The Effect of Father's Participation in Parenting, Problem Solving Skills and Cognitive Emotion Regulation on Marital Satisfaction Through Resilience and Emotional Empathy

The aim was to present a structural model of marital satisfaction based on the father's participation in parenting, problem-solving skills, and cognitive emotion regulation through the mediation of family resilience and emotional empathy in mothers with cerebral palsy children. The research was a descriptive survey and structural equation type. The statistical population of mothers with children with cerebral palsy in Rasht was 240 people (subjects) in 2022. The samples were selected by a targeted method and after matching based on age and gross motor function classification system and by Kargesi and Morgan 148 table. Data using questionnaires, ENRICH marital satisfaction, Alabama parenting test (parent form), family problem solving, emotion regulation, family resilience, emotional empathy (interpersonal reactivity index), collect and with software (SPSS V. 28) and (Lisrel V. 10), were analyzed. The results showed that there was a direct relationship between father's participation in parenting, problem solving skills, cognitive emotion regulation, family resilience and emotional empathy with marital satisfaction. There was an indirect relationship between the father's participation in parenting, problem-solving skills, and cognitive emotion regulation through the mediation of family resilience and emotional empathy with marital satisfaction. It is necessary to develop and strengthen the father's participation in parenting, problem-solving skills, cognitive regulation of emotions, family resilience, and emotional empathy with appropriate training, so as to increase the level of marital satisfaction in these couples.