relationship between self-control and forgiveness with duration of marriage in couples

Introduction: this study aims to investigate the relationship between self-control and forgiveness with the duration of marriage in couples living in zanjan, iran.method: for this purpose, 384 individuals who had been married for one to four years were selected by available sampling method during 2021. tangney self-control (2004) and ehteshamzadeh interpersonal forgiveness (2009) questionnaires were used to collect the data. pearson correlation coefficient (r), one-way analysis of variance, and lsd post hoc test were utilized for data analysis.results: findings revealed a significant relationship between self-control and forgiveness in couples with one, two, three and four years (r = 0.29, 0.44, 0.47, 0.53) of marriage duration. considering this, as the duration of marriage increases, the relationship between self-control and forgiveness also increases in couples. therefore, self-control and forgiveness are effective in increasing the duration of marriage. in addition, in terms of marriage duration, there is no significant difference between couples’ self-control, while in terms of marriage duration, a significant difference was observed between couples’ forgiveness.conclusion: according to the findings of this study, paying attention to the self-control and forgiveness skills of couples and empowering them to increase these skills can provide a good basis for experiencing a durable marriage.