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Emami P, Ghodsi P, Mirhashemi M, Abolmaali Alhoseini K. Relationship Between Early Maladaptive Schemas and Marital Quality, Mediated by Conflict Resolution Strategies in Married Women. MEJDS 2021; 11 :30-30
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1- Department of Psychology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University
2- Department of Psychology, Rudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University
2- Department of Psychology, Rudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University
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Abstract
Background & Objectives: Unsolved conflicts among couples may exacerbate their problems and even result in divorce. Therefore, the manners that couples interact and resolve their disagreements significantly influence the quality of their marital life. Negative strategies used to resolve marital controversies are predictive of divorce and positive approaches are predictive of marital stability. Early maladaptive schemas make women unaware of their unsatisfied basic needs; consequently, such conditions affect conflict resolution among them, making them less adaptive and compromising. Early maladaptive schemas are enduring attitudes toward the self as well as the interactions with the surrounding world and may affect conflict resolution. Thus, this study aimed to explore the relationship between early maladaptive schemas and marital quality through the mediation of conflict resolution strategies in married women.
Methods: This was a correlational study. The statistical population of the study included the married women who were referred to healthcare centers in Tehran City, Iran, in 2020; of them, by random cluster sampling, 320 eligible subjects were included in the current study. Initially, the districts were randomly selected. Next, the study participants were selected using online and convenience sampling methods. To select healthcare centers, districts were randomly selected in the north (districts 2 & 3), south (districts 18 & 19), center (districts 11 & 12), east (districts 8 & 13), and west (districts 9 & 10). Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic, randomization was impossible and the questionnaire was virtually provided to the study participants. The inclusion criteria of the study included living in Tehran and spending a year together (couples). Research tools included the Young Schema Questionnaire–Short Form (Young, 1998), Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory–II (ROCI–II) (Rahim, 1983), and Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (Busby et al., 1995). The obtained data were analyzed using structural equation modeling and Pearson correlation coefficient in SPSS and AMOS. The significance level of the tests was considered 0.05.
Results: According to the present research results, the total effect of early maladaptive schemas was significant on marital quality (β=–0.431, p=0.001). The direct effects of constructive conflict resolution strategies (β=0.350, p=0.009) and non–constructive conflict resolution strategies (β=–0.308, p=0.014) were significant on marital quality. The direct effect of early maladaptive schemas was significant on constructive conflict resolution strategies (β=–0.156, p=0.043) and non–constructive conflict resolution (β=0.147, p=0.043). Furthermore, the direct effect of early maladaptive schemas was significant on marital quality (β=–0.332, p=0.011). The indirect effects mediated by constructive conflict resolution strategies (β=–0.054, p=0.008) and non–constructive conflict resolution strategies (β=–0.45, p=0.011) were significant on marital quality. The hypothesized model presented a relatively good fit with the collected data (χ2/df=2.48, CFI=0.933, GFI=0.969, AGFI=0.891, & RMSEA=0.047).
Conclusion: The present study results revealed that constructive and non–constructive conflict resolution strategies mediated the relationship between early maladaptive schemas and marital quality in married females.
Background & Objectives: Unsolved conflicts among couples may exacerbate their problems and even result in divorce. Therefore, the manners that couples interact and resolve their disagreements significantly influence the quality of their marital life. Negative strategies used to resolve marital controversies are predictive of divorce and positive approaches are predictive of marital stability. Early maladaptive schemas make women unaware of their unsatisfied basic needs; consequently, such conditions affect conflict resolution among them, making them less adaptive and compromising. Early maladaptive schemas are enduring attitudes toward the self as well as the interactions with the surrounding world and may affect conflict resolution. Thus, this study aimed to explore the relationship between early maladaptive schemas and marital quality through the mediation of conflict resolution strategies in married women.
Methods: This was a correlational study. The statistical population of the study included the married women who were referred to healthcare centers in Tehran City, Iran, in 2020; of them, by random cluster sampling, 320 eligible subjects were included in the current study. Initially, the districts were randomly selected. Next, the study participants were selected using online and convenience sampling methods. To select healthcare centers, districts were randomly selected in the north (districts 2 & 3), south (districts 18 & 19), center (districts 11 & 12), east (districts 8 & 13), and west (districts 9 & 10). Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic, randomization was impossible and the questionnaire was virtually provided to the study participants. The inclusion criteria of the study included living in Tehran and spending a year together (couples). Research tools included the Young Schema Questionnaire–Short Form (Young, 1998), Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory–II (ROCI–II) (Rahim, 1983), and Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (Busby et al., 1995). The obtained data were analyzed using structural equation modeling and Pearson correlation coefficient in SPSS and AMOS. The significance level of the tests was considered 0.05.
Results: According to the present research results, the total effect of early maladaptive schemas was significant on marital quality (β=–0.431, p=0.001). The direct effects of constructive conflict resolution strategies (β=0.350, p=0.009) and non–constructive conflict resolution strategies (β=–0.308, p=0.014) were significant on marital quality. The direct effect of early maladaptive schemas was significant on constructive conflict resolution strategies (β=–0.156, p=0.043) and non–constructive conflict resolution (β=0.147, p=0.043). Furthermore, the direct effect of early maladaptive schemas was significant on marital quality (β=–0.332, p=0.011). The indirect effects mediated by constructive conflict resolution strategies (β=–0.054, p=0.008) and non–constructive conflict resolution strategies (β=–0.45, p=0.011) were significant on marital quality. The hypothesized model presented a relatively good fit with the collected data (χ2/df=2.48, CFI=0.933, GFI=0.969, AGFI=0.891, & RMSEA=0.047).
Conclusion: The present study results revealed that constructive and non–constructive conflict resolution strategies mediated the relationship between early maladaptive schemas and marital quality in married females.
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