Designing a Structural Model for Predicting Marital Adjustment based on Religious Orientation Mediated by Lifestyle

The aim of this study was to design a structural model for predicting marital adjustment based on religious orientation mediated by lifestyle.

The research method was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population included all married clients to counseling centers in Tehran in the first half of 1400. By the rule of 10 people for each measured variable, the sample size was determined to be 250 people and multi-stage cluster sampling was selected using random sampling method. Modified paired adjustment questionnaire, religious orientation questionnaire and LSQ lifestyle questionnaire were used to collect data. Data analysis was performed through descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling with the help of SPSS27 and AMOS24 statistical software at a significance level of 0.05.

The results showed that the research model fits with the collected data. The result of modeling structural equations with the presence of mediating variables showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between internal religious orientation and lifestyle. There is a negative and significant relationship between external religious orientation and marital adjustment. Finally, the results showed that lifestyle plays a mediating role between inner orientation and marital adjustment.

Religious orientation is one of the effective factors in marital adjustment and lifestyle affects the effect of this factor on marital adjustment. Therefore, in order to increase marital adjustment, it is necessary to pay attention to the role of mediating variables such as lifestyle.