Evaluating the Role of Mother Personality, Maternal Marital Conflict, Mother Conflict Resolution Style and Daughter Conflict Resolution Style in Predicting of Mother-Daughter Conflict

Subject Areas : Quarterly Journal of Woman and Society

m. پوربافرانی ¹ , o. اعتمادی ² , m. اکبرزاده ³ , r. جزایری ⁴

1 - کارشناس ارشد مشاوره خانواده، دانشکده علوم تربیتی و روان‌شناسی، دانشگاه اصفهان
2 - دانشیار گروه مشاوره خانواده، دانشکده علوم تربیتی و روان‌شناسی، دانشگاه اصفهان
3 - دانشجوی دکترای مشاوره شغلی دانشکده علوم تربیتی و روان‌شناسی، دانشگاه اصفهان
4 - استادیار گروه مشاوره خانواده دانشکده علوم تربیتی و روان‌شناسی، دانشگاه اصفهان.

Received: 2015-10-14 Accepted : 2015-10-14 Published : 2015-11-22

Keywords: personality traits, Marital Conflict, daughter conflict with mother, mother conflict with daughter, Conflict Resolution Style,

Abstract :

This study was conducted to propose an explanation model for mother-daughter conflict based on mother personality, maternal marital conflict, mother conflict resolution style and daughter conflict resolution style. This study was a type of correlation studies relying on multi variable regression statistical sample and structural equation model. The sample included 160 pairs of adolescent girls and their mothers. They were randomly selected from guidance school students in Naeen city. The research instruments included parental attitudes index, child attitude toward mother scales, conflict management styles, marital conflict questionnaire and NEO-FFI. Structural equation modeling results indicated that measured variables in this study totally could explain 71% of daughter conflict with mother changes and 59% of mother conflict with daughter changes (P<0.05). Among the variables, daughter conflict resolution style with 55% prediction power of daughter conflict variance and maternal marital conflict with 29% prediction power of mother conflict variance had the most important roles. The fit indexes supported the usefulness of this model.