The level of satisfaction with marriage and family relations in connection to the specifics of the value-semantic sphere of married couples

   The article is devoted to the study of the relationship between the level of satisfaction with marriage and family relations and the specifics of the value-semantic sphere of married couples.

   The novelty of the study lies in the consideration of the dependence of the matching profiles of the value and role spheres of married couples with the level of satisfaction with marriage.

   The Introduction analyzes scientific research on the problems of satisfaction with marital relations and the value-semantic sphere of people. The typologies of marriage and family relations and the psychological characteristics of spouses that affect marital satisfaction are considered. The findings obtained in the study are of practical value for the professional activities of a psychologist in the formation of recommendations for the development of new strategies for interaction in situations of conflict, both for the still emerging and for the formed family. The main research Methods were chosen: «Questionnaire of factors influencing satisfaction with marriage» (A. N. Prudnik, A. V. Grishina), the test questionnaire «Satisfaction with marriage» (V. V. Stolin, T. L. Romanova, G. P. Butenko), the technique «Communication in the family» (Yu. E. Aleshina, L. Ya. Gozman, E. M. Dubovskoy), the test «The values and purpose-in-life orientations» (D. A. Leontiev), the questionnaire «Role expectations and claims in marriage» (A. N. Volkova), as well as analysis of the obtained data using the statistical criterion of U-Mann-Whitney and correlation analysis. The Results of the comparative analysis made it possible to identify three groups of married couples: with high, medium and low levels of satisfaction with marriage. The study was made of the profiles of the value-semantic sphere of spouses. Correspondence of the values of each of the spouses was revealed and their influence on satisfaction with marriage was established. In the Discussion of the results, it was found that the leading value orientations of the spouses are: manageability, goals and the process of life, and satisfaction with marriage is influenced by the interestingness of the life of the spouses and the possibility of building it in accordance with their goals. Interrelations between value orientations and role expectations and claims of spouses were revealed. Statistically significant differences were obtained in the field of role distribution of expectations and claims of spouses with different levels of satisfaction with marriage.

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