Investigating the Mediating Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation in the Relationship between Marital Satisfaction and the Health of the Family of Origin

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1 MA of Clinical Psychology, Allameh Tabatabai’ University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Department of Clinical and General Psychology, Allameh Tabatabai’ University, Tehran, Iran.

3 MA of General Psychology, Allameh Tabatabai’ University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

As an emotional system, family plays an essential role in various aspects of individual and social life. The current research aimed to investigate the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation in the association between family-of-origin health and marital satisfaction. This study was descriptive correlational research in which 200 married employees people were selected from all married employees men and women living in the central section of Yazd city in 2021. The questionnaire was created in Porsline and distributed in staff groups on Telegram and Instagram platforms. The research tools were the Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire of Enrich (Olson, Fournier, & Druckman, 1987), the Family of Origin Health Scale Questionnaire (Hovestadt, Anderson, Piercy, Cochran, & Fine, 1985), and the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Garnefski & Kraaij, 2006). Data analysis was done by using the structural equation method and Spearman's correlation method. The direct effect of the family of origin health on marital satisfaction and adaptive strategies of cognitive emotion regulation was positive and significant, and the relationship between the family of origin health and maladaptive strategies of cognitive emotion regulation was negative and significant. Also, considering the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation, this variable strengthened the association between family-of-origin health and marital satisfaction. Therefore, the family-of-origin health and adaptive and non-adaptive strategies of cognitive regulation of emotions and marital satisfaction are correlated. So, therapists can examine the strategies of cognitive emotion regulation in investigating and treating marital problems.

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Family Counseling and Psychotherapy
Volume 13, Issue 1 - Serial Number 35
September 2023
Pages 99-134

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  • Receive Date: 23 June 2023
  • Revise Date: 09 November 2023
  • Accept Date: 11 August 2023

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