The predictive role of body image, body mass index, mindfulness and alexithymia in marital satisfaction of employed women

Subject Areas : فصلنامه تحقیقات روانشناختی

Received: 2022-05-05 Accepted : 2022-05-05 Published : 2015-05-22

Keywords: alexithymia, Body Mass Index, marital satisfaction, mindfulness, Key words: body image,

Abstract :

Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive role of body image, Body Mass Index,  mindfulness and alexithymia in marital satisfaction of employed women. For this reason, in a  retrospective and cross-sectional study, 120 employed women of Tabriz University were selected by  simple random sampling method and were participated in research based on ethical consideration.  Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, Enrich`s marital satisfaction questionnaire-short form, Toronto  Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), Body Image Concern Inventory (BICI), Body Mass Index (BMI) were  used for assessing the predictive and criteria variables. Hierarchical regression analysis results showed  that with controlling the demographical variables, from alexithymia components, the difficulty in  describing feeling and difficulty in identifying feeling able to predict the marital satisfaction. Also,  from mindfulness components, the Act with Awareness able to predict the marital satisfaction. As well  as, from demographical variables, the social-economic status and job status able to predict the marital  satisfaction. This results suggests that, the difficulty in describing feeling and difficulty in identifying  feeling and, the Act with Awareness components are the powerful determinates of marital satisfaction  in university employed women.