Causal pattern of couples satisfaction based on personality trait components by mediating role of mother-child relationship

Marital satisfaction means a positive attitude which couples gain from different aspects of life. The researchers nowadays in search of factors related to marital satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to test the causal model of couples’ satisfaction by mediating role of mother-child relationship based on personality trait components.

This research was applied in terms of purpose and correlational in terms of descriptive method. The statistical population included both sexes of boys and girls in grade six of primary schools and their mothers in Shiraz city. The sample was 260 individuals according to Raykov and Marconlides (2006) who were selected by stratified random sampling from 9 part of Educational System of Shiraz city to collect research data from NEO Personality test, ENRICH Couple Scale and Fine, Moreland and Schwebel parent-child relationship were used. Data analysis was performed by Pearson correlation and structural equation modelling.

Findings showed significant negative correlation between neuroticism and couples’ satisfaction but positive correlation with extraversion, openness experience, agreeableness and conscientiousness. Also, the mother-child relationship variable predicts couples ‘satisfaction in a positive direction.

Personality traits, as the preconceived forms of engagement by individuals in marital relationships affect the mediating structures including the mother child relationship. Therefore, couples’ satisfaction affected by intrapersonal factors in particular personality traits. The results also revealed that personality trait components with mediating role of mother-child relationship has the capacity to determine marital satisfaction (P≤ 0/01).