Fundamentals of Mental Health

Fundamentals of Mental Health

The role of personality and early maladaptive schemas in predicting marital forgiveness with the mediation of resilience in betrayed women suffering from depression

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Mahdieh Rahmanian 1
Narges Arefinia 2
1 Associate professor, Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
2 MSc. in psychology, Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
10.22038/JFMH.2024.79702.3128
Abstract
Introduction: The present study aimed to investigate the role of personality and early maladaptive schemas in predicting marital forgiveness with the mediation role of resilience in betrayed women suffering depression.
 
Materials and Methods: The research method used descriptive correlation with structural equations. The statistical population of this research included all married women who experienced marital infidelity and were depressed and referred to the counseling centers of Dehdasht City, Iran, in 2023. The sample consisted of 162 people out of all 280 women who were selected through the purposeful sampling method. Research tools included the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), the Family Forgiveness Scale, the HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised, the Young Schema Questionnaire-Short Form (YSQ-SF), and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RIS). Pearson's correlation test and structural equations were utilized to analyze data.
 
Results: The structural model has an acceptable fit with the collected data (x2/df= 2.62, CFI= 0.937, GFI= 0.919, AGFI= 0.876, RMSEA= 0.078, and P= 0.055).
 
Conclusion: The results showed that personality and early maladaptive schemas play a role in predicting marital forgiveness both directly and through the mediation of resilience in betrayed women with depression.
Keywords
Depression
Early maladaptive schemas
Forgiveness
Personality
Resilience
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Fundamentals of Mental Health
Volume 26, Issue 5
2024
Pages 299-307