Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Investigating the relationship between conscientiousness and self‑compassion with marital satisfaction among Iranian married employees

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

. Abdollah Maleki
. Yousef Veisani 1
. Sehat Aibod 1
. Akbar Azizifar 2
. Mostafa Alirahmi 3
. Fathola Mohamadian 4

1 Psychosocial Injuries Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran

2 Department of Psycholinguistics, School of Medicine, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran

3 Department of Psychology, Mostafa Khomini Hospital, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran

4 Department of Psychology, Psychosocial Injuries Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran

Abstract
BACKGROUND: Marital satisfaction, conscientiousness, and self‑compassion are necessary
for successful and lasting marriages. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the
relationship between marital satisfaction, conscientiousness, and self‑compassion among married
employees of Shahid Mostafa Khomeini Hospital in the city of Ilam in 2017.
METHODOLOGY: This study is a descriptive research with a correlation design. The research
population included all 260 married employees of Mostafa Khomeini (I) Hospital in the city of Ilam,
among which 150 were selected using simple random sampling. Data were collected using three
questionnaires of conscientiousness, self‑compassions, and marital satisfaction. Data were analyzed
using Pearson correlation and multivariate regression.
RESULTS: The research results revealed a positive and significant relationship between
conscientiousness and marital satisfaction (P = 0.028 and r = 0.187) and a positive and significant
relationship between self‑compassion and marital satisfaction (P = 0.000 and r = 0.185). Both
conscientiousness and self‑compassion variables could predict 51% of the variance of marital
satisfaction among married employees.
CONCLUSIONS: Given the research results, it could be stated that people who have self‑compassion
and have a high level of conscientiousness make much effort for their improvement and resolving
their committed mistakes. For this reason, they have high motivation to maintain marital relationships.

Keywords

Conscientiousness
empathy
government employees
Iran
personal satisfaction
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Journal of Education and Health Promotion
Volume 9, Issue 4
April 2019
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