Abstract
<p style="text-align:justify">The aim of this study is to investigate the moderating effects of attachment styles and gender on the predictive strength of marital adjustment on psychological symptoms among Turkish married individuals. Correlational model was used and the sample consisted of 178 married individuals. The data was gathered through online survey. The Turkish form of Brief Symptom Inventory (BFI) was used to measure psychological symptoms. The Turkish form of Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) was used to measure marital adjustment and the Turkish form of Relationship Scales Questionnaire (RSQ) was used to measure attachment styles. The hypothetical model was formed and tested through path analysis technique of structural equational modeling. Results showed that secure, dismissing and fearful attachment styles and gender moderated the predictive strength of marital adjustment on psychological symptoms. It was found that the relationship between marital adjustment and psychological symptom is stronger among individuals who have secure attachment style.</p>
Highlights
The quality of marital relationships and the experiences in marriage affect couples' psychological health (Jabamelian, 2011)
The independent variable of the model is determined as marital adjustment and the dependent variable is determined as psychological symptoms
The correlations between marital adjustment, psychological symptoms, gender, age, years of marriage, total income and the number of children were analyzed within the study
Summary
The quality of marital relationships and the experiences in marriage affect couples' psychological health (Jabamelian, 2011). The marital problems, conflicts, adjustment issues and lack of communication may cause depression and anxiety disorders (Hafner & Spence 1988; Kim 2012; Whitton & Whisman 2010). The dyadic adjustment is an important factor related to the quality of marriage and psychological symptoms (Stack & Eslhman, 1998). The dyadic adjustment includes sharing the similar opinions about marriage in general and marital issues, it includes managing to solve problems as a couple, having marital satisfaction, feeling happiness of marriage together and evaluating positively about marriage (Erbek, Bestepe & Akar, 2005; Fisiloglu, 2001). There are some psychological agencies which directly affect the perception of dyadic adjustment and indirectly affect couples’ psychological health
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