The mediating role of self-differentiation in the relationship between lifestyle and stress tolerance with marital conflicts in working women

Abstract

The present study was conducted to determine the mediating role of self-differentiation in the relationship between lifestyle and distress tolerance with marital conflicts in working women of Estehban city. The present research method was descriptive-correlation of structural equations type. This research's statistical population was comprised of all working women in Estehban city in 2020. Among the statistical population, 260 people were selected and studied by the one-stage cluster sampling method. Self-differentiation questionnaires by Skowron and Smith (2003), distress tolerance by Simmons and Gaher (2005), lifestyle by Smith (2004), and marital conflict by Sanai et al. (2018) were used to collect data. After collecting and extracting the data, the participants' scores were analyzed using the Pearson correlation coefficient and path analysis and SPSS-24 statistical software. The findings of the research's direct paths showed a significant negative correlation between lifestyle components (Environmental health, accident prevention, drug, and substance avoidance, social health, spiritual health, psychological health, disease prevention, weight control and nutrition, exercise and wellness, and physical health), distress tolerance (Environmental health, accident prevention, drug, and substance avoidance, social health, spiritual health, psychological health, disease prevention, weight control and nutrition, exercise and wellness, and physical health), and self-differentiation (emotional reaction, my situation, emotional breakdown, and mixing with others) with marital conflict. Also, the indirect hypothesis results showed that self-differentiation significantly mediated the relationship between lifestyle and distress tolerance with marital conflicts in working women of Estehban city.