Modeling the Structural Equations of Emotional Divorce based on Early Maladaptive Schemas, Marital Boredom mediated by Emotion Regulation in Married Women

The aim of this study was to model the structural equations of emotional divorce based on early maladaptive schemas, marital boredom mediated by emotion regulation in married women in Tehran. The present study was descriptive, correlational and structural equation modeling. The statistical population of this research was all married women in Tehran. From among the statistical population a total of 200 married women living in Tehran were selected by available sampling method from the counseling centers of friends and counselors of the Association for the Protection of Children's Rights online (due to the presence of the Corona virus).There search instruments were emotional divorce questionnaire(EDQ), maladaptive schemas questionnaire(YSQ-SF2), marital boredom scale (CBM) and emotion regulation scale (ERS). All analyses were performed using SPSS26 and AMOS24 softwares. Bootstrap method in MACRO program was used to analyze the intermediary relationships. The results of direct relationships between research variables showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between cut and rejection, excessive listening and inhibition, and marital boredom with emotional divorce. Also, maladaptive schemas and marital boredom, in addition to a direct effect through emotion regulation, have a positive and significant indirect effect on emotional divorce. A conclusion can be drawn based on the findings of the research that emotion regulation as a mediating variable could explain the relationship between maladaptive schemas and marital boredom.