Marriage Satisfaction

this research addresses the following objectives:
1. To examine the relationship between resilience and marriage satisfaction among parents of children with special needs.
2. To determine whether psychological flexibility mediates the relationship between resilience and marriage satisfaction.
3. To explore potential gender differences in the relationships among resilience, psychological flexibility, and marriage satisfaction.
Based on previous literature and theoretical frameworks, we propose the following hypotheses:
H1: Resilience will be positively associated with marriage satisfaction among PCDDs
H2: Psychological flexibility will mediate the relationship between resilience and marriage satisfaction, such that higher resilience will be associated with greater psychological flexibility, which in turn will be related to higher marriage satisfaction.
H3: The structural relationships among resilience, psychological flexibility, and marriage satisfaction will be similar across gender groups, though the levels of these variables may differ between mothers and fathers of children with developmental disabilities.
H4: When controlling for demographic variables such as age and duration of marriage, the mediating role of psychological flexibility in the relationship between resilience and marriage satisfaction will remain significant.
These hypotheses will be tested using Bayesian structural equation modeling (BSEM), which offers several advantages over traditional frequentist approaches, including more accurate parameter estimates with uncertainty quantification and greater robustness to violations of normality. The findings will have implications for developing interventions aimed at enhancing psychological flexibility and marriage satisfaction among PCDDs.
Data for the article "The Mediating Role of Psychological Inflexibility in the Relationship Between Resilience and Marriage Satisfaction Among Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilities: A Multigroup Bayesian Structural Equation Modeling Approach".

本研究围绕以下研究目标展开：
1. 考察特殊需要儿童父母的心理韧性（resilience）与婚姻满意度（marriage satisfaction）之间的关联。
2. 探明心理灵活性（psychological flexibility）是否在心理韧性与婚姻满意度的关系中发挥中介作用。
3. 探索心理韧性、心理灵活性与婚姻满意度三者间的关系是否存在显著的性别差异。

基于既有文献与理论框架，本研究提出如下假设：
H1：发育障碍儿童父母（Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilities，PCDDs）的心理韧性与婚姻满意度呈正相关。
H2：心理灵活性将在心理韧性与婚姻满意度的关系中发挥中介作用，即更高水平的心理韧性与更高的心理灵活性相关，而更高的心理灵活性又与更高的婚姻满意度相关。
H3：尽管发育障碍儿童的父母中，母亲与父亲在各变量的水平上存在差异，但心理韧性、心理灵活性与婚姻满意度三者间的结构关系在不同性别群体中保持一致。
H4：在控制年龄、婚龄等人口统计学变量（demographic variables）后，心理灵活性在心理韧性与婚姻满意度关系中的中介作用仍将保持显著。

本研究将采用贝叶斯结构方程模型（Bayesian Structural Equation Modeling，BSEM）对上述假设进行检验，该方法相较于传统频次学派方法（frequentist approaches）具备多项优势，包括可实现带有不确定性量化的更精准参数估计，以及对正态性假设违背的更强鲁棒性。

本研究结果可为旨在提升发育障碍儿童父母心理灵活性与婚姻满意度的干预方案开发提供参考依据。
本研究对应的论文标题为：《发育障碍儿童父母群体中心理僵化（psychological inflexibility）在心理韧性与婚姻满意度关系中的中介作用：多组贝叶斯结构方程模型方法》