Examination of romantic relationship beliefs and relationship satisfaction through early maladaptive schemas

The aim of this study is to examain how early incompatible schemes affect relationship belief and relationship satisfaction and with schemes play an instrumental role. The sample of the study consisted of 457 people, 313 girls and 144 boys. 210 of these people are lovers, 38 are engaged, and 209 are married.. No restrictions were imposed on the educational status of participants. Demographic information form Young schema scale – Short Form 3, relationship beliefs scale and relationship satisfaction scale were applied online to the participants. Abstract First, relationship satisfaction and demographic relationship were studied. Independent groups t-test and one-way anova were applied. According to this assessment, a significant difference in the type of romantic relationship and duration of the relationship was observed. Manova analysis was used to examine relationship beliefs according to demographic variables. A significant difference was found when evaluating gender, age, education and duration of their relationship. The relationship between relationship satisfaction, relationship beliefs, and early adjustment patterns was evaluated by pearson correlation. Looking at the relationship between relationship beliefs of relationship satisfaction, we must be completely open and honest with each other, and it has been concluded that the sub-dimensions of romantic idealism positively influence each other. A study of the relationship between early incompatible schemes and relationship satisfaction shows that relationship satisfaction decreases as scores obtained from early incompatible schemes increase. Another important result is that all other schemes, except the failure scheme, positively affect relationship beliefs. The results of the research were discussed in the light of the relevant literature, and information was made about their contribution to the field and their limitations.