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InfluenceofCognitiveDistortionsandFearofNegative
AssessmentonMaritalRelationshipinIranianWomen
Influenciadedistorsionescognitivasymiedoalaevaluación
negativasobrelarelaciónmatrimonialenmujeresiraníes
RahilMahmoudi
1
ZeinabJalambadani
2
MaryamPedreh
3
1
DepartmentofCommunityMedicine,FacultyofMedicine,SabzevarUniversityofMedicalSciences,
Sabzevar,Iran
2
Non-CommunicableDiseasesResearchCenter,DepartmentofCommunityMedicine,Facultyof
Medicine,SabzevarUniversityofMedicalSciences,Sabzevar,Iran
3
MAStudent,DepartmentofEducationalPsychology,Torbat-eJambranch,IslamicAzadUniversity,
Torbat-eJam,Iran
Recibido:14/012025
Aceptado:18/02/2025
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Abstract
Introduction:
Differentpsychologicalfactorssuchascognitivedistortionsandfearcanaffectqualityof
maritalrelationships
Objective:
Determinethemoderatingroleofcognitivedistortionsonthenegativeassessmentand
maritalrelationshipqualityinmarriedwomenreferredtohealthcarecentersinIran,in2023.
Method:
Thiscross-sectionalstudywasconductedon330womenwhoattendedtheWomen'sHealth
CareClinicinIranfromJanuarytoApril,2023.CognitiveDistortionQuestionnaire(CD-Quest),Brief
FearofNegativeEvaluationScale(BFNE-S)andtheMaritalRelationshipQualityscale(MRQ)were
used.DatawereanalyzedbySPSS24andusingPearsoncorrelation,independentt,multipleregression
anddescriptivestatistics.P-valuelessthan0.05wasconsideredstatisticallysignificant.
Results:
Women'smeanagewas23.45+5.77years.Therewasasignificantcorrelationofcognitive
distortionsandfearofnegativeassessmentinmarriedwomen(P<0.001).Cognitivedistortionsonthe
associationbetweenfearofnegativeassessmentwereabletoexplain71%ofthechangesinmarital
relationshipqualityinmarriedwomen.
Conclusions:
Itisnecessarytoconsidertheroleofpsychologicalfactorssuchascognitivedistortionsan
fearofnegativeassessmentforimprovingthequalityofmaritalrelationships.Therefore,healthplanners
shouldadoptstrategiestoincreasequalityofmaritalrelationshipsandreductionofcognitivedistortions
andfearofnegativeassessmentinmarriedwomen.
Keywords:
cognitivedistortion;fearofnegativeassessment;maritalrelationshipquality
.
Resumen
Introducción
:Diferentesfactorespsicológicostalescomolasdistorsionescognitivasyelmiedoala
evaluaciónnegativapuedenafectarlacalidaddelasrelacionesmatrimoniales.
Objetivo
:determinarelpapelmoderadordelasdistorsionescognitivasenlaevaluaciónnegativayla
calidaddelarelaciónmaritalenmujerescasadasderivadasacentrosdesaludenIránen2023.
Método
:serealizóunestudiotransversalen330mujeresqueasistieronalaClínicadeSaluddelaMujer
enIrándeeneroaabrilde2023.Loscuestionariosfueronelcuestionariodedistorsionescognitivas(CD-
Quest),laescalabrevedemiedoalaevaluaciónnegativa(BFNE-S)ylaescaladecalidaddelarelación
marital(MRQ).LosdatosseanalizaronconSPSS24yseutilizaroncorrelacióndePearson,t
independiente,regresiónmúltipleyestadísticadescriptiva.Unvalordepinferiora0,05seconsideró
estadísticamentesignificativo.
Resultados:
laedadmediadelasmujeresfuede23,45±5,77años.Hubounacorrelaciónsignificativa
entrelasdistorsionescognitivasyelmiedoalaevaluaciónnegativaenlasmujerescasadas(p<0,01,r=
0,71).Unaregresiónmúltiplemostróunarelaciónestadísticamentesignificativaentrelasdistorsiones
cognitivasyelmiedoalaevaluaciónnegativaylacalidaddelasrelacionesmaritales(p<0,001).
Lasdistorsionescognitivasasociadasalmiedoalaevaluaciónnegativapudieronexplicarel71%delos
cambiosenlacalidaddelarelaciónmaritalenmujerescasadas.
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Conclusiones:
paramejorarlacalidaddelasrelacionesmaritales,esnecesarioconsiderarelpapeldelos
factorespsicológicos,comolasdistorsionescognitivasyelmiedoalaevaluaciónnegativa.
Porlotanto,losplanificadoresdesaluddebenadoptarestrategiasparaaumentarlacalidaddelasrelaciones
maritalesyreducirlasdistorsionescognitivasyelmiedoalaevaluaciónnegativaenmujerescasadas.
Palabrasclave
:distorsióncognitiva,miedoalaevaluaciónnegativa,calidaddelarelaciónmarital
Introduction
Oneoftheissuesthatresearchersandexpertsinthefieldofbehavioralandfamilysciencesisthefearof
negativeevaluation.
(1)
Fearofnegativeevaluationrefersto“individuals'concernaboutothers'evaluations,
excessivedistressregardingnegativeassessment,avoidanceofevaluativesituations,andanticipationof
negativeevaluationsfromothers”.Fearofnegativeevaluationcontributestothedevelopmentand
maintenanceofirrationalandsevereanxietyrelatedtosocialsituations.
(2)
Cognitivedistortions,orflawedbeliefs,cannegativelyimpactmaritalrelationships.Theyarisefrom
incorrectinformationprocessinginindividuals'minds.Whenthesedistortionshappenfrequently,theycan
causediscomfortorpsychologicalissues.
(3,4)
Becksuggeststhatcouplesintroubledmarriagesdisplay
cognitivedistortions,includingemotionalreasoning,selectiveabstraction,magnifyingnegativebehaviors,
minimizingpositiveactions,labeling,andpersonalization.
(5)
Cognitiveerrorssuchasdichotomousthinkingcannegativelyaffectmaritalquality.Studiesshowastrong
negativeconnectionbetweentheseerrorsandrelationshiphealth.Thesedistortionscanleadtodiscomfort
andpsychologicalissues.Individualsshouldrecognizeandaddresstheseerrors,andcognitive-behavioral
therapycanhelp.
(6-9)
Thestudyaimedtodeterminetheroleofcognitivedistortionsonfearofnegativeassessmentandmarital
relationshipqualityinwomen.
Método
Thisresearchwasconductedasacross-sectionalstudy.Thefocusofthestudywasonasampleof330
marriedwomenwhoareofreproductiveage,allofwhomattendedvarioushealthcentersinIranduring
theyear2023fortheirhealthcareneeds.
Inclusioncriteriaweremarriedwomenof15-49years,whohadatendencytoparticipateinthestudyand
wereIranian.Exclusioncriteriawereanincompletequestionnaire,havingseverementalandphysical
disorders,orseveredepression.
ThestudywasapprovedbytheResearchEthicsCommitteeinIram(IR.IAU.TJ.REC.1402.044).Before
theenrolment,informedconsentwasobtainedfromalloftheparticipants.
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Thesamplesizewascalculatedbasedonthestudyonperceivedsocialsupportforwomenofreproductive
age
(10)
.Accordingtotheformula,thesamplesizewas300,andbyadding10%fordrop-outs,thesample
sizewasincreasedto330.
푛=
(푍1−
훼
2
)
2
(휎)
2
(푑)
2
Theappropriatenumberofsampleswascalculatedasafractionofthetotalsamplesizeaccordingtothe
center’sdemographics(numberofmarriedfemaleclientsofthecenterbetween15and49yearsold).The
researchercontactedparticipantsusingtheirphonenumberstoexplainthestudy'spurposeandmethods.
Duringthecall,individualswereassessedforeligibility.Thosequalifiedwereinvitedtoahealthcenteron
asetdatetocompletequestionnaires.Theyreceivedinformationaboutthestudy’ssignificanceand
confidentialitybeforesigningaconsentform.Datawerecollectedthroughinterviewswithsocio-
demographicquestionsrelatedtoage,marriageduration,education,employment,income,residence,
maritalcommitment,andnumberofchildren.
ThequestionnairesweretheCognitiveDistortionsQuestionnaire,
(11)
TheBriefFearofNegativeEvaluation
Scale,
(12)
andthemaritalrelationshipqualityscale.
(13)
TheCognitiveDistortionsquestionnairecontains20phrases,whichassessthecognitivedistortionof
AlbertAllisandeachirrationalthoughthastwospecificphrasesthatscoredthroughtheLikertscale,and
itsCronbach’salphais0.80.TheBriefFearofNegativeEvaluationScale(BFNE-S)isanabbreviated
versionoftheoriginalBFNE(Leary,1983)usedtomeasurefearsofnegativeevaluation.Thescaleconsists
ofeightitemsthatarestraightforwardlyworded,suchas"WhenIamtalkingtosomeone,Iworryabout
whattheymaybethinkingaboutme."Participantsrateeachitemona5-pointLikertscale,rangingfrom
0(notatallcharacteristicofme)to5(extremelycharacteristicofme).TheBFNE-Sisawidelyusedand
validatedmeasureofsocialanxietyandfearofnegativeevaluationinbothclinicalandresearchsettings.
TheMRQ(MaritalRelationshipQuality)measuresincludedintheFHWS(FamilyHealthandWell-being
Study)comprisedfourvalidatedWesternscales,eachmeasuringdifferentrelationshipqualitydimensions:
trust,communication,commitment,andsatisfaction.Eachscaleconsistedofaseriesof5to8statements,
towhichspousesrespondedseparately.TheMRQmeasuresarewidelyusedinresearchtoassessthe
differentcomponentsofmaritalqualityandidentifyareasthatmayneedimprovementincouples’therapy.
DatacollectedbyquestionnaireswereenteredintoSPSSver.22.Quantitativeandqualitativevariables
werereportedusingmean(SD:standarddeviation),andfrequency(percentage)indices,respectively.The
normalityofthedatawasmeasuredusingkurtosisandskewness.Allthedatawerenormallydistributed.
Pearsoncorrelationtestwasusedfortheunivariateanalysisoftherelationshipsbetweencognitive
distortionsandfearofnegativeassessmentwithQualityofmaritalrelationsinmarriedwomenreferredto
healthcarecentersinIran.AP-valuelessthan0.05wasconsideredstatisticallysignificant.
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TheFHWS(FamilyHealthandWell-beingStudy)usedfourvalidatedscalestoassessrelationshipquality.
TheCommitmentScale,derivedfromtheSternbergTriangularLoveScale,hasfiveitemsaboutlong-term
commitment.TheTrustScale,byLarzelereandHuston(1980),assessesagreementwitheightstatements
onaone-to-sevenscale.TheSatisfactionScale,partofSpanier's1976DyadicAdjustmentScale,includes
nineitemsratedonasix-pointLikertscale.TheCommunicationScaleevaluatesconstructive
communicationduringconflictwithsevenitems.NegativelywordeditemsinSatisfactionand
Communicationwerereversecoded.Higherscoresindicatebetter-perceivedrelationshipqualityin
commitment,trust,satisfaction,andcommunication.
Ethicalapproval
Inthisstudy,allproceduresperformedonhumansampleswereconductedfollowingtherelevant
guidelinesandregulationsoftheHelsinkiDeclaration.ThestudyprotocolwasapprovedbytheResearch
EthicsCommittee(IR.IAU.TJ.REC.1402.044)inTorbatjamIran.
Results
Participantshadanaverageageof21.1(SD=10.7)andmarriagedurationof7.3years(SD=9.5).More
thanhalf(50.7%)werehighschoolgraduates;theirhusbandsmainlyheldcollege(48.3%)orhighschool
(43.2%)diplomas.About48.3%ofhusbandswereself-employed,and70.2%reportedadequateincome.
Nearlyhalf(44.5%)hadtwoormorechildren,and62.3%weresomewhatsatisfiedwiththeirmarriages.
Cognitivedistortionscorrelatedsignificantlywithage(p=0.659)andmarriagelength(p=0.830).Multi-
regressionindicatedthateducation(p<0.05),husband'sjob,income,andresidence(p<0.001)
significantlyaffectedcognitivedistortionsandmarriagequality.
Accordingtotheresultsoftable1,cognitivedistortionsandfearofnegativeassessmenthaveasignificant
relationshipwithmaritalrelationshipqualityinmarriedwomen.Also,cognitivedistortionshavea
significantrelationshipwithmaritalrelationshipqualityinmarriedwomen(p<0.01).
Table1.
Mean,standarddeviation,andcorrelationcoefficientsofcognitivedistortionsandfearofnegative
assessmentwithmaritalrelationshipqualityinmarriedwomen
Examiningtheassumptionsofmultipleregressionanalysisindicatesthattheassumptionofconfirming
normalitybasedontheKolmogorov-Smirnovtest,theassumptionofrejectingmultiplecollinearitybased
Variable
Mean
SD
1
2
3
Cognitivedistortions
67.30
8.20
1
Fearofnegativeassessment
78.48
9.30
0.71**
1
Maritalrelationshipquality
66.36
8.54
0.70**
0.73**
1
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onthevalueofthevarianceinflationfactor,andtheassumptionofrejectiontooththecorrelationofthe
residualswasbasedontheDurbin-Watsonvalue,sothereareconditionsforusingmultipleregression
analysis.
Thesummaryofmultipleregressionwithstep-by-stepmodelforpredictingmaritalrelationshipquality
basedoncognitivedistortionsandfearofnegativeassessmentinmarriedwomenwasreportedin(table2
andtable3).
Table2.
Summaryofmultipleregressionwithstepwisemodelforpredictingperceivedsocialsupport
basedonthesenseofcohesionandsocialhealthinmarriedwomen
Model
Variables
R
R
2
ChangeofR
2
Changeof
F
Pvalue
1
Cognitive
distortions
0.71
0.62
0.26
32.29
0.001
2
Cognitive
distortions
andfearof
negative
assessment
0.89
0.71
0.20
9.18
0.001
Table3.
Conditionalprocessanalysisresultsformoderatedcognitivedistortionsmodel
Source
b
se
t
p
Fearofnegativeassessment
R:.749,R2:.562,F(7,171):31.297,p<0.001
0.75
0.38
4.87
<0.001
MaritalRelationshipQuality
R:.683,R2:.466,F(9,169):16.412,p<.001
Agreement
Satisfaction
Coherence
0.67
0.48
5.87
<0.001
.481
0.054
0.389
0.01
0.45
0.013
0.349
<0.01
0.48
0.032
0.269
0.01
Accordingtotheresultsoftable2inthefirstmodel,thecognitivedistortionswerefirstenteredintothe
equationandthecorrelationcoefficientofthisvariablewithmaritalrelationshipqualityis0.71andthis
variablewasabletoexplain62%ofthechangesinmaritalrelationshipqualityinmarriedwomen.Inthe
secondmodel,afterthecognitivedistortions,thefearofnegativeassessmentvariablewasenteredinto
theequation,andthecorrelationcoefficientofthesetwovariableswithmaritalrelationshipqualityis
0.89,andthesetwovariableswereabletoexplain71%ofthechangesinmaritalrelationshipqualityin
marriedwomen.
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MultivariateAnalysisResultsofGeneralizedLinearModels
Inthemultivariatemodel,allthevariableswithp<0.1werefirstentered,andtheircollinearitywasthen
checkedusingthevarianceinflationfactor(VIF),revealingthatsocioeconomicstatusandmonthly
incomeadequacywerehighlycollinear.Therefore,thevariableofmonthlyincomeadequacywas
removedfromthemultivariatemodel,andthesocioeconomicstatusvariablewasincluded(table4).
Table4.
Multivariateanalysisresultsofgeneralizedlinearmodels(GLMs)forrelationshipbetween
studyvariables
Variables
B(95%CI)
P-value
Age
0.057(0.009,0.101)
0.093
Literacy
Belowhighschool/university
degree
0.057(0.113,0.020)
0.168
Highschool/universitydegree
0.067(0.087,0.013)
0.122
Husband'sliteracy
Belowhighschool/university
degree
0.040(0.116,0.026)
0.132
Highschool/universitydegree
0.002(0.049,0.055)
0.833
Job
Housewife/employee
0.043(0.079,0.002)
0.063
Husband'soccupation
Self-employed/employee
0.010(0.024,0.054)
0.548
Socioeconomicstatus
Low/high
0.049(0.146,-0.003)
0.033
Moderate/high
0.031(0.087,0.016)
0.126
Homeownership
Renting/Owingahouse
0.001(0.046,0.048)
0.764
Historyofchildbirth
1/>2
0.018(0.021,0.086)
0.226
2/>2
0.018(0.038,0.085)
0.130
Husband'sage
0.005(0.020,0.054)
0.634
B:regressioncoefficient,CI:confidenceinterval
Inthemultivariatemodel,simultaneouslyconsideringallthevariables,onlysocioeconomicstatuswas
relatedtomaritalrelationshipquality,sotheM±SDscoresofthemaritalrelationshipqualityinthewomen
withalowsocioeconomicstatusweresignificantlylowerthanthosewithagoodsocioeconomicstatus(p
=0.043).Althoughothervariableswerenotsignificantlyassociatedwithmaritalrelationshipqualityat
thesignificancelevelof0.05,themaritalrelationshipqualityM±SDscoresofhousewiveswere
significantlylowerthanthoseofemployeesatthesignificancelevelof0.1(p=0.073).Moreover,a
significantrelationshipwasobservedbetweenmother'sageandmaritalrelationshipqualityatthe10%
errorlevel,sothemaritalrelationshipqualityM±SDscoreswerehigheratolderages(p=0.053).
Discussion
Thisstudyaimedtodeterminetheroleofcognitivedistortionsonfearofnegativeassessmentandmarital
relationshipqualityinwomenin2023.Thepresentstudyindicatesthatcognitivedistortionsareassociated
withanincreaseinmaritalrelationshipquality.
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Thecurrentstudyrevealedasignificantnegativecorrelationbetweenthequalityofmaritalrelationships
andcognitivedistortions.Thismeansthatascognitivedistortionsincrease,thequalityofmarital
relationshipstendstodecrease,andviceversa.Itappearsthatcognitivedistortions,alongwiththefearof
negativeevaluation,mayaffectthequalityofmaritalrelationships.Forexample,BradleyM.Rosenfield
(14)
reportedthattheICDdeterminedthatapproximatelyhalfofthevarianceinboththenumberandseverity
ofpsychologicaldysfunction,onbothAxisIandAxisII,wasaccountedforbythefrequencyofcognitive
distortions.
NeetuA.John's
(13)
findingssuggestthatintraditionalsocietiessuchasTaiwan,evenifamarriedwoman
inTaiwanbelievesingenderequalityandexpectsanequalpartnershipwithherspouse,thepatriarchal
normsandvaluesofherfamilyandsocietymaystillexertapowerfulinfluenceonherdailylifeand
interactionswithherspouse.Thismayleadtolowerexpectationsforgenderequalitywithinthemarriage,
andmayultimatelyimpactheroverallmaritalquality.Itisimportanttonotethatthesefindingsarespecific
totraditionalsocietiessuchasTaiwan,andmaynotnecessarilyapplytootherculturesorcontexts.
Additionally,individualdifferencesingenderbeliefsandmaritalqualitymaystillexistwithinthese
societies.
ThepresentstudyisconsistentwithOrçunMuhammet,Simsekstudy
(15)
thatexaminedtheimpactof
interpersonalcognitivedistortionsonsatisfactionwithlifeandthemediatingroleofloneliness.Orçun
Muhammet,Simsekstudyhasproventhenegativeeffectsoflonelinessoncognitivedistortionsand
decreasedlifesatisfactionwithintheseconditions.
(15)
SadiaYasminandetal.
(16)
instudyshowedFearofnegativeevaluation(thefearofbeingjudgedor
evaluatednegativelybyothers)ispositivelyrelatedtoloneliness,meaningthatpeoplewhohaveagreater
fearofnegativeevaluationtendtofeelmorelonely.
BadamiandZomorody'sstudy
(17)
showsthatcognitivebehavioraltherapy(CBT)iseffectiveforemotional
maturityandfearofnegativeevaluationinmarriedwomen.Thisfearoftenleadstosocialanxietydisorder,
causingintenseanxietyandavoidancethataffectsemotionalwell-being.CBThelpspeopleidentifyand
changenegativethoughtsusingtechniqueslikecognitiverestructuring,exposuretherapy,andsocialskills
training,improvinganxietymanagementandcopingstrategies.
Oneofthelimitationsofthestudyisthegeneralizabilityofitsresultstopeopleindifferentregionswith
differentculturesbecausebothstudyvariablescanbeinfluencedbythecultureofsocieties.Therefore,it
isrecommendedthatfurtherstudiesshouldbeconductedonalargersamplesizeinordertoshowthe
maritalrelationshipqualityofcouplesasthebasisoffamilyandsociety.Ontheotherhand,thelimitations
ofself-reportingandtheinfluenceofparticipants'mentalstatesincompletingthequestionnairesshould
beconsidered.Therefore,theissueofgeneralizabilityshouldbetreatedwithcaution.
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Conclusion
Toimprovethequalityofmaritalrelationships,itisnecessarytoconsidertheroleofpsychological
factorssuchascognitivedistortionsandfearofnegativeassessment.Therefore,healthplannersshould
adoptstrategiestoincreasethequalityofmaritalrelationshipsandreducecognitivedistortionsandfear
ofnegativeassessmentinmarriedwomen.
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