Predicting latent marital aggression and fear of intimacy based on psychological well-being in women: The mediating role of guilt

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to predict latent marital aggression and fear of intimacy based on psychological well-being with the mediating role of guilt in women. Method: The method of the present study was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive information collection was correlated with the method. In studies that aim to test a specific model of prediction between variables, the structural equation model is used. The statistical population of the present study included all married couples working in the Radio and Television of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Tehran. In this study, multi-stage random sampling method was used and 150 married women were randomly selected as a sample and used the Reef (1989) Psychological Well-Being Scale, Fear of Deskatner and Tellen Intimacy (1991), Nelson Hidden Communication Aggression, and Carroll (2006) and Tangey, Wagner, and Gomez (1989) responded to conscious consciousness. Pearson correlation coefficient and path analysis were used for analysis. Results: The results of data analysis showed that psychological well-being mediated on latent communication aggression (β = -0.17, P = 0.035) and fear of intimacy (β = -0.26, P = 0.001). Feelings of guilt (β = -0.18, P = 0.026) have a significant effect; Also, guilt has a significant direct effect on latent communication aggression (β = 0.24, P = 0.002) and fear of intimacy (β = 0.15, P = 0.042). Conclusion: According to the results, guilt can play a mediating role between psychological well-being and latent aggression and fear of intimacy in married women.