by Aya Abdul Karim Al-Taani, Basem Mohammad Al-Frehat, Manar Saeed Bani Mustafa, Mahmoud Mohammad Al-Gharibeh
ABSTRACT
This study assesses the effect of family cohesion, emotional regulation, and parental self-efficacy on the marital compatibility of married employees at Jordanian universities. The sample comprised 150 individuals (65% male and 35% female). The aforementioned individuals filled out standard questionnaires on the three predictors and marital compatibility. Measures of reliability and validity were conducted. The results from multiple regression analysis showed the predictors explained a total of 76.5% of the variance in marital compatibility. Within the three predictors, self-efficacy in parenting stood out as the most dominant predictor, explaining 70.6% of the variance, followed by family cohesion, emotional regulation, and the residual being 4.8%, and 1.1% respectively, with all the relationships being statistically significant at α = 0.05. The study also captures the effect of educational background and the construct of gender on these relationships. The findings underscore the need to redress emotional and family relations in the support programs designed for married employees in Jordanian universities. Improvement of marital adjustment may be facilitated by strengthening family cohesion, enhancement of emotional regulation, and self-efficacy in parenting. The study ends with proposed practical applications in counseling and training programs and other initiatives to promote marital improvement.
