Structural modeling for determining marital infidelity based on self-compassion with mediating role of emotional maturity

Autor: motahareh mosharafi, reza Khakpour, Mojgan Niknam
Jazyk: perština
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: مجله علوم روانشناختی, Vol 23, Iss 133, Pp 95-112 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1735-7462
2676-6639
Popis: Background: Research evidence shows that various factors are relevant in the propensity to engage in marital infidelity. On the one hand, self-compassion and emotional maturity are two key variables in marital relationships and couples' lives. Researchers have neglected the role of these variables as a model, and have not determined the effect of self-compassion on the propensity to engage in marital infidelity through the mediation of emotional maturity. Aims: This research as a structural model explains the marital infidelity based on self-compassion with the mediating role of emotional maturity. Method: The current research is descriptive and correlational and of structural equations type. Its statistical population consisted of all married women who referred towel-being centers in Behshahr, Iran during the three months of December, January and February (2021). From among them, we selected 385 people by non-random sampling method. All participants completed the Marital Infidelity Propensity Questionnaires of Drigotas et al. (1999), Neff's Self-Compassion (2003), and Singh and Bhargava's Emotional Maturity Scale (1990). We used Pearson correlation and structural equation model for data analysis. Results: The results showed that there is a negative and significant relationship between self-compassion and emotional maturity on the one hand and the propensity to engage in marital infidelity on the other (P
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