Marital satisfaction is one of the most important factors in making progress in one’s life and achieving life’s goals. The role of communication in maintaining healthy and prolonged marital relationships is important. One of the internal psychological factors that play a role in marital satisfaction and the relationships of couples is early maladaptive schemas. Hence, this study investigated the effects of early maladaptive schemas and the communication styles of couples in predicting marital satisfaction among married students of Zanjan Azad University. A sample of ۹۳ individuals was selected by convenience sampling method and evaluated by Enrich marital satisfaction scale questionnaire (EMS) (Olson, ۱۹۸۹), Young early maladaptive schemas short-form (YSQ-SF) (Young, ۱۹۹۸), and couple’s communication styles questionnaire (CPQ) (Christensen and Sullaway, ۱۹۸۴). The information obtained from the samples was analysed by SPSS ۲۲ software. Independent T test, Pearson correlation, and regression analysis were also used. The results showed a significant and negative correlation between subjugation schema (r = -۰,۶۸), failure schema (r = -۰.۵۲), and the total score of early maladaptive schema with marital satisfaction (r = -۰.۵۵). There was a significant and positive correlation between the mutual constructivist pattern (r = ۰.۹۱), negative and significant correlation between avoidance pattern (r = -۰.۷۸), and demand/withdraw pattern with marital satisfaction (r = -۰.۶۶). The total score of maladaptive schemas (p

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of training in positive psychology on quality of married women’s life referring to family centers in Isfahan, Iran. It was also taken into account the moderating effect of spiritual intelligence using a quasi-experimental method by selecting two groups (an experimental group and a control one) with pretest, post-test, and a follow-up stage. The population of interest comprised of all married women seeking family counseling throughout the Isfahan city. Thirty (۳۰) people from the above population were selected using the convenience sampling method.  Then these people were randomly divided into two groups of fifteen (۱۵), which one was called experimental and the other one control group.  The research tools used for this study included the WHO’s ۲۶-question questionnaire on quality of life (۱۹۹۸) and King’s ۲۴-question questionnaire on spiritual intelligence (۲۰۰۸). A training course on positive psychology was held for the experimental group. This course consisted of ten sessions by weekly and each session was ۹۰-minutes. The control group did not participate in any training sessions. Findings from covariance analysis revealed that training for positive psychology had significant effect on increasing married women’s quality of life in the post-test period (p < ,۰۵). However, this observation was not seen during follow-up period. Likewise, the spiritual intelligence as a moderating variable was found to increase the degree at which conducting training on positive psychology affected the quality of life among married women within post-test and follow-up stages (p < .۰۵).