Predicting marital adjustment based on marital intimacy and deficit emotional regulate

studies have shown that marital intimacy can predict marital adjustment, but can more accurate prediction of marital adjustment  be achieved through marital intimacy  interaction and deficit emotion regulate?

The purpose of the present study was to predict marital adjustment levels based on variables of marital intimacy and emotion regulation difficulty.

the method of this study was correlation. For this purpose, 72 couples who referred to counseling centers in Shahroud participated in this study. They were asked to complete the Spanier Marital Adjustment Questionnaires (1976), Marital Intimacy (2001), and Gertz & Romer (2004) Deficit emotional regulate scale. stepwise regression and correlation were used for data analysis.

The results showed that marital adjustment was predictable by marital intimacy and emotion regulation. Emotion regulation and its components play a greater role in predicting marital adjustment than marital intimacy. nonacceptance of negative emotions, controlling impulsive behaviors, limited access and lack of emotional awareness of components Deficit emotional regulate and emotional, psychological, sexual, social, and recreational intimacy (p<0/01).

Based on these findings, it can be concluded that couples who have higher marital intimacy and are more able to control emotions have more marital adjustment.