Abstract:

This study was conducted to determine the predictive power of marital problem solving skills, marital satisfaction and locus of control on the subjective well being of married individuals. Subjective Well Being Scale, Marriage Life Scale, Internal-External Locus of Control Scale by Rotter, Marital Problem Solving Scale and The Personal Information Form which was designed by the researcher were used in this study. 317 married individuals (181 women, 136 men) from İzmir, Turkey, constituted the target sample. There was a prerequisite that the individuals participated in this study should be married at least one year with their spouses. In order to determine the predictive power of variables stepwise multiple regression analysis was conducted. The results of this study showed that; marital problem solving skills, marital satisfaction and locus of control were significant in predicting subjective well being of married individuals

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