Predicting marital adjustment based on power structure in the family with mediation of triangulation in working couples

With the expansion of women's life and employment, there have been changes in the power structure of the family and adjustment between couples. Most research has focused on the relationship between adjustment and individual psychological outcomes, rather than on variables such as family power structure or triangulation.Therefore, assuming that the power structure in the family is a stressful factor of adjustment and the spouses' ability to cope with this experience is the result of individual and relational coping strategies, this study was conducted with the aim of predicting marital adjustment based on the power structure in the family with the mediation of triangulation in working couples. .The current research is descriptive and of the type of correlation studies(path analysis). The society of this research was couples working in the armed forces of Tehran in 1399-1400. 300 couples were selected using the available non-random sampling method. After completing the family power structure questionnaires(Saeedian), Bahrami and Yousefi triangulation, and Spanier's adjustment scale, the data were analyzed with Amos and SPSS.The results showed that family power structure has a direct positive effect on marital adjustment(β=0.88 and P<0.01). Investigating the role of mediation indicates that triangulation has a mediating role between family power structure and marital adjustment (β=0.04 and P<0.05).The results of the research showed that the power structure of the family has a direct positive effect on marital adjustment. Also, the investigation of the mediating role indicates that triangulation has a mediating role between family power structure and marital adjustment.