Tolerance and Psychological Flourishing as Determinants of Predicting Marital Adjustment among Married Couples in Riyadh City

Abstract

The aim of this research is to explore the possibility of predicting marital adjustment in light of tolerance and Psychological Flourishing among married couples in Riyadh city. The sample consisted of (396) husbands and wives according to a number of demographic variables. The researcher used the Tolerance Scale developed by Berry; Worthington; Conner; Parrot and Wade (2005), adapted into Arabic by Al-buqami (2017), the Psychological Flourishing Scale developed by Mesurado et al. (2018), translated and standardized for the Arab environment by Taha (2021), and the Marital adjustment Scale developed by Al-Balawi (2010). The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed that tolerance and Psychological Flourishing could predict marital adjustment with a value of (0.224) by (22.4%). The results also indicated a significantly correlative relationship at significant level of (0.01) between the total score of the Tolerance Scale and the total score of the Psychological Flourishing Scale among married couples. Additionally, the results showed statistically significant gender differences in tolerance among married couples at the (0.05) level, favoring males. The results also revealed statistically significant age-related differences in tolerance at the (0.05) level, favoring the age group (56 years and older). Moreover, statistically significant differences were found at the (0.05) level in Psychological Flourishing in favor of those who had been married for 24-29 years. It also emerged that higher levels of Psychological Flourishing favored those with a postgraduate educational level.