Mediating Role of Marital Intimacy in the Relationship of Virtue and Empathy with Relationship Quality of Non-Clinical Couples
Subject Areas : Journal of Excellence in counseling and psychotherapy
fatemeh hajizadeh
1
(
Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad , Iran
)
seyed Ali kimiaee
2
(
, Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
)
Hadiseh Hosseini
3
(
Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
)
Keywords: marital intimacy, marital virtue, empathy, quality of marital relationship.,
Abstract :
Purpose: This research conducted with the aim of investigating was the mediating role of marital intimacy in the relationship between marital virtue and empathy with the quality of marital relationship.
Methodology: The current research was a developmental research in terms of its purpose and descriptive-correlational in terms of its method. The statistical population of the current study was all non-clinical married people living in Mashhad in 2023. Based on Cochran's formula, 400 people were selected as a sample. The sample individuals were selected by available sampling method. The tools used in this research were empathy interest questionnaire of Baron-Cohen (2003), marital intimacy questionnaire of Busby et al (1983), marital virtue questionnaire of Mousavi and Dehshiri (2018), marital relationship quality questionnaire of Thompson and Walker (1995). The data was analyzed by the statistical method of structural equations.
Findings: The marital intimacy has a mediating role in the relationship between marital virtue and empathy with marital relationship quality (p<0.5). Also, there was a positive and significant correlation between marital virtue and empathy with marital intimacy and marital relationship quality.
Conclusion: The marital virtue and empathy Through marital intimacy, they can predict the quality of marital relationship.
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