The Modeling Family Resilience based on Marital Happiness, Basic Psychological Needs and Spirituality with the Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation

The aim of this study was to investigate family resilience modeling based on marital happiness, basic psychological needs and spirituality with the mediating role of emotion regulation.

The research method is descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of all married men and women working in the educational staff of Tehran Education Organization in 1399 was 46257 people (32046 women and 14211 men). The sample size of 420 of these individuals was selected based on Klein (2016)'s view and by available non-random sampling method (online method) and the Sikbi Family Resilience Scale (2005), Azrin et al. The basic psychological needs of Lagarde et al. (2000), Parsian and Dunning (2009) Spirituality Questionnaire, Gross and John (2003) Emotion Regulation Questionnaire. Then the proposed model was analyzed through structural equation modeling using SPSS and AMOS version 24.

The results showed that direct routes became significant. The indirect effects of marital happiness, basic psychological needs and spirituality through emotion regulation on family resilience were also significant.

According to the results of the modified structural model, the research had a favorable and acceptable fit with the research data and this is an important step in identifying the factors affecting family resilience in married people.