M.A. Thesis:

the relationship between perfectionism and mindfulness with lntimacy in the family of married students of married students of islamic azad university sabzevar branch

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between perfectionism and mindfulness with family intimacy in married students. The present study is a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population included all married students of Sabzevar Azad University in the second 2019-2020 in which 150 people were selected as the sample by available sampling method. The instruments used in this study included: a) Alexis J, Walker and Linda Thompson (1983) Family Intimacy Questionnaire, b) Frost et al. (1991) Perfectionism Questionnaire and c) Kentucky Mindfulness Skills Questionnaire (2004). To test the research hypotheses, multivariate regression analysis with stepwise method and Pearson correlation were used. The results showed that positive perfectionism and mindfulness are able to predict family intimacy in married students. The results also show that there is a positive and significant relationship between personal criteria, organization and positive perfectionism with intimacy in the family at the level of 0.01. There is a negative and significant relationship between the total score of perfectionism and negative perfectionism with family intimacy at the level of 0.05. There is a positive and significant relationship between acceptance and i family intimacy at the level of 0.01. There is also a positive and significant relationship between the total score of mindfulness and family intimacy at the level of 0.05. It can be said that perfectionism and mindfulness should be considered in order to increase intimacy in the family.

Keywords: Keywords: perfectionism, mindfulness, family intimacy, married students