Designing a Marital Commitment Model Based on Mental Health Components, Personality Traits Mediated by Sexual Satisfaction in Couples Referred to Health Homes in Tehran

The aim of this study was to design a marital commitment model based on the components of mental health, personality traits mediated by sexual satisfaction in couples referring to health centers in Tehran.

The research method was descriptive-correlational exploratory-consecutive and guided. The statistical population included all couples who referred to health centers in Tehran in 1398. Multi-stage random sampling method and statistical sample size based on sample power software (350 people) and considering the 20% probability of drop in the number of 372 people were considered and analyzed. For data collection, Adams & Jones (1997) Marital Commitment Questionnaire, Goldberg Mental Health (1972), McCray and Costa (NEO-FFI) Personality Traits (1985), Larson (1998) Sexual Satisfaction Questionnaire were used. The desired sample was executed. Data were analyzed using SPSS software and smartpls structural equations.

The results showed that the design of marital commitment model based on mental health components, personality traits mediated by sexual satisfaction in couples is consistent with the theoretical model and has a good fit, as well as a significant study of direct and indirect research paths in women and Men show that: There is a direct relationship between mental health (physical, anxiety, social, depression) and personality traits (neuroticism, extraversion, empiricism, agreement, conscientiousness), sexual satisfaction and marital commitment. On the other hand, the results of the indirect path show that mental health (physical, anxiety, social, depression) and personality traits (neuroticism, extraversion, empiricism, agreement, conscientiousness) are related to marital commitment and sexual satisfaction mediation. There is significance and with marital commitment and mediation of sexual satisfaction in couples referring to health centers in Tehran has had a positive effect.

Mental health and type of personality traits of each couple with mutual understanding of each otherchr('39')s needs can predict marital commitment in the context of effective marital relationships and intimacy, commitment in coupleschr('39') sexual relationships.