en Educational Psychology پژوهشي Original <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#669933;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><strong><span cambria="">Objective: </span></strong><span style="font-weight:normal">The present study aimed to develop and test a structural equation model (SEM) of marital satisfaction based on communication patterns, with self-compassion serving as a mediating variable.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p data-end="446" data-start="431" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#669933;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><strong data-end="446" data-start="435"><span cambria="">Methods: </span></strong><span style="font-weight:normal">This applied research employed a descriptive&ndash;correlational design, specifically using structural equation modeling. Data were collected from participants using three standardized instruments: the Enrich Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire (Enrich, 1987), the Communication Patterns Questionnaire (Christensen & Salavy, 1984), and the Self-Compassion Scale (Neff, 2023). The AMOS software package was utilized to perform inferential statistical analyses and evaluate the proposed structural model.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p data-end="959" data-start="944" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#669933;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><strong data-end="959" data-start="948"><span cambria="">Results: </span></strong><span style="font-weight:normal">Findings demonstrated that the structural model of marital satisfaction based on communication patterns, mediated by self-compassion, achieved acceptable goodness-of-fit indices. The results support the mediating role of self-compassion in the association between communication patterns and marital satisfaction.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p data-end="1293" data-start="1274" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#669933;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><strong data-end="1293" data-start="1278"><span cambria="">Conclusions: </span></strong><span style="font-weight:normal">Overall, the proposed model showed adequate fit, indicating that self-compassion plays a meaningful mediating role in explaining how communication patterns influence marital satisfaction. These findings highlight the importance of fostering adaptive communication and enhancing self-compassion in couples to promote marital well-being.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> Marital satisfaction, Communication patterns, Self-compassion 0 0 http://ijer.hormozgan.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-491-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Avirin Samiei avirin.samiei@gmail.com 10031947532846004809 10031947532846004809 No Department of Psychology, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran Hayede Saberi hayedesaberi@yahoo.com 10031947532846004810 10031947532846004810 Yes Department of Psychology, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran Malek Mirhashemi mirhashemimalek@gmail.com 10031947532846004811 10031947532846004811 No Department of Psychology, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran