Structural model of marital satisfaction based on personality traits and attachment styles mediated by coping strategies

Marital relationship is the core of the family system, and since the family institution is the first social institution that has significant effects on the growth, development and formation of personality, therefore, it is necessary to study the issues and problems that lead to the collapse of family and marital relations.

The aim of this study was to predict marital satisfaction based on personality traits and attachment styles mediated by coping strategies.

The present study is an exploratory-sequential and guided correlation. The statistical population of the study consisted of all married female undergraduate and graduate students of Shahid Beheshti University of Tehran in 1997. The sample was 350 students who were selected by convenience sampling to collect research data from the Enrich Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire (1987). Neo (1990), Collins and Reid (1990) attachment styles and Rezakhani (2009) coping strategies were used..

The results showed that there was a negative relationship between neuroticism and extroversion personality traits with marital satisfaction and a significant positive relationship between openness, agreement and conscientiousness with marital satisfaction; Also, the relationship between avoidant and anxiety attachment styles with negative marital satisfaction and with secure attachment style is positive and significant. Neuroticism β= -0.48 and avoidance attachment style β= -0.41 have a greater share in explaining marital satisfaction (p< 0/001).

Among the achievements of this study can be encouraging therapists to create solutions to change the cognition, thoughts, actions, emotions and feelings of couples and thus improve relationships and marital satisfaction and community cohesion.