Development of a Marital Satisfaction Model Based on Self-Differentiation with the Mediating Role of Family Boundaries

The present study was conducted with the aim of developing a marital satisfaction model based on self-differentiation with the mediating role of family boundaries. The method of this research is correlation based on structural relations; For this purpose, 366 couples from Tehran city were selected using available sampling and were asked the Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire with an Islamic approach (Jadiri et al., 2016), the self-differentiation list (Skorn, 2000) and the Family Boundaries Questionnaire (Hoshiari et al. , 1400) answered. Data analysis was done using structural equation modeling; Also, SPSS and AMOS software were used to classify, process, analyze data and check research hypotheses. The evaluation of the hypothetical research model using fit indices showed that the hypothetical model fits the measurement model (CFI = 0.95, NFI = 0.92, RMSEA = 0.07) and the research results showed that its differentiation With the mediation of family boundaries, it has a significant effect on marital satisfaction at the level of P<0.05; also, family boundaries play a mediating role in the relationship between marital satisfaction of couples It can be important in couples.