Majzoobi Mohammad Reza, Forstmeier Simon
Developmental Psychology and Clinical Psychology of the Lifespan, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany.
Front Psychol. 2025 Aug 26;16:1639240. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1639240. eCollection 2025.
Marital relationships are deeply shaped by the memories couples share, as reminiscence plays a pivotal role in fostering emotional connection and intimacy. Investigating how such reminiscence is related to marital quality provides valuable insights into its influence on relational dynamics. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between marital reminiscence styles (MRSs) and psychological well-being (PWB) through the mediating role of marital quality.
This was a descriptive-correlational study. The statistical population included all married people living in Kermanshah, Iran in 2023, among whom a sample of 304 people were selected using convenience sampling method. The measures used in this study were Majzoobi and Forstmeier's (2025) marital reminiscence styles Questionnaire (MRSQ), Chonody et al.'s (2018) Relationship quality Questionnaire, and Ryff's PWB Questionnaire. Data were analyzed through Pearson's correlation coefficient and structural equations modeling (SEM) in SPSS-26 and LISREL-10 software.
The findings indicated that the hypothesized model had a good fit in the studied sample. MRSs were significantly associated with PWB through marital quality. As such, it was found that obsessive MRS is related negatively to marital quality, which, in turn, related positively to PWB. Moreover, narrative MRS was related positively to marital quality, which, in turn, related positively to PWB.
These results underscore the importance of fostering positive MRSs, such as narrative MRS, to enhance marital quality and PWB in marital relationships.
夫妻共同的记忆深刻塑造了婚姻关系，因为回忆在促进情感联系和亲密感方面起着关键作用。研究这种回忆与婚姻质量的关系，能为其对关系动态的影响提供有价值的见解。因此，本研究的目的是通过婚姻质量的中介作用，考察婚姻回忆风格（MRSs）与心理健康（PWB）之间的关系。
这是一项描述性相关研究。统计总体包括2023年居住在伊朗克尔曼沙阿的所有已婚人士，其中采用便利抽样法选取了304人作为样本。本研究使用的测量工具包括马乔比和福斯特迈尔（2025）的婚姻回忆风格问卷（MRSQ）、乔诺迪等人（2018）的关系质量问卷以及赖夫的心理健康问卷。数据通过SPSS - 26和LISREL - 10软件中的皮尔逊相关系数和结构方程模型（SEM）进行分析。
研究结果表明，假设模型在研究样本中拟合良好。婚姻回忆风格通过婚姻质量与心理健康显著相关。具体而言，发现强迫性婚姻回忆风格与婚姻质量呈负相关，而婚姻质量又与心理健康呈正相关。此外，叙事性婚姻回忆风格与婚姻质量呈正相关，而婚姻质量又与心理健康呈正相关。
这些结果强调了培养积极的婚姻回忆风格（如叙事性婚姻回忆风格）对于提高婚姻关系中的婚姻质量和心理健康的重要性。
