The mediating role of emotional cutoff between marital boredom and marital expectations and cognitive fusion in married women

Marital boredom is one of the most important variables in marital relationships that makes marital life seriously challenged and if it continues, it can lead to divorce. Marital boredom can be influenced by the couple's emotional relationships and marital expectations. The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of emotional cutoff between marital boredom with marital expectations and cognitive fusion in married women. The research method was correlational and structural equation model. The statistical population of the study was all married women with marital problems in Mashhad in 1399-1400, from which a sample of 295 people was selected by random cluster sampling. The instruments used in this study included Pines Marital Boredom Scale (1996), Omidvar et al. Marital Expectations (2009), Skowron differentiation of self Scale (2000) and Gilanders Cognitive Fusion Scale (2014). The results showed that the developed model had a good fit with the data. The results of structural relationships of the model showed that marital expectations and cognitive fusion have a direct effect on marital boredom. Also, emotional cutoff had a direct effect on marital boredom. The results of indirect relationships showed that marital expectations and cognitive fusion mediated by emotional cutoff have a significant effect on marital boredom. Based on the results of cognitive fusion and marital expectations mediated by emotional cutoff are effective on marital boredom. Therefore, by developing programs to reduce marital expectations and cognitive fusion and emotional cutoff in individuals, one can expect to reduce marital boredom in them.