Identifying the role of cognitive stubbornness interface in conflict and emotional divorce control methods for couples

Abstract

Background: Emotional divorce and marital conflicts are the most risky factors in marital disputes. Also, psychological hardiness is an important component of personality and determines vulnerability to stress and family problems. Therefore, the question of the present study is whether psychological stubbornness can play a mediating role in the relationship between conflict control styles and emotional divorce? Aims: The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating role of psychological hardiness in the relationship between conflict control styles and emotional divorce in couples. Method: The study was a correlational study. The statistical population consisted of all couples who had referred to counseling centers in Kermanshah in 1396. 200 people were selected by voluntary sampling and available as sample. Research tools are: Ahwaz Hardiness Questionnaire (1998), Conflict Resolution Control Style Questionnaire (Murray & Strauss, 1990) and Emotional Divorce Test (Razegi, Ghobari Bonab & Mazaheri, 2008). Data were analyzed using Bartlett test and structural equations. Results: The role of psychological stubbornness in relation to conflict resolution styles and emotional divorce of couples is significant. There is a significant relationship between emotional couple of (p<0/01). Conclusions: It can be said that couples with higher psychological stiffness and conflict control skills experience less emotional divorce.

Keywords

• hardiness
• conflict control styles
• emotional divorce
• couples