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Family is the most important pillar of a society, whose stability requires the couples’ commitment to each other. Difficulties and disagreements in married life are natural and how to resolve these conflicts can cause either stability or instability of the couples’ life. This descriptive-correlational study was conducted to investigate the predictive role of conflict resolution styles in marital commitment. The population included all married staff working in Farabi hospital in Tehran. Among all, 221 participants were selected through random sampling method based on the sample size formula. To collect data, the marital commitment questionnaire and the Rahim organizational conflict inventory-B were used. The results showed that there was a significant correlation between the constructive and non-constructive conflict resolution styles and the marital commitment and conflict resolution styles predict about 14% of changes in marital commitment that is statistically significant. By teaching the conflict resolution styles to couples, we can indirectly increase their marital commitment in addition to helping them solve their conflicts.

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Type of Study: Orginal Article | Subject: ● Psychosocial Health
Received: 2014/09/20 | Accepted: 2014/10/18 | Published: 2016/08/27

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