Prediction of Couple Adjustment Based on Disconnection and Rejection Schema with the Mediation of Alexithymia an in Married Elementary School Teachers of Qom City

Today, attention to the family and its role in the establishment of a healthy society has been given more attention by psychologists and researchers. One of the most important issues in couple adjustment is alexithymia. Therefore, the aim of the present study is prediction of couple adjustment based on disconnection and rejection schema with the Mediation of alexithymia an in married elementary school teachers of Qom city.

The current research is of a descriptive-correlation type. The statistical population included all married male and female educators of Qom province. The research sample was based on Krejcie & Morgan's table and there were 291 male and female married elementary school teachers in Qom who were selected by multi-stage cluster random sampling method. Measurement instruments include demographic questionnaire, "Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale", "Young Schema Questionnaire-Short Form" and "Toronto Alexithymia Scale".  The validity of the tools was checked by exploratory factor analysis and reliability by internal consistency method by calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficient and Spearman-Brown's correlation coefficient. The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS 24 and AMOS 24.

The proposed model has a good fit (GFI=0.93, AGFI=0.94, NFI=0.91, CFI=0.9, RMSEA=0.04) and alexithymia has a significant mediating role between disconnection and rejection schema with couple adjustment (P<0.05). Also, alexithymia has a significant mediating role in the relationship between disconnection and rejection schema to couple adjustment.

The variable of alexithymia has a significant mediating role in the relationship between cut and rejection schema with couple compatibility. Therefore, it is suggested that therapists and counselors use schema therapy in order to improve couples who have dyslexia.