Examining the relationships between self-concept, marital satisfaction and early maladaptive schemas in married women

Schema theory has given central importance to the negative experiences of childhood in the formation of early maladaptive schemas. Early maladaptive schemas affect individuals' understanding of emotions, thoughts, behaviors and relationships in later life. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between marital satistaction, self-perception and early maladaptive schemas of married women. For this purpose, it is a reseach in descriptive desinged and desinged accorging to the relational scanning model. The sample group of this study consists of 394 women aged 24-65. Participants were female and married. Demographic Information Form, Young Schema Scale (YSS), Marital Satisfaction Scale(MSS) and Social Comparison Scale(SCS) were administered to the participants. IBM SPSS 25program was used to analyze the collected data. Independent Samples, T- Test and One – Way analysis of Variance (ANOVA)were used to determine the variation between groups. Pearson Correlation Coefficient and Multiple Linear Regression Analysis uniqueness were applied in the evaluation of the relations between the variables. It was seen that there is a significant correlation between marital satisfaction and early maladaptive schemas. In addition, there is a negative mid-scale correlation between self-perception and social isolation, defectiveness, emotional inhibition, enmeshment, abondonment, negativity, unrelating standards, vulnerability to harm, and approval. Beside this, there is a positive mid-scale correlation between Social Comparison Scale and Marital satisfaction Scale. In accordance with findings of this study, individuals' maladaptive schemas shown that the study will also important in terms of marital satisfaction and self-perception. It is recommended to repeat the study with larger samples, including married men. Keywords: Schema, Early Maladative Schemas, Marital Satisfaction, Self-Perception, Married Women