Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Modeling the relationship between psychological capital and emotional alexithymia with emotional divorce through the mediation of marital adjustment in couples seeking divorce

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Hedieh Sabaghpour Sabzehmeidani 1
Masoumeh Azmoodeh 2
Reza Abdi 3
Amir Panah Ali 4
Javad Mesrabadi 5
1 PhD student of General Psychology, Department of Psychology , Tabriz Branch , Islamic Azad University, Tabriz , Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology , Tabriz Branch , Islamic Azad University , Tabriz ,Iran. (Corresponding author)
3 Associate professor, Department of Psychology, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University. Tabriz. Iran.
4 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Counseling, Tabriz Branch , Islamic Azad University, Tabriz , Iran.
5 Professor,Department of education psychology, Azarbaijan shahid madani university, Tabriz, Iran.
10.22038/mjms.2025.86080.4925
Abstract
The present study aimed to determine the fit of the model of the relationship between psychological capital and emotional alexithymia with emotional divorce mediated by marital adjustment in couples seeking divorce. The research method was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of the study included all couples seeking divorce who referred to counseling centers in Babol in 1402 (N=780). Using simple random sampling method, 271 women were selected (n=271) and answered the questions of the Luthans et al. Psychological Capital Questionnaire (2007), the Toronto Emotional Alexithymia Scale (1994), the Gottman et al. Emotional Divorce Scale (1995), and the Modified Couple Adjustment Scale (1995) of Busby et al. (1995). Data analysis was performed using structural equation modeling and path analysis and with the help of SPSS and LISREL statistical software. The findings showed that there is a relationship between psychological capital and emotional alexithymia with emotional divorce through the mediation of marital adjustment in couples seeking divorce, and the model of the relationship between psychological capital and emotional alexithymia with emotional divorce through the mediation of marital adjustment in couples seeking divorce has sufficient fit. These results can be helpful for family counselors and couple therapists in the field of preventive measures and coping with emotional divorce, and by considering the role of predictive factors in divorce applicants, they can plan effective interventions.
Keywords
Psychological capital
emotional alexithymia
emotional divorce
marital adjustment
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Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences
Volume 68, Issue 2
January and February 2025
Pages 580-597