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Purpose: This research’s aim is to analyze the married individual’s problem solving and communication skills can predict the saturation of marriage or not. Method: This research design is a quantitative study in the correlational survey model. Data are analyzed with SPSS 24.0. Findings: When the simple linear correlation test was analyzed, it was seen that there was a positive and significant relationship between the saturation of the marriage and problem-solving skills. Between the marriage saturation and the sub-dimensions of the communication skills’ of the language that improve the ego, sub-dimensions of the self-knowledge- self-revelation, empathy and using the body language level were found a positive significant relationship. On the other hand, there was no significant relationship between marriage saturation and the sub-dimension of effective listening. When analyzed the multiple regression analysis, it was seen that problem-solving skills in marriage predict the saturation of the marriage significantly. At the same time, it was found that total scores of communication skills predict the saturation of the marriage significantly. On the other hand, it was seen that there were no separately significant effect sub-dimension of communication skills on the model. Originality: When the literature analyzed it can be found that there was research about marriage saturation but there was not any study that discusses both problems solving and communication skills. Because of that, it is thought that this research’s findings make a big contribution to marriage literature.

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