The mediating role of positive and negative religious coping strategies in the relationship between psychological capital and the ability of forgiveness on family strengths

The family plays an important role in the entire development of a person and establishes her personality.The purpose of the present study was to investigate the mediating role of religious coping strategies in the relationship between psychological capital and forgiveness with family strength. Method: The research method is descriptive and correlation type, which was done in the form of SEM. The statistical population was all married employees with children in the executive bodies of Rasht, ۴۰۰ people (۲۰۰ men and ۲۰۰ women) were randomly selected. To collect data, Pargament et al.'s religious coping strategies, Luthans' psychological capital, Ray's forgiveness and colleagues' questionnaires, and Sham's et al.'s family strength scale were used. SPSS۲۶ and AMOS۲۴ software were used for data analysis and model fitting, and bootstrap method in MACRO program was used by Preacher and Hayes to investigate the role of mediating variables. Results: The research results showed that the proposed research model has a favorable fit, and psychological capital(P=۰.۰۰۱, β=۰.۱۵۵) and the ability to forgive(P=۰.۰۰۳, β=۰.۱۳۹) have a direct effect on family strength, and Psychological capital(P=۰.۰۰۱, β=۰.۰۷۴۵) and the ability to forgive(P=۰.۰۰۶, β=۰.۰۶۵۵) have an indirect effect on family empowerment through positive religious coping strategy. Also, negative religious coping strategy does not mediate the relationship between psychological capital(P=۰.۲۱۰, β=۰.۰۱۶۹) and the ability to forgive(P=۰.۰۱۴۴, β=۰.۳۹۶) with family empowerment.Conclusion: Therefore, this conceptual model can be used in the process of family counseling interventions and couple therapy to improve the quality of life as well as the strength of the family

کلیدواژه ها:

Forgiveness ability ، family strength ، religious coping strategies ، Psychological capital