Abstract:
This study examines the relationship between conflict resolution styles and couple satisfaction among marital couples. Another aim of the research is to discover whether there are differences in this relationship depending on the gender. The sample consisted of 74 subjects (37 women and 37 men) who formed marital couples. The results showed that strategies such as confrontation and compromise are associated with a low level of marital satisfaction in both women and men, and collaboration is very close to the significance threshold for a positive correlation with marital satisfaction only in the case of men. Avoidance was negatively associated with satisfaction among women, whereas the same correlation was found in the men’s group but was not statistically significant. Couple adaptation did not correlate with marital satisfaction for either group. It was also found that, compared to men, women's marital satisfaction is more negatively affected by strategies such as confrontation and compromise.
