The Relationship Between Women’s Age and Marital Adjustment in the First Five Years of Marriage: The Mediating Role of Psychological Hardiness and Religious Orientation

Namani, Ebrahim; Hadadnia, Zahra

doi:10.22054/qccpc.2026.89635.3556

The Relationship Between Women’s Age and Marital Adjustment in the First Five Years of Marriage: The Mediating Role of Psychological Hardiness and Religious Orientation

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Ebrahim namani ¹

zahra Hadadnia ²

¹ Counseling Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities

² Senior expert in Personality Psychology, Islamic Azad University of Sabzevar, Sabzevar, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22054/qccpc.2026.89635.3556

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the mediating role of psychological hardiness and religious orientation in the relationship between women’s age and marital adjustment during the first five years of marriage. The research method was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population included all married female students at Islamic Azad University of Mashhad in May 2024, whose marriage duration was less than five years. A total of 214 participants were selected using the available sampling method. Data collection tools included a demographic questionnaire, the Psychological Hardiness Scale by Kobasa et al. (2002), the Dyadic Adjustment Scale by Spanier (1976), and the Religious Orientation Scale by Allport and Ross (1950). Data analysis was conducted using Pearson correlation and path analysis with SPSS 22 and AMOS 22 software. The results showed that age had a direct relationship with marital adjustment and an indirect relationship through religious orientation (p-value < 0.05). However, age did not have an indirect relationship with marital adjustment through psychological hardiness (p-value > 0.05). Based on these findings, it can be concluded that the relationship between women’s age and marital adjustment is not a simple linear one, and religious orientation can play a mediating role in this relationship.

Keywords

Psychological Hardiness

Religious Orientation

Women’s Age

Marital Adjustment

Subjects

mental health

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