بررسی ارتباط بین استفاده از رسانه‌های اجتماعی با کیفیت روابط زناشویی در زوج‌های تازه‌ازدواج‌کرده: نقش میانجی سبک‌های دلبستگی و مدیریت تعارض

راضیه  رضائی; سعیده زمردی; سعید  نجارپوراستادی

Authors

Razieh Rezaei Department of Clinical Psychology, WT.C, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Author https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1378-8928
Saeedeh Zomorodi Department of Psychology, WT.C, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Corresponding author https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9338-9817
Saeed Najarpour Ostadi Department of Psychology, Shab.C., Islamic Azad University, Shabestar, Iran Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5704-9601

Keywords:

Social media use, quality of marital life, Love Lessons, Impression Management Lessons, Newly Married Spouses

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the association between social media use and marital relationship quality among newlywed couples, with particular emphasis on the mediating roles of attachment styles and conflict management. This applied study employed a descriptive-correlational design using structural equation modeling. The statistical population consisted of newlywed couples residing in Tehran in 2025 who had been married for no more than three years. Participants were recruited through convenience and voluntary sampling. Of the initial 315 participants, 15 incomplete or invalid questionnaires were excluded, leaving data from 300 participants for the final analysis. Data were collected using standardized measures of marital relationship quality, social media use, the Collins and Read Adult Attachment Scale, and Rahim’s Interpersonal Conflict Management Styles Inventory. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 29 and AMOS version 26 through Pearson correlation analysis, structural equation modeling with maximum likelihood estimation, and bootstrapping with 5,000 resamples to assess indirect effects. Social media use had a significant negative direct effect on marital relationship quality (B=-0.486, p=0.005) and a significant positive effect on attachment styles (B=0.360, p=0.010). Its effect on conflict management was negative and at the threshold of statistical significance (B=-0.242, p=0.050). Attachment styles did not significantly predict marital relationship quality (B=-0.042, p=0.722), whereas conflict management had a significant positive effect on marital relationship quality (B=0.307, p=0.003). Bootstrap analysis indicated a significant negative indirect effect of social media use on marital relationship quality through conflict management (β=-0.074, p<0.001). However, the indirect effect through attachment styles was not statistically significant (β=-0.015). Conflict management, unlike attachment styles, constitutes a significant mediating mechanism linking social media use to marital relationship quality. Accordingly, strengthening constructive conflict-management strategies and promoting healthy patterns of social media use may contribute to maintaining and improving relationship quality among newlywed couples.

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