Background: Psychological factors affecting marital adjustment have been considered by researchers in two intrapersonal approaches such as personality traits and interpersonal approaches such as couples interaction. In the field of couples interaction, research has shown that sexual self-disclosure which leads to greater desire and satisfaction with a women’s mental arousal communication exchange skills which ultimately leads to more adjustment between couples. Therefore, can more social exchange be effective as a mediator between self-disclosure and adjustment of couples?
Aims: Present study aimed to predict marital adjustment based on sexual self- disclosure and psychological needs: mediating social exchange in women with early marriage.
Methods: Method was descriptive- correlation. Participants were married women with early marriage in Markazi province. 270 participants selected by snowball sampling and completed scales of Spanier’s (1976) dyadic adjustment, Snell & et al, s (1997) sexual self- disclosure and Libman & et al, s (1997) social exchange. Data were analyzed by Pearson’s correlation and SEM. findings indicated that self-disclosure in sex behaviour, sex preference, sex affect and sex attitude significantly predict marital adjustment of married women with early marriage (P<0.01).
Results: The results of Bootstrap test showed that social exchange can significantly mediate on predicting of marital adjustment based on sexual self-disclosure (P<0.01). social exchange indirectly effect on the relationship between sexual self- disclosure and marital adjustment. In order to promote marital adjustment of married women with early marriage, it is suggested to pay attention to sexual self-disclosure skill and perception of social exchange in women.
Conclusion: The modification of social exchange of women through training and counseling is suggested.