Prediction Of Marital Satisfaction and Attachment Styles with the mediating role of Distress Tolerance and Marital Jealousy
Subject Areas : روانشناسی خانواده
Negar Lotfi
1
,
abbas Javaheri Mohammadi
2
,
Mohammad Hassan Asayesh
3
1 - Department of Counseling, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences , University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Counseling, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Counseling, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Marital Satisfaction, Attachment Styles, Distress Tolerance, Marital Jealousy,
Abstract :
Marital satisfaction is one of the important factors affecting the strength of couples' life together and, consequently, the health of families. Therefore, it is important to examine the factors related to marital satisfaction. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to predict marital satisfaction based on attachment styles with the mediation of distress tolerance and marital jealousy. This study is quantitative and with a fundamental purpose, and in terms of data collection, it is a descriptive correlational study with the structural equation model method. According to Kline (2023), the minimum appropriate sample size for the structural equation model is 200 people, and in accordance with the research background of the present study, the sample size was considered to be about 200 people; For this purpose, 205 married individuals in Tehran, aged 22-55 years, who had been married for at least two years, completed the Hazan and Shaver Affection Styles Questionnaire (1987, AAI), the Enrich Marital Satisfaction Short Form (1989, ENRICH), the Simmons and Gaher Distress Tolerance Scale (2005, DTS), and the Multidimensional Jealousy Questionnaire (1989, MJS) online using convenience sampling. The research data were analyzed using SPSS-26 and AMOS-24 software. The results of the study showed that the research model has a good fit and attachment styles can directly and indirectly predict marital satisfaction through distress tolerance and marital jealousy (the effect size for attachment paths to marital satisfaction including secure 0.28, avoidant -0.23, anxious -0.29, for attachment paths to distress tolerance including secure 0.50, avoidant -0.32, anxious -0.36, for distress tolerance path to marital satisfaction 0.33 and marital jealousy to marital satisfaction -0.13, and finally for attachment paths to marital jealousy including secure 0.30, avoidant -0.34, and anxious -0.15). From the results of this study, it can be concluded that understanding attachment styles, the importance of distress tolerance and their effects on individuals' behavior and emotions, as well as marital jealousy as an important and significant issue in married life, can help couples establish more effective communication, increase the quality of their relationship, and ultimately be more satisfied with their relationship.