Investigation the Relationship between Anxiety Attachment Style, Anger Rumination, Spouse Forgiveness, and Marital Quality

Background: The quality of the marital relationship has received more attention from family researchers in recent years; as many factors can affect and be affected by it. Therefore, this study made an attempt to investigate the structural relationships between anxiety attachment style, anger rumination, spouse forgiveness and the quality of marital relationship in married people. Methods: The study population consisted of all married people in Shiraz. Among them, ۲۰۴ married people (۱۶۸ females and ۳۶ males) were selected using the convenience sampling method and filling out Revised Adult Attachment Scale; Collins and Reid, Anger rumination scale; Sukhodolsky, Golub, Cromwell, Family Forgiveness Scale; Pollard, Anderson, Anderson, and Jennings, and Revision of the Dyadic Adjustment Scale Busby, Christensen, Crane, Larson. The method of research was correlation using path analysis. Then AMOS۲۴ and SPSS۲۴ were used for analyzing the data. Results: Data analysis indicated that the path between anxiety attachment style to anger rumination, (p<۰.۰۰۰, β=۰.۵۶), spouse forgiveness, (p<۰.۰۰۹, β=-۰.۱۹), anger rumination to spouse forgiveness, (p<۰.۰۰۲, β=-۰.۳۶) marital quality (p<۰.۰۰۱, β=-۰.۱۶), spouse forgiveness to marital quality, (p<۰.۰۰۰, β=-۰.۶۸) were significant. All the coefficients were significant in ۰.۰۱ level. Also fit model indicators were: GFI=۰.۹۹, CFI=۰.۹۹, TLI=۰.۹۸, RFI=۰.۹۷ and χ۲/df= ۱.۵۷. The structural relationships of the anxiety attachment style, anger rumination, spouse forgiveness and the marital quality as proposed in the conceptual model were significant. Conclusion: Based on the results, it can be said that that married people with anxious attachment style regarding the challenges of marital life, ruminate more anger in relation to their spouse, which can reduce the amount of forgiveness and, ultimately marital quality

Keywords:

Marriage , Family Conflict , Forgiveness , Marital Quality , Anger Rumination