The relati̇onshi̇p between mari̇al conci̇nni̇ty and i̇ndi̇vi̇duali̇ty i̇n marri̇ed couples

The social change process, has the most effect on the family institution in parallel with industrialization, urbanization and modernization. The concept of family is discussed together with the concept of marriage. Marriage is the expression of two people of the opposite sex starting to live together as a result of a contract. The fact that the marriage institution, which constitutes the essence of the family concept, is based on harmony, love and respect, is an indicator of a healthy society that creates healthy families. In this study, it is tried to understand how the harmony in the marriage, which is thought to have an important place in the formation of healthy families, is related to the self-perception of individuals. For this purpose, after finding the conceptual framework of the subject, some findings were reached by discussing with married individuals. 300 married women and 100 men living in İstanbul were included in the study. The data of the study were collected by using the questionnaire, Marriage Compliance Scale and Social Comparison Scale, which were formed to understand socio-demographic profile. In the first part of the study, the aim of the study was to reveal the problem about the importance of self-perception in marital adjustment. In the second chapter, some conceptual explanations such as marriage, harmony in marriage, self-perception, self-harmony are mentioned. In the third part, while the information about the method of research is included; explanations related to the field research. The model of the study, universe, selected sample and data analysis are included in this section. In the fourth chapter, the findings obtained by using Independent Samples T-Test, ANOVA and Pearson Correlation Analysis are given. In the fifth chapter, the findings obtained at the end of the research are discussed in the light of the literature and some suggestions are given with emphasis on the results of the research. The findings of the study show that marital adjustment does not differ according to gender, education level, working status and marital status of parents, but it varies according to household monthly income level, marriage duration, marriage type, marriage status and having children. The results obtained in a similar way emphasize that self-esteem does not differ according to gender, age, education level, household monthly income level, working status and marital status of the parents, but varies according to the duration of marriage, type of marriage, the way of marriage and having a child. As a result, the findings show that there is a positive correlation between marital adjustment and self-perception. It was determined that the individuals who married in love have higher marriage adjusment and self-perception compared to the individuals who had logic marriage and that the individuals who met their spouses by flirting have higher marriage adjusment and self-perception than individuals who have arranged marriage. Keywords: Marriage Adjustment, Self Perception