examine the effect of difficulty in emotional regulation and jealousy on marital discontentmen

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of difficulty in emotional regulation and jealousy on marital discontentment and how marital discontent affects the level of difficulty in emotion regulation and jealousy increases. For this purpose, the relationships between socio-demographic variables (gender, education level, etc.) and dependent variables (marital dissatisfaction, difficulty in emotion regulation and jealousy) were examined; It was investigated whether there is a difference between the groups formed on the basis of socio-demographic variables (male-female, educational level, etc.) in terms of dependent variable levels. In addition, it was also examined whether marital discontent, difficulty in emotion regulation and jealousy were predictors. The research was carried out with the method of questionnaire. The validity and reliability study in Turkey was used to determine the marital discontentment levels of the participants, while the 'Marital Dissatisfaction Scale' prepared by Çelik (2013) was used, the 'Spouse Emotional Jealousy Scale' developed by Kızıldağ and Yıldırım (2017) to determine the participants' levels of jealousy, and finally "Emotion Regulation Difficulty Scale", which was conducted by Rugancı and Gençöz (2010), was used to measure the emotional regulation difficulties of the participants. The sample of the study consists of 350 married individuals living in İstanbul. Collected data were analyzed with SPSS 22 computer based statistics program. Crombach Alpha analysis was applied to determine whether the data are reliable or not. Inferential analyzes were made with the principal components method used in the study. According to the findings of the study, a moderate positive correlation was found between marital discontent and jealousy in married individuals. A moderate positive correlation was found between marital discontentment and difficulty in emotion regulation. Finally, it was found that there is a low positive correlation between jealousy and difficulty in emotion regulation.