Fibromyalgia syndrome is a common disease in population, and alleviation of pain and prescription of medication is the main treatment option in most of cases. As fibromyalgia commonly associate with mood and psychosomatic disorders, multidisciplinary approaches to treatment including nonpharmacologic therapy, could be results in better control of pain and improve quality of life of these patients.
Aim and Background: Marital forgiveness is one of the most important factors in marital satisfaction and is considered an effective variable in resolving marital conflicts and increasing marital satisfaction. The main purpose of this study was to develop a causal model of marital forgiveness based on emotional intelligence and spiritual intelligence with the mediating role of marital differentiation. Methods and Materials: The present study was a correlation in the form of structural equations. The statistical population included married women aged 25 to 45 years in Hamadan, from which 408 people were selected by cluster random sampling. They all completed questionnaires on marital forgiveness, spiritual intelligence, emotional intelligence, and marital differentiation. A structural equation test using PLS software was used to analyze the data. Findings: The results showed that there is a direct positive relationship between emotional intelligence (0.102) and spiritual intelligence (0.286) of couples with marital forgiveness. The relationship between couples' spiritual intelligence and their level of differentiation is direct, negative, and significant (-0.139). Also, the relationship between the level of differentiation (-0.348) and marital forgiveness of couples is direct and the relationship between the two variables is negative. The level of differentiation of couples has a mediating effect on the relationship between emotional intelligence and marital forgiveness (-0.07) and also the relationship between spiritual intelligence and marital forgiveness (0.048). Conclusions: According to the research results, it can be said that the causal model of marital forgiveness based on emotional intelligence and spiritual intelligence with the mediating role of differentiation has a good fit and therefore the knowledge of counselors, psychologists, and experts about these variables can be helpful.
