نشریه انجمن علمی روانشناسی ایران

نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان

1 دانشجوی مقطع کارشناسی ارشد روانشناسی بالینی، واحد علوم و تحقیقات، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران، ایران

2 استادیار، دانشکده حکمرانی، دانشگاه تهران، تهران، ایران

چکیده

ازدواج به‌عنوان مبدا تشکیل خانواده، پرورش‌دهنده شخصیت آدمی است و به‌عنوان یک گروه کوچک طبیعی پیوسته موردتوجه بوده است. از میان تمام روابط مهم در زندگی، رابطة زناشویی از پراهمیت‌ترین روابط برای بهزیستی انسان‌هاست. یک رابطة زناشویی مطلوب یک رابطة صمیمی و قابل‌اعتماد است که احساس عمیقی از ارتباط و تعلق را ایجاد می‌کند. پژوهش حاضر با هدف بررسی رابطه بین عزت‌نفس و رضایت زناشویی با میانجی‌گری ناگویی هیجانی و مهارت-های ارتباطی انجام گرفت. روش پژوهش توصیفی از نوع همبستگی بود و جامعه آماری پژوهش را کلیه دانشجویان متأهل دانشگاه‌های شهر تهران که حداقل یک سال از زمان عقدشان گذشته بود تشکیل دادند که از میان آنها تعداد 212 نفر با روش نمونه‌گیری در دسترس انتخاب و به پرسش‌نامه‌های رضایت زناشویی انریچ (EMS)، عزت‌نفس روزنبرگ (SES) ، ناگویی هیجانی تورنتو (TAS-20) و مهارت‌های ارتباطی کویین دام (CSTR) پاسخ دادند. داده‌ها با استفاده از روش مدل‌یابی معادلات ساختاری مورد تحلیل قرار گرفت.) 62/1=df/2، 975/0= CFI، 966/0= GFI و 054/0= RMSEA). نتایج نشان داد که مهارتهای ارتباطی اثر مثبت و ناگویی هیجانی اثر منفی و معناداری بر رضایت زناشویی دارند. مهارتهای ارتباطی رابطه بین عزت‌نفس و رضایت زناشویی را به طور مثبت و معنادار میانجی‌گری می‌کند و عزت‌نفس با میانجیگری ناگویی هیجانی توانست به طور مثبت بر رضایت زناشویی اثر بگذارد (P<0.05) نتایج همچنین نشان داد عزت نفس به صورت مثبت و معنادار با رضایت زناشویی رابطه دارد. با توجه به اینکه رضایت زناشویی از مهم‌ترین تعیین‌کننده‌های کارایی یک خانواده است، توجه به عوامل مؤثر بر آن از اهمیت بالایی برخوردار است.

کلیدواژه‌ها

عنوان مقاله [English]

Marital Satisfaction and Self-esteem: The Mediating Roles of Alexithymia and Communication Skills

نویسندگان [English]

  • atefe taghizade chime 1
  • Somayeh Robat mili 2

1 M.A. student of clinical psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University,Tehran.Iran

2 Assistant Prof., Faculty of Governance, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

چکیده [English]

Marriage, as one of the oldest links between humans and the origin of the family, nurtures human character; as a small natural group, it has been the focus of many researchers. Among all the important relationships in human life, marital relationship is one of the most important relationships for human well-being. A desirable marital relationship not only fulfills the need for connection but also is an intimate and reliable relationship which creates a deep sense of connection and belonging. The present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between self-esteem and marital satisfaction with the mediation of alexithymia and communication skills. The study’s method was of the correlational type and the statistical population was made up of all married students of Tehran universities who had been married for at least one year. Among the population, 212 students were voluntarily selected through the available sampling method. They filled out Enrich’s Marital Satisfaction Scale (EMS), Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale (SES), Toronto’s Alexithymia (TAS-20), and Queen Dam’s Communication Skills (CSTR). The data was analyzed using the structural equation modeling method (df/X2 = 1.62, CFI = 0.975, GFI = 0.966, and RMSEA = 0.054). The results showed that communication skills had a positive and significant effect and alexithymia had a negative and significant effect on marital satisfaction. Communication skills mediated the relationship between self-esteem and marital satisfaction positively. In addition, self-esteem with the mediation of alexithymia could positively affect marital satisfaction (P < 0.05). It showed that self-esteem had a positive and significant relationship with marital satisfaction. Considering that marital satisfaction is one of the most important determinants of the efficiency and health of the family, paying attention to the factors affecting it can consider the physical and mental health of people as family members.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Marital Satisfaction
  • Self-esteem
  • Alexithymia
  • Communication Skills
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