaction were analyzed in three recent generations in Tehran. The sample of the study includes 180 females over 18 years old who live in Tehran. Specific Relationship Standards Questionnaire, Relationship Attribution Measure, and Enrich Scale for Marital Satisfaction were used for data gathering. The results indicated that second and third generation have higher standards. But there were no significant differences in their attributions. The marital satisfaction was significantly meaningful in third generation. This study well explains these changes in terms of cultural transition that has been experienced by Iranian society in recent decades.
