The Mediating Role of Coping Strategies in the Relationship between Work-Family Conflict and Marital Adjustment of Military Families

Marital compatibility is one of the most important factors affecting the survival and durability of the family. Therefore, identifying factors related to it is of particular importance. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating role of coping strategies in the relationship between work-family conflict and marital adjustment of military families. The method of correlational research was path analysis. The research population was all the military households in Tehran in 2022, from which 200 people were selected using the available sampling method, and the research tools included the Marital Compatibility Questionnaire (1976), the Work-Family Conflict Questionnaire (2000) and the Coping Strategies Scale. (1990) answered. The results of data analysis showed that work-family conflict has a direct and negative effect on marital adjustment, and problem-oriented strategies are positively and emotion-oriented strategies negatively related to marital adjustment. Finally, the main hypothesis of the research based on the mediating role of coping strategies in the relationship between work-family conflict and marital adjustment was confirmed and the results showed that problem-oriented coping strategies positively and emotion-oriented coping strategies positively The negative form has a mediating effect in the relationship between the two mentioned variables, and the result can be used in relation to working couples to improve marital compatibility.