The effect of married individuals' attachment styles and methods to deal with stress on marital adjustment

This study aims to examine the effect of married individuals' attachment styles and methods to deal with stress on marital adjustment. This research consists of totally 200 married individuals of whom 100 were women and 100 were men. The participants live in Istanbul. The data of the research was collected by putting into practice to only one of the couples. Personal Information Form, The Ways to Deal with Stress Scale, The Couple Adjustment Scale and Relationship Assessment Scales were applied these married individuals. SPSS 21.0 program was used for the statistical analysis of the research data. During the statistical analysis of the research data; descriptive statistical methods (Frequency, Percentage, Average, Standard Deviation), the Chi-square analysis, the t-test and Pearson Product Moment are used for the analysis of continuous data. Based on the findings of the research, it has been observed that there are significant differences between two variables: marriage adjustment and sex. Similarly, there is a significant relation between marriage adjustment and the methods to deal with stress and having problems in marriage. It is found that there is a significant relation between marriage adjustment and the methods to deal with stress and abiding near family. Significant relations have been found between marriage adjustment and the methods to deal with stress and abiding near spouse's family. When looking at the relationship between scales, there is a significant relation between Relationship Assessment Scale and The Ways to Deal with Stress Scale. Moreover, it is found that there is a significant relation between Relationship Assessment Scales and The Couple Adjustment Scale. Keywords: Marriage, Marriage Adjustment, Attachment Styles, Stress, Dealing With Stress