The Relative Contribution of Gratitude and Mindfulness to Predicting Marital Satisfaction in Married Women | [Journal of Pioneering Medical Sciences • 2024]

Author(s):

1. Nouf Mohammed Mattar Almutairi: An extract from the master’s dissertation prepared by the student in Psychology (Counseling Psychology).

2. Elwaleed Abdalla Farih Meiri: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences Imam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU).

Abstract:

Objectives: Detecting the relationship between gratitude and marital satisfaction among married women in the city of Riyadh, revealing the relationship between Mindfulness and marital satisfaction among married women in the city of Riyadh, and identifying the relative contribution of both gratitude and Mindfulness in predicting marital satisfaction among married women in the city of Riyadh. and for the purposes of achieving the objectives of the study, I use The descriptive relational predictive approach, and the study sample reached (250) married women, who were selected in a stratified random way from the beneficiaries of the services of the King Salman Social Center and the Mawaddah and Rahma Center for Psychological and Family Counseling, and the gratitude scale was used prepared by [1], the vfie facet mindfulness Questionnaire prepared by [2] and translated into the Arabic language [3], and the marital satisfaction scale prepared by [4]. Results: The results of the study revealed a relative contribution to both gratitude and Mindfulness in predicting marital satisfaction among married women in Riyadh by (30.04%), and showed a positive correlation between gratitude and marital satisfaction among married women in Riyadh, and also a direct correlation between Mindfulness and marital satisfaction among married women in Riyadh. Recommendations: The study reached a number of recommendations, including: The need to highlight the role of gratitude and Mindfulness in the marital relationship. The interest of family and marriage counseling centers to raise the level of gratitude and Mindfulness of married women to help them achieve the greatest degree of marital satisfaction.

Page(s): 83-88

DOI: 10.61091/jpms202413515

Published: Journal: Journal of Pioneering Medical Sciences, Volume: 13, Issue: 5, Year: 2024

Keywords:

Gratitude , Married women , Mindfulness , Marital satisfaction

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