Influence of Level of Self-Differentiation on Marital Satisfaction and Solution of Marriage Conflicts
Park, Ji-Young
Department of Social Welfare
The Graduate School of Social Welfare, Catholic University of Daegu
(Supervised by Professor Je, Seok...
Influence of Level of Self-Differentiation on Marital Satisfaction and Solution of Marriage Conflicts
Park, Ji-Young
Department of Social Welfare
The Graduate School of Social Welfare, Catholic University of Daegu
(Supervised by Professor Je, Seok-Bong)
(Abstract)
The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of married males and females level of self-differentiation on marital satisfaction and solution of marriage conflicts and to clarify the influence of the subfactors of self-differentiation on marital satisfaction and solution of marriage conflicts.
This study set the following research questions for this purpose.
Research question 1: Does the level of self-differentiation influence marital satisfaction?
Research question 1-1: Which factor of self-differentiation influence marital satisfaction the most?
Research question 2: Does the level of self-differentiation influence the solution of marriage conflicts?
Research question 2-1: Which factor of self-differentiation influence the solution of marriage conflicts the most?
The subjects of this study were 400 married men and women in Daegu, Gyeongbuk and Gyeongnam (148 male; 155 female) and the types of tests implemented were frequency analysis, technical statistics analysis, analysis of variance (ANOVA), Pearson correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis. The tools of measurement were self-differentiation index, marriage satisfaction scale, and conflict and problem solving scales.
The following summarizes the findings of this study:
First, the average level of self-differentiation of the above subjects was slightly higher than normal. In terms of subfactors, family projection was the highest, followed by cognitive functions vs. emotional functions, emotional isolation, family degeneration, and integration of ego.
Second, the average marital satisfaction of the above subjects was slightly above average. In terms of subfactors, satisfaction was higher for men and for women.
Third, the average solution of marriage conflicts of married men was slightly below average. In terms of subfactors, cooperation type was slightly above average, followed by verbal attack type, avoiding type, and physical attack type.
Fourth, the average solution of marriage conflicts of married women was slightly below average. In terms of subfactors, cooperation type was slightly above average, followed by avoiding type, physical attack type, and verbal attack type.
Fifth, the correlation between self-differentiation and marital satisfaction showed a positive correlation.
Sixth, the influence of each subfactor of self-differentiation on marital satisfaction was examined, and the correlation between family projection and emotional isolation was not statistically significant. However, it showed significant positive correlations with other subfactors of self-differentiation - cognitive functions vs. emotional functions, family degeneration, and integration of ego.
Seventh, the correlation between self-differentiation and solution of marriage conflicts also showed a positive correlation.
Eighth, the influence of each subfactor of self-differentiation on solution of marriage conflicts was examined, and the correlation between integration of ego and family projection were not statistically significant. However, self-differentiation showed significant negative correlations with cognitive functions vs. emotional functions and emotional isolation, and a significant positive correlation with family degeneration.
The importance of self-differentiation in marital satisfaction and solution of marriage conflicts was identified based on the above results. Also, the findings of this study provide information for marriage relationships to function better by analyzing the influence of each subfactor of self-differentiation on marital satisfaction and solution of marriage conflicts. This study is particularly significant in that it emphasized the importance of self-differentiation development to improve married males and females marital satisfaction and solve conflicts in desirable manners and proved its contribution.