Objectives: The study aims to detect the relationship between gratitude and marital satisfaction among married women in the city of Riyadh, reveal the relationship between mindfulness and marital satisfaction among married women in Riyadh, and identify the relative contribution of both gratitude and mindfulness in predicting marital satisfaction among married women in Riyadh.
To achieve the objectives, the descriptive relational predictive approach was used, with a study sample of married women selected in a stratified random way from the beneficiaries of the King Salman Social Center and the Mawaddah and Rahma Center for Psychological and Family Counseling.
The gratitude scale used was prepared by [1], the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire prepared by [2] and translated into Arabic by [3], and the marital satisfaction scale was prepared by [4]. Results: The study revealed that both gratitude and mindfulness contributed to predicting marital satisfaction among married women in Riyadh by The results also showed a positive correlation between gratitude and marital satisfaction, as well as a direct correlation between mindfulness and marital satisfaction among married women in Riyadh.
Recommendations: The study provided several recommendations, including highlighting the role of gratitude and mindfulness in the marital relationship. Family and marriage counseling centers should focus on raising the level of gratitude and mindfulness among married women to help them achieve a greater degree of marital satisfaction. The family is the basic structure on which society is based and is considered the common denominator between human beings on their cultural, religious, and geographical differences, its formation is based on marriage legislated by Allah - Almighty - to be succeeded humanity and the stability of married life is one of the goals that the individual is keen on because of the positive effects that extend to the family as a whole [ 5 ], and according to The statistics shown by the Saudi General Authority for Statistics related to marriage and divorce for the year , the total number of marriage contracts reached , contracts, which increased from by 9.
The theory of Algoe [ 10 ] Find- Remind and Bind refers to a new and different role of gratitude, which illustrates how gratitude strengthens reciprocal relationships, as it assumes that positive feelings of gratitude are based on strengthening the relationship with the partner.
