The effect of sexuality levels of married individuals' value orientations on marriage adjustment

A study of the values of individuals, which is an important dimension in the formation and alteration of self, environment and world perceptions also allows us to understand their current manners and behavior, as well as to predict what kind of behaviors they will have in the future. From this point of view, the aim of this research is to determine what extent the marriage harmony is achieved and how the individual values of married couples and the gendered attitudes are connected to these values. The improvement and continuity of social peace is related to the harmony of marriage in the families where the individuals of good mental health, and therefore in the context of the variables that determine this harmony (Sex, age, educational conditions, working status, income status, marriage duration) and the level of interaction of spouses constitues their individual sexist attitudes and values. A total of 90 people, 45 (50%) female and 45 (50%) male, of 100 married individuals who reside in Istanbul were taken into consideration in the research. For data collection; The Demographic Information Form including the qualitative questions developed by the researcher was used together with the Portrait Values Questionnaire, the Conflicting Sense of Sexuality Scale and the Marital Harmony Questionnaire. In the findings; According to the marital status of the married couples, the values of the married couples did not differ in sex, age and educational status but they were observed in the value of openness. The gender role attitudes of married couples did not differ in terms of other demographic variables, but attitudes of the participants differed in the importance level of sex, education and income. Participants' level of marriage harmony differed significantly only in terms of the duration of marriage. According to qualitative findings, it was determined that the evaluations of men and women on marriage differed before and after marriage. It was observed that the views of the participants' marriage relations regarding the roles of women and men were expressed in different themes. The findigs were discussed in the context of related topic. Keywords: Values, Conflicting Sense of Sexism, Marriage Harmony.