Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• mahtab barkhordari ¹
• mohamad sajjad Seydi ²
• mohsen hojatkhah ³

¹ Department of Counseling, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Razi, Kermanshah, Iran

² Department of Counseling, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Razi, Kermanshah, Iran.

³ Counseling, Social Science, Razi university, Kermanshah, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to Explaining the causal model of Marital Intimacy based on Attachment‌ Styles, Self-Compassion and Mindfulness in Romantic Relationships of couples in Holeilan city. The research method was descriptive structural equation modeling and the statistical population of the study included all married people of Holeilan city in 2022, among them, 350 people were selected as a sample by multi-stage cluster random sampling. Research tools include the Personal Assessment of Intimacy in Relationships by Schaefer, & Olson (1981), the Adult Attachment Inventory by Simpson (1990), the Self-Compassion Scale by Neff (2003) and the Relationship Mindfulness Measure by Kimmes et al (2018). The structural equation modeling method was used to analyze the data. In this study, the indirect paths of secure attachment to the marital intimacy with the mediation of self-compassion and mindfulness in romantic relationships; and Insecure attachment to the marital intimacy with the mediation of mindfulness in romantic relationships were significant. This model was able to explain 0.37 of the variance of marital intimacy. The results showed that according to the research findings, marital intimacy and attachment styles are related both directly and indirectly and self-compassion and mindfulness in romantic relationships were able to play a mediating role between marital intimacy and attachment styles.

Keywords

• Self-Compassion
• Mindfulness in Romantic Relationship
• Couples
• Attachment Styles
• Marital Intimacy