Prediction of Marital Satisfaction based on Coping Skills and Time Perspectiv

The purpose of this study was to predict marital satisfaction based on coping skills and time perspective. The research method was correlation and the statistical popu-lation composed of couples living in the 2nd district of Tehran. By convenience sampling method, 250 individuals were selected and were asked to complete the ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale, the Lazarus & Folkman’s Coping Styles Questionnaire and the Zimbardo’s Time Perspective Inventory. The results showed that 12.5% of variance of marital satisfa-ction can be explained by the time persp-ective and the use of coping strategies in couples. The findings also indicated that there was a negative association between emotional coping strategies and marital satisfaction; while, there was no signi-ficant relationship between problemorien-ted strategies and marital satisfaction. In examining the relationship between views of time and marital satisfaction, the results indicated that there was a negative signif-icant relationship between marital satisfa-ction with past negative view of time, present hedonistic and believing in present fatalistic. According to the results of t-test for gender differences, there was no signi-ficant difference between men and women in marital satisfaction, using coping strategies and time views.