The Relationship between Conflict Resolution Styles, Psychological Well-Being and Marriage Stability: Providing a causal model

The aim of this research was to determine the causal relationship between conflict resolution styles and marital stability, by considering the mediation role of psychological well-being. The research method is correlational.The statistical population includes married individuals (men and women) who have been married at least for three years and have referred to counseling centers located in District 2 of Tehran between May and September 2018. 308 volunteers and in reach people were selected. Data collection was done by means of Edwards and colleagues (1980), Conflict Resolution Styles-Rahim (1983), and Psychological Well-being- Ryff (1980). Using path analysis, the results showed that marital instability is anticipated positively by dominating style and negatively by integrating, avoiding styles and psychological well-being. Indirect path coefficients showed a positive correlation between dominating style and marital instability while a negative correlation between integrating style and compromising marital instability and also demonstrated that psychological well-being mediates the correltion of integrating, compromising and dominating styles with marital instability. Therefore, the individuals' conflict resolution styles and their psychological well-being can be effective variables for assessing and predicting the marital stability.