Investigation the Causal Relationships of Marital Commitment through Relationship Investment Model and Roots Development with Mediated of Emotional Processing Styles and Self-Differentiation

Subject Areas : Journal of Excellence in counseling and psychotherapy

Leyli Amirsardari ¹ , Ali Khademi ² , Reza Tasbih Sazan Mashhadi ³

1 - Department of Psychology, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Psychology , Psychological Researches Center, Islamic Azad University, Urmia Branch, Urmia, Iran
3 - Department of Psychology, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran

Received: 2020-08-25 Accepted : 2020-09-16 Published : 2020-10-22

Keywords: self-differentiation, marital commitment, Relationship Investment Model, Roots Development, Emotional Processing Styles,

Abstract :

Purpose: The aim of this research was investigation the causal relationships of marital commitment through relationship investment model and roots development with mediated of emotional processing styles and self-differentiation. Methodology: This study was a descriptive from type of correlation. The research population was married male and female students of Islamic Azad University of Qazvin branch in the 2017-18 academic years with number 1416 people. The sample size was estimated based on Cochran's formula 302 people who were selected by cluster randomly sampling method. The research tools were the questionnaires of Adams and Jones marital commitment (1997), Result relationship investment model (1980), Young and Klosko parenting (1993), Baker and et all emotional processing styles (2007) and Drake self-differentiation (2011). Data were analyzed by structural equation modeling method in Amos software. Findings: The findings showed that relationship investment model and roots development on emotional processing styles, self-differentiation and marital commitment had a direct and significant effect and emotional processing styles and self-differentiation on marital commitment had a direct and significant effect (p < 0.01). Also, the relationship investment model with mediated of emotional processing styles and self-differentiation on marital commitment and roots development with mediated of self-differentiation on marital commitment had an indirect and significant effect (p < 0.01), but roots development with mediated of emotional processing styles had not an indirect and significant effect (P>0.05). Conclusion: Based on the results of present study, to improve the marital commitment of married students can be designed programs to promote their relationship investment model, roots development, emotional processing styles and self-differentiation and implemented through workshops.