Investigating the role of Self-Compassion moderator on the relationship between Alexithymia and Couple Burnout in incompatible women

Subject Areas : Journal of Excellence in counseling and psychotherapy

Fatemeh Zakeri ¹ , Mohammadreza Safarian tosi ² , Hamid Nejat ³

1 - Faculty of Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad
2 - PhD of Psychology, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education, Azad University, Mashhad Branch, Iran
3 - Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Quchan Branch. Iran

Received: 2019-04-08 Accepted : 2019-07-03 Published : 2019-05-22

Keywords: alexithymia, self-Compassion, Couple Burnout, Marital incompatibility,

Abstract :

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the moderating role of self-compassion in the relationship of emotional distress on marital distress in maladaptive women.   Method: The present study was applied in terms of purpose and was conducted by correlation method. The sampling method of this study was multi-stage cluster random sampling and 103 participants in the present study answered the Marital Adjustment Questionnaire (Spanier, 1976), Emotional Consciousness Scale (Bobby et al., 1994) and Marital Satisfaction Scale (Paines, 1996). Data were analyzed by SPSS software at the significant level of 0.05 using hierarchical regression test.   Results: The findings of the present study showed that emotional distress had a positive effect on marital disgust and self-compassion had a significant negative effect on marital disgust. It also has a moderating role in the relationship between emotional distress and marital lust in maladaptive women of compassion.   Conclusion: The results of this study showed that self-compassion has a moderating role in the relationship of emotional distress to marital disgust. Accordingly, the higher the level of self-compassion in a person, the less the effect of emotional distress on marital satisfaction.