Marital satisfaction, problem-solving skills, coping with stress and duration of marriage examination

This research is based on marital satisfaction and problem-solving skills, coping with stress and to investigate the relationship between duration of marriage. The research was made with a total of 323 participants, 183 women and 140 men, living in different country of Turkey. There are three scales used by the researcher: ?Personal Information Form? formed by the researcher to specify the demographic details Marital Satisfaction Scale, the Problem Solving Inventory, Attitudes of Coping with Stress Inventory. The independent variables of the research is duration of marriage. The dependent variables of the research is marital satisfaction. The intermediate variables of the research are problem solving and stress management interventions. As analysis of data fetched from the research, Spearman Correlation, t-test, ANOVA, Mann Whitney-U, Kruskal Wallis-H and Scheffe were used. As a result of the statistical analysis a significant relationship is found between age, having children, income level and marital traumatic events, problem solving skills, coping with stress and a significant association with the duration of marriage and marital satisfaction. These relations were explained in detail by using tables and explanations. KeyWords Marital Satisfaction, Problem Solving, Coping with Stress.