The relationship between the style of secure attachment and marital satisfaction in married individuals

In recent years, attachment styles, which have been found to have significant effects on spouse selection and marital satisfaction, have also been the subject of psychology in recent years. There are studies showing that relationship satisfaction differs according to attachment styles of individuals. Therefore, within the scope of the research, the relationship between marital satisfaction and attachment styles will be emphasized. It is aimed to answer the questions about the effects of these areas on each other, whether they affect each other or not, which one affected more. The research was modeled according to the relational screening model. The population of the research consists of male and female participants who reside in the city center of Istanbul in 2021, have been married for more than 1 year and have no children. With the random sampling technique, the way of choosing the sample to represent the universe was followed. The sample of this research, on the other hand, consists of 269 male and female individuals who participated on a voluntary basis. "Marriage Satisfaction Scale" was used to measure marital satisfaction of married individuals, and "Relationship Scales Questionnaire" was used to test secure attachment, one of the attachment styles. The data of the research were analyzed using SPSS 24.0 package program. In the analysis of the data of the study, the t-test independent of parametric tests was used in comparisons between two variables in the data showing normal distribution, and the ANOVA test was used in the comparison of more than two groups. In the data that did not show normal distribution, Mann Whitney U-test, which is one of the non-parametric tests, was used in comparisons of two groups, and Kruskal-Wallis test was used in case of more than two groups. The relationship between the variables in the study was tested with the Pearson correlation analysis method. When the results of the research were evaluated, significant relationships were found between the level of secure attachment, which is one of the attachment styles, and marital satisfaction. In addition, significant differences were found between demographic characteristics, which are the independent variables of the research, and between secure attachment and marital satisfaction.