The Relationship between the Dark Triad of Personality and Early Maladaptive Schemas with Marital Burnout in Married Teachers of Dezful first period high schools.

The Relationship between the Dark Triad of Personality and Early Maladaptive Schemas with Marital Burnout in Married Teachers of Dezful first period high schools.

Mehran Mohebianfar1 ‎Mahdi Farajipak2 Amirali Rajani3 Zahra seyfi kordlar4

1) Corresponding Author: MSc in Family Counseling, Science and Research Branch Islamic Azad University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz Branch, Khuzestan, Iran.‎
2) Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Studies, Dezful Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dezful, Iran.
3) Master of Family Counseling, Islamic Azad University, Zarand Branch, Kerman, Iran.
4) The student of p.h.d of General psychology From lslamic Azad university Ardabil, Iran.

IOI Code : XDFZ-FDGZK
Publication : Psychotherapy(psthir.ir)
Abstract :
    The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the dark triad of personality and early maladaptive schemas with marital burnout in Married Teachers. The research design was descriptive and correlational.‎ The statistical population of the study consisted of all married high school teachers in Dezful city. Based on stratified random sampling, 217 married teachers including 132 married women and 85 married men were selected as the study sample. The research tools included Painez Marital Burnout (1996), short dark triple Jones and Paulhus (2014), and short form of the Young s Early Maladaptive Schema Questionnaire (1998). Finally, the data were analyzed using SPSS-21 software in two sections: descriptive (mean and standard deviation) and inferential (Pearson correlation test and regression analysis by repeated-measures and stepwise regression). Findings showed that there was a positive significant relationship between dark personality triangle and early maladaptive schemas with marital burnout (p <0.001). Also among the dark triangles of personality and early maladaptive schemas, antisocial personality, and disconnection and rejection schemas were the strongest predictors of marital burnout, which respectively explained 60% and 34% of marital burnout changes. Therefore, timely and appropriate interventions and training can be done to reduce marital burnout in couples by reducing dark triangles of personality and early maladaptive schemas, especially antisocial personality and disconnection and rejection schemas.

Keywords : marital burnout early maladaptive schemas dark personality triangle