The Relationship of Marital Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction with Spiritual Orientation: The Mediating Role of Sacrifice and Sensitivity

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to test the proposed structural model related to the mediating role of sensitivity andsacrifice on the relationship of marital satisfaction and life satisfaction with married individuals’ spiritual orientations.The research has been performed with a total of 454 married individuals living in Turkey, of which 280 (61.7%) arefemales and 174 (38.3%) are males. The Relationship Happiness Questionnaire, Satisfaction with Life Scale, SpiritualOrientation Scale, Sensitivity Scale, and Satisfaction with Sacrifice Scale have been used as the data collection tools.The programs SPSS 21.0 and AMOS 20.0 have been used in the data analyses. The structural model proposed in theresearch has been tested using the structural equation model. The fit-index values from the tested model have beendetermined to show good fit and the values to be statistically significant. As a result, the structural model establishedfor testing the mediating roles of sensitivity and sacrifice on the relationship of marital satisfaction and life satisfactionwith spiritual orientation has been verified; and sacrifice and sensitivity are seen to have a partial mediating role inthe model.