Testing the Model of Women's Depression and Marital Satisfaction based on Early Maladaptive Schemas and Coping Styles of Opiate husbands

The purpose of this study was to test the model of women’s depression and marital satisfaction based on early maladaptive schemas and coping styles of opiate husbands. 199 (398 subject) couple referring of government and private drug rehabilitation centers Torbat Heydareie city were selected by purposive- voluntary sampling method, and completed Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ), Coping Styles (CISS), Marital Satisfaction, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-13) Questionnaires. The model evaluation was conducted by path analysis method, and AMOS/16 software. The final model showed that a good fit to the data has than the hypothesized model. The path coefficients between husband's early maladaptive schemas with husband's emotional-centered coping style, husband's early maladaptive schemas with spouse's marital satisfaction, husband's early maladaptive schemas with spouse's depression, husband's avoidant-centered coping style with spouse's marital satisfaction, and husbands’ emotional-centered coping style with spouse's marital satisfaction were significant. On other hand, the path coefficients between husband's early maladaptive schemas with their avoidant-centered coping style, husbands’ emotional-centered coping style with spouse's depression, and husband's avoidant-centered coping style with spouse's depression were not significant. Also, indirect path coefficient husband's early maladaptive schema to spouse marital satisfaction mediating emotional-centered coping style was significant. . So husbands’ dysfunctional cognitions and coping styles increase spouse's psychological problems and decrease their marital satisfaction.