The relationship of main family health and marital intimacy: Evaluating the mediating role of constructive and non-constructive conflict resolution styles

Subject Areas : Thoughts and Behavior in Clinical Psychology

Seyyed Mohamad Hosini ¹ , Mohamad Ali Nazari ² , Mohsen Rasooli ³ , Mohamad Shakarami ⁴ , Seyyed Mohsen Hosini ⁵

1 - دپارتمان مشاوره ی خانواده، دانشگاه خوارزمی، تهران، ایران
2 - دپارتمان مشاوره ی خانواده، دانشگاه خوارزمی، تهران، ایران
3 - دپارتمان مشاوره ی خانواده، دانشگاه خوارزمی، تهران، ایران
4 - دپارتمان مشاوره ی خانواده، دانشگاه خوارزمی، تهران، ایران
5 - دپارتمان روان شناسی بالینی، دانشگاه علوم و تحقیقات واحد یاسوج، یاسوج، ایران

Received: 2014-11-28 Accepted : 2014-11-28 Published : 2014-06-22

Keywords: health of the main family, conflict resolution styles and marital intimacy,

Abstract :

Interference or influence of the main families that are often supplied in hidden various coatings can be one of the great monuments of marital conflict from the beginning to the end of the marriage. The aim of this study was to evaluate the direct and indirect effects on the health of the main family, through the mediating role of constructive and non-constructive conflict resolution styles on marital intimacy. For this purpose, in a descriptive study of correlation design type, 240 married women teachers of mamasani city were selected in a cluster method, randomly. They were tested on the main family status, marital intimacy, and conflict resolution styles. The main findings indicated that family health has directly significant relation with marital intimacy. Main family indirectly has a significant relationship through the mediating role of constructive and non-constructive conflict resolution style with marital intimacy. It seems that the health of the main family in addition to the direct effect which has on marital intimacy, can also effect marital intimacy through constructive and non-constructive conflict resolution style.