The causal relationship of marital relationship quality based on satisfaction of basic psychological needs and marital communication patterns by mediating marital intimacy

This research was conducted with the aim of determining the relationship between marital quality and satisfaction of basic psychological needs with marital communication patterns by mediation rule of marital intimacy. This study is a descriptive-correlation research by path analysis method. The statistical population of the present study included all marital workers of Kermanshah in the academic year of 2017-18. The sample size in this study was 400 (200 females and 200 males), which was selected by available sampling method. To collect data, four questionnaires A: Communication Patterns (CPQ), B: Marital Intimacy Scale (MIS- 17, and C: Marital Quality Scale (RDAS) were used. A questionnaire was used to satisfy the basic needs of the subject. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, mean) and inferential statistics (path analysis) were used and analyzed by AMOS statistical software. The results showed that the relationship between the satisfaction of basic needs and marital quality with the pattern of mutual constructive relationship with marital intimacy mediation was 0.63, with the mutual avoidance pattern by marital intimacy (-0.65) and the relationship of expectation / withdrawal with mediation of intimacy Marriage was equal to -0.52, which is more than the direct relation of marital quality and satisfaction of basic needs with communication patterns. Accordingly, the effect of marital intimacy mediation was significant (P = 0.05). Based on the findings, it can be concluded that marital intimacy can play a positive role in promoting the relationship between marital quality, satisfaction of psychological needs and marital communication patterns.