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The purpose of this study was to investigate demographic variables and empathy in predicting marital adjustment and to examine the difference between men and women in terms of empathy scores. Empathic Tendency Scale and Marital Adjustment Test were administered to 150 married peop/e (75 women and 75 men). Hierarchical regression analysis indicated that empathy significantly predicted the marital adjustment, so empathy and relationship guaiity are positively associated. İn addition, t test result yielded that empathy scores were not significantly different in terms of gender. The findings were discussed in the context of literatüre.

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