Structural Model of Life Satisfaction Based on Psychological Capital, Coping skills with Stress and Communication Patterns with the Mediating role of self-differentiation in married women

Abstract

This research investigated the structural pattern of life satisfaction based on psychological capital, stress-coping skills, and communication patterns with the mediating role of self-differentiation. The correlation research design was through structural equation modeling, and the statistical population included married women in Tehran in 2021-2022. The sample size of 798 people was selected by cluster random sampling method. The research tools are Diener's (2005) Life Satisfaction Questionnaires, Luthans' Shortened Scale of Psychological Capitals (2007), Billings and Moss's Stress Coping Skills (1981), Christens and Sullaway's Shortened Scale of Communication Patterns (1984), and Drake's Self-differentiation Questionnaire (2011). In order to analyze the data, SPSS-V24 and Smart PLS software was used. The results showed that the model has a good fit. Psychological capital, stress coping skills, and communication patterns could predict life satisfaction directly and indirectly through the mediation of self-differentiation. Therefore, by using the necessary training, it is possible to increase the level of self-differentiation, psychological capital, stress-coping skills, and existing communication patterns between couples to increase the life satisfaction level in married women.