Developing a causal model of marital stability and satisfaction based on marital characteristics with the mediation of conflict management

The purpose of the current research was to develop a causal model of marital stability and satisfaction based on marital characteristics with the mediation of conflict management in teachers. The current research is of the correlation and structural equations type in terms of applied purpose. The statistical population of the present study included married female primary school teachers in Kermanshah city in 2021. In order to select the sample size based on Cochran's formula, 35 schools were selected from Kermanshah elementary schools by random multi-stage cluster sampling, and then 250 teachers were selected from these schools, and the Marital Satisfaction Questionnaires (MHS) of Natano et al. (1973), Enrich Conflict Management Questionnaire (1982), Marital Instability Index (MII) Edwards et al, and Krismaruzen-Grandon (1998) Marital Characteristics Questionnaire answered. The results showed that the correlation coefficients between conflict resolution, marital satisfaction, and marital stability with the total score of marital characteristics were 0.309, 0.452, and 0.707, respectively, which is significant at the P<0.01 level. As a result, it can be said that conflict management acts as a mediator of positive marital outcomes based on marital characteristics and can be the therapeutic target of family counselors in marital interventions.