Marital Commitment Mediates the Effects of Forgiveness and Alexithymia on Marriage Quality in Nursing Students

Autor: Nasrin Eftekhari Moghaddam, Masoud Shahbazi, Kobra Kazemian Moghaddam
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Journal of Client-centered Nursing Care, Vol 10, Iss 4, Pp 287-296 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2476-4124
2476-4132
10825835
Popis: Background: Nursing, as a demanding and stressful profession, can negatively impact the marital quality of nursing students. This study investigates the mediating role of marital commitment in the relationship between interpersonal forgiveness, alexithymia, and marital quality in nursing students in Ahvaz City, Iran. Methods: This study employed a descriptive correlational research design. A sample of 204 nursing students was selected using a convenience sampling method in the academic year 2022-2023. The subjects completed the interpersonal forgiveness measurement questionnaire (IFMQ), Toronto alexithymia scale (TAS), and dimensions of commitment inventory (DCI). Also, the revised dyadic adjustment scale (RDAS) was used to measure marital quality among the subjects. The proposed model was evaluated using the structural equation modeling (SEM) approach. The bootstrap test was employed to examine the indirect relationships. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS software, version 27 for preliminary exploration and AMOS software, version 24.0 for SEM analysis. The threshold for statistical significance was set at α=0.05. Results: Interpersonal forgiveness was significantly and positively correlated with marital quality and marital commitment in nursing students (P
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