Relationship between values and marital satisfaction

Bugaeva Anna Mikhailovna

The article is devoted to one of the urgent problems of studying the family based on family values and satisfaction with marriage. A brief review of scientific research conducted by the author showed that at the present stage of development of psychological science and practice, it is necessary to consider the issue of the relationship between values and satisfaction with marriage. Having studied the essence of the problem, the author monitored the relationship between values and satisfaction with marriage, the purpose of which was to study the relationship between satisfaction with marriage and individual and family values in men and women who are married. The monitoring was carried out in several stages. At the first stage, the author investigated the nature of the relationship between certain spheres of life. As a methodology for measuring the nature of the ratio of certain areas of life, as a value, with their availability in implementation, the methodology "The level of ratio of" value "and" availability "in various spheres of life was used. In the second step, the author measured family values. A test questionnaire by A.N. Volkova "Role expectations and ambitions in marriage." At the third stage, the author identified the level of satisfaction with marriage among men and women. To identify the level of satisfaction with marriage in men and women, a test questionnaire of satisfaction with marriage was used (V.V. Stolin, T.L. Romanova, G.P. Butenko). Statistical data processing was carried out - Pearson's correlation analysis method between the results of the methodology “the level of correlation of “value” and “availability”, “ROP” and the test questionnaire “satisfaction with marriage” in two groups (men and women). The last stage of the study was to identify the relationship between indicators of family values of men and women in marriage with the level of satisfaction with marriage. The results of the study are beyond doubt, as they are confirmed by a complex of scientific research methods.

Keywords:family, family values, satisfaction with marriage, expectations and claims in marriage.