Investigating the Modeling of Marital Intimacy based on Attachment Styles and Thematic Relationships Mediated by Coping Styles

Promotes secure attachment, caring behaviors and tolerance with the spouse. These behaviors play a role in increasing marital adjustment and invigorating marital life.

The aim of this study was to investigate marital modeling and intimacy based on attachment styles and thematic relationships mediated by coping styles. The research method of this study is descriptive-survey-correlation; The statistical population of this study included students studying and married in Islamic Azad universities of Tehran province who had been married for at least 2 years. Using Cochran's formula, 385 people were selected by convenience sampling method and were assigned to Thompson and Walker Intimacy Questionnaire (OMEIS-2), Collins and Reed Attachment Style Questionnaire (RAAS), Bell Thematic Relationship Questionnaire (BORRTI) and Coping Style Questionnaire. Lazarus (1988) answered and correlation test, regression analysis and structural equation modeling were used. EMOS software and version 26 of SPSS software were used for statistical tests.

The results showed that according to Baron-Kenny algorithm, since the path of coping styles to marital intimacy is significant, it can be concluded that coping styles have a partial mediating role. The whole model explains 2.2% of marital intimacy. Problem-oriented coping 2.4% and emotion-oriented coping 4.5% explain marital intimacy. Marriage based on thematic relationships showed that the fit indices of the indirect effects model are better than other models. The Acaic Index (AIC) also shows that the indirect effects model is almost more economical than other models.

The results of the study showed that the model of marital intimacy based on attachment styles and thematic relationships is mediated by appropriate styles of coping styles.