Investigation of the relationship between cognitive flexibility and marital self-efficacy in married individuals

The purpose of this study is to analyse the relationship between cognitive flexibility and marital self-efficacy in married individuals. The study data was obtained from volunteers residing in Gaziantep province, consisting of 536 women and 237 men married individuals. For the collection of the data "Marital Self-Efficacy Scale", "Cognitive Flexibility Inventory" and "Personal Information Form" were used. During the analysis of the data, descriptive statistics along with T-Test, ANOVA, Simple Linear Regression Analysis methods, Pearson Correlation analysis were used and Scheffe Test was applied to determine the within-group variation. According to the findings of the study, a low level of positive correlation was found between cognitive flexibility and marital self-efficacy in married individuals. Analyses were made according to the points participants received to account for certain demographical variants. The findings of the analyses are as follows: Per gender, the self-efficacy level of married women are higher than the self-efficacy level of married men. Per age, the average self-efficacy level of married individuals vary in a meaningful way. According to this, the marital self-efficacy level goes down as the age goes up in married individuals. Per marriage age, the average self-efficacy level of married individuals vary in a meaningful way. According to this, individuals who got married between ages 18-24 and individuals who got married between ages 25-29 have a higher marital self-efficacy compared to individuals who got married under 17. Per the number of children, married individuals with more than four children have a higher self-efficacy than married individuals with only 1 child. In the study, no meaningful variance was found: (a) in the cognitive flexibility and marital self-efficacy averages of married individuals per level of education and income rate, (b) in the cognitive flexibility average per gender and age, and (c) in marital self-efficacy average per marriage duration and number of children. In addition, as a result of the study, it was found that cognitive flexibility in married individuals positively predicted self-efficacy in marriage.