Predicting marriage stability based on marital adjustment and sexual self-disclosure by the mediating role of emotional intelligence

This study was done in order to investigate the relationship between marital adjustment and sexual self-disclosure with marriage stability, by mediating the role of emotional intelligence.

The method of this research was a correlation with path analysis, and its statistical population was married couples at Mashhad in 2018, which were married at least for 3 years. The sample of the study, according to Morgan's table, was 384 married men and women who voluntarily participated in the study after receiving a recall SMS.Applied tools for gathering data were: Edwards’ et al. Marital Instability Index (MII), Spanier’s Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS), Hulbert Index of Sexual Assertiveness (HISA), Bar-On Emotional Intelligence Inventory (90-Item). This study used the Pearson correlation coefficient to examine the bipartite relationship between marital adjustment, sexual self-disclosure, emotional intelligence, and marital stability. To fit the model and study the direct and indirect effects of variables in the theoretical model, the path analysis method was used; and Bootstrap method was used to investigate emotional intelligence mediating role. Also, SPSS-23 and AMOS-23 software were used to analyze the data, statistically.

The results of the path analysis and bootstrap method showed that marriage stability is predictable based on marital adjustment and sexual self-disclosure by the mediating role of emotional intelligence (P<0.05). Therefore, training couples to enhance marital adjustment and sexual self-disclosure, as well as enhancing emotional intelligence, can predict marriage stability.