The relationship between emotion regulation and resilience strategies with marital adjustment in female teachers

Abstract

Background: Teachers need a higher level of resilience to issues, especially marital adjustment, due to work-family conflict experiences. Aims: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between emotion regulation strategies and resilience with marital adjustment of female teachers. Method: This study was a correlational study. The statistical population consisted of all female teachers in Qazvin city during the academic year 2017-2018. 100 teachers were selected as the sample by available sampling method. Research tools include Conner-Davidson Resilience Questionnaires (2003), Gross Emotion Regulation Strategies (2003), and Marital Adjustment (1976). Data were analyzed using parametric tests and Pearson correlation test and multiple regression. Results: There was a significant positive relationship between marital adjustment (P<0/05) and "reappraisal" emotion regulation strategy. Negative emotion regulation strategy had a negative relationship with marital adjustment (p<0/05). Overall, emotion regulation and resiliency strategies predicted marital adjustment among teachers (p<0/05). Conclusions: Marital adjustment of female teachers can be predicted by emotion regulation and resilience strategies.

Keywords

• emotion regulation
• resilience
• marital adjustment
• teachers.