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Satvat Qasriki H, Shojaee Babamiri M, Alizadeh G.
(2026). The mediating role of emotional competence in the relationship between romantic disagreement and attitudes towards extramarital relationships among married women. , Rooyesh. 15(7), 81-92.
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1- Assistant Professor, Department of psychology, Urmia Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran.
2- Msc Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, BOu.C, Islamic Azad University, Boukan, Iran.
3- Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran. g.alizadeh@umz.ac.ir , g.alizadeh@umz.ac.ir
Abstract: (302 Views)
The present study aimed to investigate the mediating role of emotional competence in the relationship between romantic disagreement and attitudes towards extramarital relationships among married women. The method of this study was descriptive-correlational SEM. The statistical population consisted of married women in Boukan during 2024. A total of 400 participants were selected through the available sampling and responded to the attitude towards extramarital relationships scale (ATIS; Whately, 2008), disagreement in romantic relationships (RDRRS; Lopez et al, 2020) and Profile of Emotional Competence (PEC; Brasseur et al, 2013). Data were analyzed using SEM. The results indicated that the proposed model demonstrated satisfactory fit indices. The results showed that there was a significant negative and positive relationship between emotional competence and disagreement in romantic relationships with attitudes towards extramarital relationships respectively (p<0.01). Also, the relationship between disagreement in romantic relationships and emotional competence was negative and significant (P<0.01). The results of the bootstrap test showed that emotional competence play a mediating role in the relationship between disagreement in romantic relationships and attitude towards extramarital relationships (P<0.01). The results show that disagreement, due to the important role of emotional competence, can explain attitude towards extramarital relationships in married women. Therefore, raising such issues in couples therapy intervention programs is important and can prevent the occurrence of extramarital relationships and the collapse of couples' lives.
Type of Article:
Research |
Subject:
Family Psychology Received: 2026/05/15 | Accepted: 2026/08/11 | ePublished: 2026/10/2