Prediction of marital instability: Couple intimacy and relational maintenance strategy

relational maintenance strategy in married men and women. This research is a descriptive_ correlation . Statistical population this study consisted of all the married education teachers in gonbad kavous that 170 people (70 men and 100women) were selected by random sampling method. Data collection instrument was Marital Instability Index, intimacy scale and Relational Maintenance Strategy Measure. Data analysis was performed through Pearson correlative coefficient and multiple regressions. The results showed that there is a significant negative relationship between couple intimacy and relational maintenance strategy respectively with marital instability in the men group (r= - 0.43, p≤0.000) and (r= - 0.42, p≤0.000), and There is a significant negative relationship between couple intimacy and relational maintenance strategy respectively with marital instability in the women group (r= - 0.52, p≤0.001) and (r= - 0.57, p≤0.001). And multiple regression analysis showed that couple intimacy and relational maintenance strategy in men and women group can negatively predict marital instability and respectively explaining %22 and %30 variance marital instability. According to these finding, it can be concluded that couple intimacy and relational maintenance strategy have an effective role in marital instability