Mediating Role of Emotional Intelligence in the Relationship between Work-Family Conflict and Love Schemes with Attitudes toward Infidelity in Dual-Career Couples

Document Type : علمی - پژوهشی

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1 .M.A. Department of Counseling, Ardakan University.

2 . Assistant Professor of Department of Counselling, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran.

3 Department of Counseling, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, Ardakan University, P.O. Box 184, Ardakan, Iran

4 Assistant Professor of Department of Counselling, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, Ardakan University, , Ardakan, Iran

Abstract

This study to examines the mediating role emotional intelligence can play in the rela-tionship between work-family conflict and love schema with respect to the extram-arital relationships among couples who both work. The research method was corr-elation of structural equation modeling. The statistical population was all couples were both employed in Tehran. The sample size was 212 people who were selected by available sampling method. The research tools included Schott's Em-otional Intelligence Scale, Carlson's Work -Family Conflict Scale, Singles' Love Schema Scale, and Mark Whatley's Atti-tude Scale towards Extramarital Relation-ships. Data analysis was done using SPSS-26 and AMOS24 software. The results showed a significant positive relationship between work-family conflict and unst-able love schema on the attitude toward extramarital relationships. The effect of safe love schema, unstable love schema, and work-family conflict on attitudes tow-ard extramarital relationships with respect to the mediating role of emotional intelli-gence was significant. The clingy love schema on attitudes toward extramarital relationships was not significant. The results showed that work-family conflict and love schema are good explanations for extramarital relationships in working cou-ples and emotional intelligence can play a suitable mediating role. When work-fami-ly conflict occurs, the pressure caused by one role affects the person's performance in another role.

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Journal of Family Research
Volume 19, Issue 3 - Serial Number 75
December 2023
Pages 461-481

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