Islamic Azad university , psychosocial.emotional@gmail.com
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Introduction: Satisfaction of basic needs will lead to self-control and the power of the ego, in which case, through the organization of the ego in controlling life, will affect the quality of marriage. The aim of this study was to explain the structural pattern between basic needs and quality of married life based on the mediating role of ego power.
Methods: The research method was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population of this study included all married students of the University of Tehran in 2020. 384 people were selected by convenience sampling. Demographic questionnaire, "Dyadic Adjustment Scale", "Basic Needs Satisfaction in General Scale" and "Ego Strength Scale" were used to collect data. The validity of the instruments was measured using content validity by qualitative method and reliability by internal consistency method by calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Structural equation model and SPSS .24 and Amos. 24 were used to analyze the data.
Results: The indirect path coefficient between basic psychological needs and marital quality (P= 0.001, β= 0.243) was positive due to ego power and was significant at the level of 0.01.
Conclusions: The power of the ego positively mediates the relationship between the basic psychological needs of autonomy, competence and relationship, and the dependence and quality of married life. It is suggested that in counseling and psychological services centers, trainings be provided to married people who refer to marital complaints on how to satisfy their basic psychological needs and ways to increase ego empowerment and quality of married life.
Jamali M, Ghodsi P, Taghiloo S, Mirhashemi M. Explain the Structural Pattern between Basic Needs and Marital Quality Based on the Mediating Role of Ego Power. JHPM 2021; 10 (3) :70-82 URL: http://jhpm.ir/article-1-1357-en.html