The Relationship of Emotional Intelligence and Coping Styles to Marital Satisfaction and Adjustment

Subject Areas : روان درمانگری

Afsaneh Abdollahi ¹ , Seyyed Musa Kafee ² , Mahnaz Shahgholian ³

1 - MA in Psychology
2 - PhD University of Gilan
3 - University of Tarbiat Modares

Received: 2015-06-03 Accepted : 2015-06-03 Published : 2011-03-21

Keywords: Emotional intelligence, marital satisfaction, coping styles, marital adjustment,

Abstract :

The present research carried out to investigate the relationships of emotional intelligence and coping styles to marital satisfaction and adjustment. The sample consisted of 60 married women between the ages of 23 and 49 from Charmahal & Bakhtiari Province. Participants completed the Enrich Martial Satisfaction scale (Olson, 1994), the Marital Adjustment Inventory (Singh, 1987), the Trait Meta Mood Scale (Salovey et al., 1995) and the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situation (Endler & Parker, 1990). The results indicated that marital satisfaction and marital adjustment were positively associated with emotional intelligence and task-oriented coping style.