The prediction of the couple''s marital conflicts based on controlling behaviors and interpretation of the problems

Couple''s marital satisfaction influenced by cognition, plays a major role in the psychosocial health of the couples. The present study was conducted in order to predict marital conflicts between men and women based on controlling behavior and interpretation of problems. The present research is a descriptive-correlational study. The statistical population included all married university students in Roodehen in 2015. Based on multi-stage random sampling method, 342 of them (220 women and 122 men) were selected as the sample. The participants were asked to fill out the marital conflict questionnaire of Sanaei Zaker and Barati (2008), the Couples’ controlling behavior scale of Graham-Cowan and Archer (2005), and Difficulties Interpretation Scale of Heintrington, Cox, and Cox (1998). The obtained data were statistically analyzed using the multivariate hierarchal regression test. The findings showed that both interpersonal problems (β=0.083, p