Development of a Structural Model with a Mediating Role of Maladaptive Schema in Relation to Personality Dimensions and Attachment Styles with Communication Skills and Marital Conflicts among Couples Facing Divorce

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to model the structural relationship between personality dimensions and attachment styles with communication skills and marital conflicts with the mediation of primary incompatible schemas in couples facing divorce. In terms of purpose, application, and in terms of methodology, this research is in the category of structural equation descriptive correlation research. The statistical population of the research included all couples facing divorce who referred to the counseling centers of Takestan city, who had referred to these centers in the returns of the second half of 1400 and 1401. The studied sample was 372 people (186 couples) who were selected by available sampling method. Research tools include Quinn's Communication Skills Questionnaire, Neo's Five Personality Traits Questionnaire, Jones' Marital Conflicts Questionnaire, Young's Primary Maladaptive Schema Questionnaire, and Hazan and Shaverbud's Attachment Style Questionnaire. The statistical method of structural equations was used to analyze the data. The results of the investigation showed that the presented model has a good fit at the level of (0.005) and there is a direct and indirect relationship between the variables of personality dimensions (traits of neuroticism and extroversion) with communication skills and between the characteristics of openness, adaptability and There is a direct relationship between conscientiousness and communication skills, and there is a direct and indirect relationship between personality traits of psychopathy and secure attachment style with marital conflicts. Also, the result of the research showed that primary maladjustment has played a mediating role in relation to personality dimensions, communication skills, and attachment styles. This shows that maladjustment schema has a significant effect on the incidence of divorce and marital conflicts. Incompatible personality and schema and communication skills training reduced marital conflicts as much as possible from divorce.