Predicting Emotional Experience with the Spouse Based on Reflective Functioning, Emotional Expression, Emotional Self Awareness, Attention Seeking and Dependency on Instagram among Married People in Esfahan
Subject Areas : Psychology of couples
Afsaneh Ebrahimipoor
1
,
zahra yousefi
2
1 - M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Khorasgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
2 - Faculty member of Psychology Department, Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan Branch
Keywords: Attention seeking and dependency to Instagram, Emotional experience with the spouse, Emotional expression, Emotional self awareness, Reflective functioning,
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Abstract
Introduction: Various factors are effective in the durability and survival of the family, including the emotional experience of couples with each other, and paying attention to it can provide a basis for improving family structures. The present study sought to answer the question whether the variables of reflective functioning, emotional expression, emotional self-awareness, attention-seeking and dependency to Instagram can predict the emotional experience with the spouse among the married people of Isfahan city. Research method: The current research method was descriptive and correlational. The studied population in this research was all married people of Isfahan city. A sample of 250 people was selected using the available method and then the questionnaires were distributed among the people. The research tools were: Yousefi, ghafarollahi, Golparvar, Kiani emotional experience with the spouse questionnaire, Fonagy and Bateman's reflective function questionnaire, King and Emmons' emotional expression questionnaire, the emotional self-awareness subscale of Bar-on's emotional intelligence questionnaire, a researcher-made attention-seeking questionnaire and Young's Internet Addiction Questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation and stepwise regression). Findings: The results of this research showed that among the predictor variables, positive emotional expressiveness and dependency to Instagram have the power to predict positive emotional experience with the spouse, and variables of attention-seeking, positive emotional expressiveness and the certainty factor from the reflective functioning variable have the power to predict negative emotional experience with the spouse. Conclusion: According to the findings of the research, in order to improve positive emotional experiences with the spouse, dependency to Instagram and positive emotional expression should be increased among women, and to reduce negative emotional experiences with the spouse, attention seeking should be reduced and positive emotional expression and certainty should be increased.
