Developing a Structural Model of Marital Commitment Based on Forgiveness and Self- Differentiation by Mediator Role of Marital Intimacy

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1 Ph.D. student of counseling, Department of Psychology, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran

2 Department of Counseling, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad university, Sanandaj, Iran

3 Assistant Professor , Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran

4 Assistant Professor Department of Psychology, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University,Sanandaj, Iran

Abstract

To understand the quality and stability of marital relationships, paying attention to marital commitment is as important as marital satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to develop a causal relationship model of marital commitment based on forgiveness and differentiation by mediating marital intimacy. The research method is quantitative in terms of purpose and in terms of collecting data, correlation is a structural equation analysis. A sample of 442 people from all married workers in districts 1 and 2 of Sanandaj was selected as an available sampling. Inventory of marital commitment (Adams and Jones, 1997), marital intimacy (Walker and Thompson, 1983), (Skowron and Smith, 2003), and forgiveness (Pollard and Anderson, 1988) was completed by the subjects. The results of structural equation analysis showed that forgiveness (P ≤ 0/01, β- 0/47), differentiation (P ≤ 0/05, β-0/13), and intimacy (P ≤ 0/05, - β0/12) had a direct effect on marital commitment. Also, forgiveness and differentiation by mediating intimacy. Have an indirect effect on marital commitment. The findings of this study show that the conceptual model of marital commitment based on differentiation and forgiveness by mediating marital intimacy fitted with the experimental model. Overall, the findings of this study show the impact of forgiveness, differentiation, and intimacy on marital commitment, and as a result, despite the marital commitment, couples, despite experiencing painful events, continue together and bound by actions and frameworks. Specific ones are bound to a great purpose.

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  • Receive Date: 13 January 2020
  • Revise Date: 24 July 2020
  • Accept Date: 12 August 2020

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