In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iranian Health Psychology

Document Type : research

Authors

1 Counseling, Faculty of Human Sciences. payam Noor University, Sari, Iran

2 Counseling. Faculty of Human Sciences. Payam Noor Univercity. Tehran. Iran

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to predict marital satisfaction based on health anxiety and self-efficacy with the mediation role of mindfulness in women with multiple sclerosis.
Method: The present research method was descriptive-correlational using structural equation modeling (path analysis). The statistical population included 14899 married women with diplomas and higher education who were members of the Tehran MS Association in 2021. Using the Cochran formula, 342 women were selected as research samples through convenience sampling. All participants responded to four questionnaires, including Olson et al.’s Marital Satisfaction, Salkovskis et al.’s Health Anxiety, Schwarzer and Jerusalem’s Self-efficacy, and Baer et al.’s Mindfulness questionnaires.
Results: The results showed the direct effect of marital satisfaction through self-efficacy and health anxiety was significant (P<0/05). Also, the indirect effect of marital satisfaction through mindfulness was significant (P<0/05).
Conclusion: According to the results, mindfulness plays a mediating role in the relationship between health anxiety, self-efficacy, and marital satisfaction.
 
 
 

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Article Title [Persian]

پیش بینی رضایت زناشویی بر اساس اضطراب سلامت و خودکارآمدی با میانجی‌گری ذهن آگاهی در زنان مبتلا به مولتیپل اسکلروزیس

Authors [Persian]

  • آمنه سپهریان 1
  • باب الله بخشی پور جویباری 2

1 مشاوره، دانشکده علوم انسانی، دانشگاه پیام نور، ساری، ایران.

2 مشاوره، دانشکده علوم انسانی، دانشگاه پیام نور،تهران ، ایران.

Abstract [Persian]

مقدمه: پژوهش حاضر باهدف پیش‌بینی رضایت زناشویی بر اساس اضطراب سلامت و خودکارآمدی با میانجیگری ذهن‌آگاهی در زنان دارای اسکلروز چندگانه اجرا شد.
روش: روش پژوهش حاضر توصیفی از نوع همبستگی به روش مدل یابی معادلات ساختاری (تحلیل مسیر) می‌باشد. جامعه آماری شامل کلیه زنان متأهل دارای تحصیلات دیپلم و بالاتر که در انجمن ام‌اس تهران ثبت‌نام کرده بودند، در سال 1400 می‌باشند که تعداد آن‌ها 14899 نفر بود. از این تعداد با توجه به فرمول کوکران تعداد 342 نفر به‌صورت نمونه‌گیری در دسترس انتخاب شدند. کلیه نمونه‌های پژوهش به چهار پرسشنامه رضایت زناشویی اولسون و همکاران (1998)، اضطراب سلامت سالکوسکیس و دیگران (2002)، خودکارآمدی شوارتزر و جروسالم (1979) و ذهن‌آگاهی بائر و دیگران (2006) پاسخ دادند. جهت تجزیه‌وتحلیل داده‌ها و از نرم‌افزار SPSS و AMOS استفاده ‌شد.
یافته‌ها: نتایج آماری نشان داده است اثر مستقیم رضایت زناشویی به‌واسطه اضطراب سلامت و خودکارآمدی معنی‌دار است (0/05>p)، همچنین اثر غیرمستقیم رضایت زناشویی به‌واسطه ذهن‌آگاهی نیز معنی‌دار است (0/05>p).
نتیجه‌گیری: با توجه به نتایج، ذهن‌آگاهی در رابطه بین اضطراب سلامت و خودکارآمدی با رضایت زناشویی نقش میانجی دارد.

Keywords [Persian]

  • رضایت زناشویی
  • اضطراب سلامت
  • خودکارآمدی
  • ذهن‌آگاهی
  • اسکلروز چندگانه
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