Saima Ahmad Din, Amina Muazzam.
Obesity and marital relationship: the mediating role of coping.
Khyber Med Uni Med J Jan ;14(3):163-8.

OBJECTIVE: To find out the mediating role of coping between factors of obesity and marital relationship in women with obesity. METHODS: This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted from May to November 2019 at various universities (Lahore College for Women University, Riphah International University, and University of Central Punjab) and hospitals (Services Hospital, Jinnah Hospital and Shalimar Hospital) of Lahore, Pakistan. Sample (n=400) was collected through Purposive sampling technique. Overeating Situations Scale, big five personality inventory, relationship satisfaction inventory, brief coping response inventory along demographic form were administered on the sample. Data was analyzed through Path analysis using AMOS-20 RESULTS: Majority (n=213/400; 53.25%) of participants were working in private-sector, 216/400 (54%) were teachers and 54% (n=184/400) were doctors. Participants ranged in age from 25-50 years. Forty-five percent (n=180) had 1-5 years’ duration of marriage. Path analysis revealed that the structural path from reappraisal coping to openness to experience and from extraversion to the marital relationship has a positive direct effect. It can also be seen that the structural path from emotional, psychological, and cognitive factors to marital relationship and from disengagement coping to the marital relationship have direct significant negative, whereas from reappraisal coping to marital relationship show a direct positive effect. Coping showed two indirect paths to marital relationship: the path mediated by reappraisal coping to marital relationship and disengagement coping marital relationship. CONCLUSION: Mediating effect of coping revealed that women who use reappraisal coping enjoy better marital life as compared to the women who use disengagement type of coping.

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