The mediating role of sexual satisfaction in relation between expressive and instrumental behavior and marital satisfaction in divorce applicants

Subject Areas : Thoughts and Behavior in Clinical Psychology

Masoumeh Mohseni Kabir ¹ , َAlireza Kiaamanesh ² , Hamid Poursharifi ³ , maryam mashayekh ⁴

1 - Department of health psychology, psychology faculty, Azad university branch Karaj
2 - Dept. of Teaching and psychology, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Department of psychology, University of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences, Tehran, Iran.
4 - Assistant Professor , Department of Psychology, School of Psychology , Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad university, Karaj, Iran

Received: 2023-03-27 Accepted : 2023-03-27 Published : 2021-06-22

Keywords: marital satisfaction, sexual satisfaction, expressive behavior, instrumental behavior,

Abstract :

Many factors effect on couple interactions and marital satisfaction like expressive and instrumental behaviors that can classified in three groups: personal, environmental, and couple interactive relationship. Sexual satisfaction is one of the interpersonal factors that can effect on marital satisfaction. Experience has shown that high compatibility, intimacy, relations and spouse support is accompany with increased sexual satisfaction. The purpose of this research is to investigate the relation between expressive and instrumental behavior variable with marital satisfaction and mediating of sexual satisfaction using modeling method of structural equations. For this reason from consensus applicants, 395 people were selected by convenience sampling method and and were evaluated in terms of marital status, sexual satisfaction, expressive and instrumental behaviors of couples' relationships. The result of final model of fit index showed that expressive and instrumental behaviors have got positive and meaningful relation with marital satisfaction. Also sexual satisfaction can mediate the relation between expressive and instrumental behaviors with marital satisfaction. According to the findings it can be concluded that because marriage is one of the important decision; focusing on expressive and instrumental behaviors and premarital education can increase martial satisfaction, sexual satisfaction, lasting relationship between couples, and increase the quality of couples.