Predictingthe Quality of Marital Relationship on the base of Relationship Beliefs, Mindfulness and Psychological Flexibility

The aim of this study is to predict the quality of the marital relationship based on relationship beliefs, mindfulness and psychological flexibility.The research method is descriptive and correlational. The study statistical society included married students of Islamic Azad University of Shiraz in 2015-2016. The sample size included 260 respondents selected by targeted sampling method. The four questionnaires of marital standards (Busby et al., 1995),Eidelson and Epstein’s relationship beliefs (1982), five-sided mindfulness questionnaire of Baer et al. (2006), and Practice and Compliance questionnaire of Bond et al. (2007) were used for the data collection.Correlation and regression helped to analyze the data. The results of this study showed that the relationship beliefs, mindfulness, psychological flexibility, and quality of the marital relationship have a significant relevance. Thesimultaneous multiple regression analysis showed that the impact of relationship beliefs, mindfulness and psychological flexibility is significant in predicting marital quality.Relationship beliefs, mindfulnessand psychological flexibility respectively have the least to the greatest impact on the prediction of the quality of the marital relationship