The investigation of personality and emotional determinants in individual attitudes toward life and marital relationship, due to its key role in physical and psychological well-being, has been the object of various research. This research was conducted with the goal of studying the core self-evaluation as a personality trait, on the one hand, and loneliness as an emotional variable, to predict life satisfaction and marital satisfaction in married women. The reseach method is correlation. To this end, 150 participants were selected by convenient sampling from Tehran city. The assessment tools include Loneliness Scale, Relationship Assessment Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale and Core Self-evaluation Questionnaire. The result of administrating the Pearson's correlation test and analysis of stepwise regression showed a strong positive correlation between core self-evaluation, life and marital satisfaction, and strong negative correlation between loneliness, life and marital satisfaction in married women (P≤0.001). Also, the role of core self-evaluation and loneliness in relation with family and friends to predict life and martial satisfaction was confirmed. Strengthening positive stable components of personality in forms of counseling, intervention and treatment is effective in the beginning and continuation of a successful marriage.

Background: Several studies have pointed to the relationship between core self- evaluation and life satisfaction, but the current research question is whether goal self-concordance and cognitive emotion regulation can affect the relationship between core self- evaluation and life satisfaction? Aims: This study aimed to examine the mediating effect of goal self-concordance and cognitive emotion regulation in the relationship between core self- evaluation and life satisfaction. Method: Based on a structural equation modeling correlation design, 280 (118 male, 162 female) Islamic Azad University graduate student were selected via multistage sampling and responded to the Core Self-Evaluation Scale (Judge et al, 2003), the Satisfaction With Life Scale (Diener et al, 1985) and the Goal Self-Concordance Scale (Sheldon & Elliot, 1998) and the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Garnefski & Kraaij, 2006). Results: Results indicated that the correlation between core self-evaluation, gole self-concordance, cognitive-emotional regulation and life satisfaction was positive and significant (P<0/01). Furthermore, goal self-concordance and cognitive emotion regulation played a mediating role in the relationship between core self-evaluation and life satisfaction (P<0/01). Conclusions: Therefore, it can be concluded that core self-evaluation plays an important role in increasing students life satisfaction by influencing goal self-concordance and cognitive emotion regulation.