Author(s): D. Anas Saleh AL-Dalaeen
The current study aimed to reveal the predictive capacity of neurotic perfectionism and emotional sensitivity to moral anxiety among newlyweds in Karak Province. To achieve the objectives of the study, a sample of (155) newlyweds was selected, and the study measures were developed: moral anxiety, neurotic perfectionism, and emotional sensitivity, and their psychometric characteristics were verified. The results of the study concluded that the level of moral anxiety, neurotic perfectionism and emotional sensitivity was moderate. It was also found that there is a correlation between neurotic perfectionism and emotional sensitivity on the one hand and moral anxiety on the other hand. The results revealed that neurotic perfectionism and emotional sensitivity predict a percentage (81%) of moral anxiety, and show that there are differences in moral anxiety, neurotic perfectionism and emotional sensitivity amongst married women. The study recommends the need to reduce moral anxiety, neurotic perfectionism and emotional sensitivity of married women.