The Mediating Role of Resilience in the Relationship between Dyadic Perfectionism and Emotional Divorce in women

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 MA in Counseling, Shahid Beheshti University. Corresponding Author Vafa.mostafa@yahoo.com

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical & Health Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University. h_falahzade@sbu.ac.ir

3 MA in Counseling, Shahid Beheshti University. Shahla_84_63@yahoo.com

4 Ph.D. of counseling, Shahid Chamran university of Ahvaz. o.hamidi@ymail.com

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating role of resilience between the components of dyadic Perfectionism and emotional divorce components. This research is descriptive and correlational. The statistical population includes all married women living in the 13th district of Tehran in 2020, of which 360 were selected by available sampling method and they completed the Emotional Divorce Scale, Dyadic Perfectionism Scale and Resilience Questionnaire. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation and Path analysis. The findings showed that there is a significant relationship between all components of emotional divorce, resilience and all components of dyadic perfectionism (p<0.05), Also, resilience mediates the relationship between all components of marital dyadic perfectionism and all components of emotional divorce. The results showed that resilience can play a positive role in controlling marital dyadic perfectionism as well as emotional divorce.
 
 
Key words
Emotional Divorce, Resilience, Dyadic Perfectionism.
 
Introduction
Emotional divorce is one of the family damages in which couples, instead of supporting each other, harass and reduce each other's sense of worth and self-esteem and seek to find a reason to prove another flaw and deficiency (Lalzadeh, Asgari Ebrahimabad, & Hesar Sorkhi, 2015). Recognizing the factors affecting emotional divorce is one of the priorities. Research indicates the relationship between emotional divorce with negative perfectionism and dyadic perfectionism (Ahmadloo & Zeinali, 2018). In a dyadic perfectionism, one spouse has high expectations and perceives that he or she cannot meet those expectations (Fritts, 2012). Perfectionism plays an important role in creating communication and emotional problems and the persistence of psychological damage. Perfectionists endure more stress and emotional helplessness in life due to extreme demands. Based on a review of the literature on emotional divorce and dyadic perfectionism, a conceptual model is inferred that assumes the relationship between emotional divorce and dyadic perfectionism is likely to be influenced by other variables such as resilience (Klibert, Lamis & Collins, 2014). Resilience as a protective factor makes it easier to endure hardships and conflicts and improves marital adjustment and satisfaction (Hamkins, 2019). In general, it can be said that the study of dyadic perfectionism and emotional divorce and various elements affecting their relationship, including resilience, can lead to preventive policies and support of family, especially women. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the mediating role of resilience in the relationship between dyadic perfectionism and emotional divorce in women.
 
Method
The present study was a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population includes all married women living in the 13th district of Tehran in 2020, of which 360 were selected by available sampling method and responded to the Emotional Divorce Questionnaire (Guttman, 1994), Dyadic Almost Perfect Scale (Shea & Aslani, 1999) and Resilience Scale (Connor & Davidson, 2003).
 
 
 
Results
Data were analyzed by Pearson correlation and path analysis. Results show that the dyadic perfectionism variable is directly effective in predicting emotional divorce, the dyadic perfectionism variable is effective in predicting resilience, and, resilience variable is effective in predicting emotional divorce. The coefficients of the couple's dyadic perfectionism pathway on the variable of the criterion of emotional divorce with the presence of the mediating variable of resilience are significant. The relationship between the variables of dyadic perfectionism (predictor) and emotional divorce (criterion) is affected by the underlying variable of resilience.

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