Relationship between the Communication Patterns and the Emotional Atmosphere of the Family of Origin and the Attitude toward Marriage Mediating Role of Self-Differentiation

The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between “communicational patterns” and “emotional atmosphere” of the family of origin with the “attitude towards marriage” according to the mediating role of “self-differentiation”. This study was performed by correlation method of path analysis. The statistical population was single students in Tehran and the sample consisted of 325 students(230 girls/90boys). The instruments used were Marriage Attitude Scale(MAS), Family Communicational Pattern(RFCP), Emotional(Hill-Bern), Self-differentiation(DSI-SF). Data were analyzed using path analysis using SPSS-24 and AMOS software. The results showed that among the communication patterns of the family of origin, "dialogue" and “conformity” pattern have a significant relationship with self-differentiation. There was a significant relationship between the “emotional atmosphere” of the family of origin and self-differentiation. There was a significant relationship between self-differentiation and optimistic, realistic and ideal attitude towards marriage. The results showed that self-differentiation mediates the relationship between the "dialogue" patterns and "emotional atmosphere" of the original family with an optimistic attitude about marriage. It can be concluded that by improving the communication patterns and emotional atmosphere of the family of origin and thus increasing the self-differentiation of individuals, one can help to acquire an optimistic, realistic and idealistic attitude towards marriage.