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MARRIAGE SATISFACTION AND THE QUALITY OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS OF YOUNG SPOUSES
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At present, the family institution is undergoing changes: new forms of marriage are being formed; the number of divorces is increasing. Matrimonial relations are dynamic, but the success of family life and the satisfaction of spouses with marriage are directly related to peculiarities of their interaction. The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship of marriage satisfaction with the character of interpersonal relations of spouses in their youth, and to create a model of relations to predict satisfaction with marriage. The theoretical foundations of the work made fundamental principles of psychology of relations, the ideas of humanistic psychology on the role of relations in personal development and well-being, and concepts of family psychology. The sample comprised 108 young people aged from 20 to 35 being in legal or civil marriage. The following methods were used in the study: 1) Marriage satisfaction test (Stolin, Romanova, Butenko), 2) questionnaire "Analysis of family anxiety" (Eidemiller, Yustitskis); 3) Scales of Liking and Loving (Rubin), 4) Partnership Questionnaire (Hahlweg); 5) questionnaire for measuring the degree of understanding, emotional attraction and respect of partners in marriage (Volkova). Correlation analysis revealed the relationship between the satisfaction with marriage and love, liking, conflict behavior, emotional attraction and respect. Satisfaction with marriage was not correlated with family anxiety, but it was associated with it through conflict behavior. To identify predictors of satisfaction with marriage we used the method of automatic linear modeling. The model includes love and respect (positive link), guilt, anxiety, conflict behavior, communication (negative correlation). The negative role of a high level of communication in the model of satisfaction with marriage was discussed. One of the limitations of the study was that only a part of the sample consisted of married couples, the other respondents were one from each couple. The results obtained can be used to develop a program of psychological assistance to spouses in the practical work of psychological centers, as well as in individual and group counseling to optimize interpersonal relations between spouses.
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