FEATURES OF MARITAL SATISFACTION AND RESILIENCE IN WOMEN WITH DIFFERENT LENGTH OF FAMILY LIFE

Abstract

This study is devoted to the problem of manifestations of marital satisfaction and resilience
in women with different length of family life. Resilience is an integral formation that reflects a person's
abilities and their ability to withstand difficulties and stressful situations. Studying the differences and
relationships in manifestations of resilience and satisfaction with family relationships in women with
different lengths of family life allows us to consider the resource potential of the individual, which
ensures marital satisfaction. The study involved 100 women, forming two separate groups: 1) a
group of women with 2 to 5 years of married life experience, aged 22 to 35; 2) a group of women with
6 to 15 years of married life experience, aged 28 to 43. The following methods were used to obtain
empirical results: 1) Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire by Yu.E. Aleshina, L. Ya. Gozman and E.M.
Dubovskaya; 2) Psychological Well-Being Scale by K. Ryff (adapted by T.D. Shevelenkova, P.P.
Fesenko); 3) Hardiness Test by S. Maddy (adapted by D.A. Leontiev, E.I. Rasskazova). The Mann-
Whitney U-test and Spearman's rank correlation coefficient were used as statistical analysis methods.
The results of the study of psychological well-being showed that women with a marriage experience of
2 to 5 years are characterized by a significantly higher level of psychological well-being, as well as
environmental management, while women with a marriage experience of 6 to 15 years are
characterized by a significantly higher level of meaningfulness of life, as well as the indicator on the
scale of “person as an open system”. It has been established that women with a marriage experience
of 2 to 5 years are characterized by a significantly higher level of involvement, risk acceptance and
overall resilience. The study found that there is a relationship between marital satisfaction and
resilience. There are specific differences in the manifestations of psychological well-being, marital
satisfaction, and resilience in women with different lengths of family relationships. As a result of the
study, recommendations are presented for the development of resilience and marital satisfaction in
women with different length of family life.