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Mostafazadeh P, Bahreinian S A. The Relationship Between Personality Traits and Marital Satisfaction With Mediating Positive and Negative Affects. Avicenna J Neuro Psycho Physiology 2018; 5 (2) :73-80
URL: http://ajnpp.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-128-en.html

Background: Various protective mechanisms have been proposed to explain how positive and negative emotions increase marital satisfaction.
Objectives: This study aimed to determine the relationship between personality traits and marital satisfaction with the mediating role of positive and negative affects.
Materials and Methods: The research method was descriptive and correlational. In this research, 300 married women living in the eastern part of Tehran City, Iran, were selected by the available sampling method. The study instruments were five factors personality trait, marital satisfaction scale, and positive and negative affective questionnaire. The obtained data were analyzed using the Pearson correlation coefficient and path analysis.
Results: The results of the test using Imus software showed that the indirect effect of personality traits on marital satisfaction was significant through the positive and negative affect mediators (P<0.05).
Conclusion: The results of this study support the effectiveness of interventions and training to remove and decrease negative emotions.