Examining the Relationship Between Marital Adjustment, Stress Coping Styles, and Sexual Satisfaction Variables in Married Individuals During the Covid-19 Pandemic

  ABSTRACT: The Covid-19 epidemic which emerged in the last period of 2019 quickly affected the whole world, and many social and family problems that it brought with it attract attention. In line with the conditions brought by the pandemic, it has been observed that many domestic problems have occurred as a result of the increase in the time people stay at home with their families. At this point, studies that deal with family-related dynamics as a result of the stress caused by the Covid-19 epidemic attract attention and their number is increasing day by day. In this study, it is aimed to examine the relationship between marital adjustment, coping styles and sexual satisfaction variables in married individuals during the Covid-19 epidemic. The sample of this study consists of 178 married individuals aged between18-60 and over who agreed to participate in the study. It was given to working group that sociodemographic form, marital adjustment scale, coping styles scale and sexual satisfaction scale. The obtained data were analyzed using the SPSS 25.0 package program. Parametric and non-parametric tests, correlation analysis and regression analysis were used in the analysis of the data. In line with the findings, it was determined that there was a relationship between the marital adjustment and sexual satisfaction levels of the couples. While the marital adjustment and sexual satisfaction levels of the participants differ according to variables such as age, education level, spouse employment status, type of marriage, the condition of having children, duration of marriage and dating duration. Marital adjustment also differs on the basis of monthly income. The ways of coping with stress of the participants also differ significantly according to the type of marriage and the duration of marriage. Finally, it was found that marital adjustment predicted participants’ sexual satisfaction.

Keywords: Marital adjustment, sexual satisfaction, coping styles with stress