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Lesani Behzadkalai S, Sotoudeh Alokandeh R, Abbasi G. The Relationship Between Early Maladaptive Schemas and Insecure Attachment Styles with Couple Burnout in Married Individuals: The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation. JNIP 2025; 25 (29) :1-24
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3. Department of Psychology, Sar.C., Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran
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Couple burnout is a detrimental phenomenon in marital life characterized by emotional, physical, and psychological exhaustion of spouses, which threatens the quality of relationships. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between early maladaptive schemas and insecure attachment styles with couple burnout, as well as the mediating role of emotion regulation. This descriptive-correlational study was conducted during 2024-2025. The statistical population consisted of married individuals visiting the Ghoghnous Clinic in Neka city, from whom 158 men and women were selected by convenience sampling. Data were collected using the Young Early Maladaptive Schemas Questionnaire (1998), Collins and Read Adult Attachment Scale (1990), Garnefski Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (2001), and Pines Couple Burnout Scale (1996), and analyzed using SPSS-27 and SmartPLS-3 software. The results indicated a significant positive correlation between early maladaptive schemas and couple burnout (p < 0.01, r = 0.48), and insecure attachment style was also significantly associated with couple burnout (p < 0.01, r = 0.37). Adaptive emotion regulation was negatively correlated with couple burnout (p < 0.01, r = -0.32), while maladaptive emotion regulation showed a positive correlation (p < 0.01, r = 0.45). Emotion regulation significantly mediated this relationship, whereby deficits in emotion regulation intensified the impact of maladaptive schemas and insecure attachment on couple burnout. The model explained 36% of the variance in couple burnout (R²=0.36). These findings highlight the critical role of emotion regulation as a psychological mechanism in addressing marital problems and suggest the design and implementation of therapeutic interventions focused on enhancing emotion regulation skills among couples.
Keywords: Early Maladaptive Schemas, Insecure Attachment Styles, Couple Burnout, Emotion Regulation, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)
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Received: 2025/08/15 | Accepted: 2025/09/1 | Published: 2025/09/1
Received: 2025/08/15 | Accepted: 2025/09/1 | Published: 2025/09/1
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