Abstract:

This study aims to examine the mediating role of dyadic adjustment in the relationship between self-differentiation and marital quality in married women. The participants of the study consist of 304 women selected by convenience sampling method. A Personal Information Form, Differentiation of Self Scale, Renewed Couple Adjustment Scale, and Marriage Quality Scale were used as data collection tools. Data analysis was carried out with SPSS 22 and AMOS 23 programs. The fit values of the model established in the study showed a perfect fit (X2/sd=1.348, NFI=.994, CFI=.998, IFI=.998, RMSEA=.034). In the subsequent correlation analysis, a significant and positive relationship was observed between the predictor variables and the predicted variables (p<.01). Regression analysis revealed that differentiation of self significantly predicted marital quality (β= .46, p<.01). It was observed that the effect of the differentiation of self (independent variable) on the quality of marriage (dependent variable (β= .46, p<.01), decreases with the inclusion of the mediator variable which is dyadic adjustment in the model (β=.12, p<.01). Thus, that dyadic adjustment was found have a mediating role in the relationship between the differentiation of the self and the marital quality. The results were discussed in light of the literature.

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