The mediating role of marital satisfaction in the relationship between family boundaries and emotional divorce
Authors
1 Associate Professor at the Department of Educational Psychology, Al-Mustafa International University, Qom
2 PhD Student in Quran and Psychology, Al-Mustafa International University, Qom, Iran
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between family boundaries and emotional divorce with the mediating role of marital satisfaction. The research method was descriptive-correlational. For this purpose, 144 people were selected through convenient sampling method. Subjects answered three scales: Islamic family boundaries, marital satisfaction, and emotional divorce. Data analysis was performed by Baron and Kenny’s four-step method using linear regression. Findings showed: a) there is a negative relationship between family boundaries and emotional divorce; b) there is a positive relationship between family boundaries and marital satisfaction; c) there is a negative relationship between marital satisfaction and emotional divorce; and d) marital satisfaction plays a mediating role in the relationship between family boundaries and emotional divorce. Thus, organizing and streamlining family boundaries, with a focus on increasing marital satisfaction, reduces emotional divorce. The end result of this reorganization and efficiency will be the consolidation of the foundations of the family.
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