Structural Relationships between Family Functioning Dimensions and Family Hardiness among Married Students: Focusing on the Mediating Role of Self-efficacy

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1 Ph. D. Student in Counseling, Department of Family Counseling, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran.

2 Department of Family Counseling, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran.

3 Department of Psychology, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran.

4 Department of Family Counseling, , Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Background: Family functioning through self-efficacy mediation might lead to the promotion and improvement of family hardiness among married students. The present study aimed to examine the structural relationships between family Functioning dimensions and family hardiness among married students through the mediating role of self-efficacy. Objective: This study was quantitative and correlational. The statistical population of the study included all married students of universities in Sanandaj in 2019. Based on the targeted sampling method, 500 students (212 men and 288 women) were selected and they completed the scales of  Family hardiness index (McCubbin, Thompson & McCubbin, 1986), family functioning (Epstein, Baldwin, & Bishop, 1983) and general self-efficacy (Jerusalem & Schwarzer, 1992). The data were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS software packages. Findings: The results showed that the hypothetical data model has a relatively good fit and family functioning has a positive and direct effect on family hardiness (p <0.05). Also, family functioning with self-efficacy mediation has an indirect and significant effect on family hardiness (p <0.05). Conclusion: The findings of this study, along with supporting the hypothetical model for family hardiness, provide a good model for the effect of self-efficacy as a mediating variable in the relationship between family functioning and family hardiness among married students. Accordingly, the dimensions of family functioning through self-efficacy mediation lead to the promotion and improvement of family hardiness among married students of universities in Sanandaj.

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Family Counseling and Psychotherapy
Volume 11, Issue 1 - Serial Number 31
January 2022
Pages 239-266

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  • Receive Date: 31 May 2021
  • Revise Date: 16 June 2021
  • Accept Date: 12 August 2021

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