Shahid Beheshti University Applied Psychology 2008-4331 13 3 2019 12 22 The sructural relationships between marital satisfaction and conflict resolution based on the mediatory role of couples’ psychological capital The sructural relationships between marital satisfaction and conflict resolution based on the mediatory role of couples’ psychological capital 475 496 97257 10.29252/apsy.13.3.475 FA Leila Tehrani Azad Roodehen branch, Islamic Azad University Mina Mogtabaei Islamic Azad University Roodehen branch Journal Article 2019 08 06 Aim: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between<br />marital satisfaction and conflict resolution in couples based on the mediatory<br />role of their psychological capital. Method: The research method was<br />correlation. Statistical population of the study included 167832 students of all<br />branches of Islamic Azad Universities of Tehran Province in 2018. Sample<br />consisted of 135 couples (270 subject) who were selected through clustered<br />random sampling method. In the first stage, two branches of “Science and<br />Research”, and “Central Tehran”, and in the second stage faculties of Law,<br />Divinity and Political Sciences and Technology and Engineering in “Science<br />and Research” branch and Economics and Accounting and Foreign<br />Languages in “Central Tehran”were randomly selected. Instruments:<br />instruments were Couple Satisfaction Scale by Afrooz, 2008; Psychological<br />Capital Questionnaire by Luthans, Avolio, Avey & Norman (2007) and<br />Conflict Resolution Questionnaire by McClellan, 1997. Data were analyzed<br />after removing 8 incomplete questionnaires and 2 outliers using structural<br />equation modeling. Results: The results showed that the direct path<br />coefficient between psychological capital and conflict resolution was positive<br />(β= 0.552, P= 0.001), also the total path coefficient that is total of direct and<br />indirect path coefficients between marital satisfaction and conflict resolution<br />(β= 0.423, P= 0.001) was positive and the indirect path coefficient between<br />marital satisfaction and conflict resolution (β= 0.225, P= 0.001) was positive.<br />Conclusion: Family therapists are suggested to training conflict resolution<br />manner and resolving common life problems that probably are the source of<br />repeated conflicts among them to provide marital satisfaction and help them<br />to establish relationships that are full of psychological capital from which<br />both marital satisfaction is influenced and influencing it, and be capable of<br />resolving positive conflict. Aim: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between<br />marital satisfaction and conflict resolution in couples based on the mediatory<br />role of their psychological capital. Method: The research method was<br />correlation. Statistical population of the study included 167832 students of all<br />branches of Islamic Azad Universities of Tehran Province in 2018. Sample<br />consisted of 135 couples (270 subject) who were selected through clustered<br />random sampling method. In the first stage, two branches of “Science and<br />Research”, and “Central Tehran”, and in the second stage faculties of Law,<br />Divinity and Political Sciences and Technology and Engineering in “Science<br />and Research” branch and Economics and Accounting and Foreign<br />Languages in “Central Tehran”were randomly selected. Instruments:<br />instruments were Couple Satisfaction Scale by Afrooz, 2008; Psychological<br />Capital Questionnaire by Luthans, Avolio, Avey & Norman (2007) and<br />Conflict Resolution Questionnaire by McClellan, 1997. Data were analyzed<br />after removing 8 incomplete questionnaires and 2 outliers using structural<br />equation modeling. Results: The results showed that the direct path<br />coefficient between psychological capital and conflict resolution was positive<br />(β= 0.552, P= 0.001), also the total path coefficient that is total of direct and<br />indirect path coefficients between marital satisfaction and conflict resolution<br />(β= 0.423, P= 0.001) was positive and the indirect path coefficient between<br />marital satisfaction and conflict resolution (β= 0.225, P= 0.001) was positive.<br />Conclusion: Family therapists are suggested to training conflict resolution<br />manner and resolving common life problems that probably are the source of<br />repeated conflicts among them to provide marital satisfaction and help them<br />to establish relationships that are full of psychological capital from which<br />both marital satisfaction is influenced and influencing it, and be capable of<br />resolving positive conflict. https://apsy.sbu.ac.ir/article_97257_8d7d321f3470bda2b08576382fbf8a1c.pdf