ORIGINAL ARTICLE Received 27 July. 2019 Accepted 9 September. 2020 Vol. 6, Issue 4, 168-179, 2020 Iranian Journal of Positive Psychology ISSN: 2423-6985 ijpp.worldofresearches.com 168 October, 2020 Investigating the Relationship between Cognitive Flexibility and Spiritual Intelligence with Marital Satisfaction in Married Students Mohammad Jamshidi *1 , Yazdan Zarkhani 2 , Mohammad Javad Azizian 3 , Milad Ghazanfari 4 1. Master of Educational Psychology, Baakhtar Higher Education institute, Ilam, Iran. 2. Bachelor of Counseling and Counseling, Shahid Modares University, Ilam, Iran. 3. Bachelor of Consulting, Trend of Educational Activity of Shahid Modarres, Ilam, Iran. 4. Bachelor of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, Shahid Modarres Branch, Ilam, Iran. A B S T R A C T The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between cognitive flexibility and spiritual intelligence with marital satisfaction in married students. The statistical population was all students of Islamic Azad University in the academic year of 2017-2018, in which 100 students were randomly selected and tested. To collect data, three cognitive flexibility questionnaires (CFI), Dennis and Vanderwall, the Innovative Spiritual Intelligence et al. The research method is descriptive-correlational. The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between cognitive flexibility and spiritual intelligence. Also, there was no correlation between spiritual intelligence with marital satisfaction and cognitive flexibility with marital satisfaction, meaning that there is no relationship between cognitive flexibility and spiritual intelligence with marital satisfaction. The predictive role of cognitive flexibility and spiritual intelligence in marital satisfaction was also identified. Keywords: Cognitive Flexibility, Spiritual Intelligence, Marital Satisfaction. INTRODUCTION Marital satisfaction is one of the most important factors affecting women's health and marital satisfaction is one of the most important indicators of life satisfaction(Tavakol, Nikbakht Nasrabadi, Behboodi Moghadam, Salehiniya, & Rezaei, 2017), which affects mental health, life satisfaction and even income, academic success and job satisfaction of couples. On the other hand, incompatibility in couples' relationships disrupts social relationships, tends to social deviations and the decline of cultural values between husband and wife. One of the things that may affect women's satisfaction is spiritual intelligence. They also benefit from the emotional intelligence found in some high-grade mammals. Zohar and Marshall introduced spiritual intelligence as a new dimension of human intelligence, which they believe is the ultimate intelligence and is used to solve conceptual and value problems. Research shows that religious beliefs, rituals, and commitments are associated with positive outcomes such as improved quality of life, well-being, physical and mental health, marital satisfaction, and sustainable living and positive performance(Dilmaghani, 2018; Seybold & Hill, 2001). * . Corresponding Author: Mohammadjamshidi9926@gmail.com DOI: In prossing To cite this article: Jamshidi, M., Zarkhani, Y., Azizian, M. J., Ghazanfari, M. (2020). Investigating the Relationship between Cognitive Flexibility and Spiritual Intelligence with Marital Satisfaction in Married Students. Iranian Journal of Positive Psychology, 6 (4), 168-179.