Publication: Evlilik uyumu, mizah tarzı ve kaygı düzeyi arasındaki ilişki
Abstract
Bu araştırmanın amacı evli bireylerin evlilik uyumu, mizah tarzı ve kaygı düzeyi arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesidir. Örneklem, resmi ve özel kurumlarda çalışan, evliliği 1 ile 10 yıl arasındaki 225 gönüllü birey ve onların eşlerinden oluşmaktadır (N=450). Katılımcılara bilgi formu, Çift Uyum Ölçeği, Mizah Tarzı Ölçeği ve Spielberger Sürekli Kaygı Ölçeği uygulanmıştır. Evlilik uyumu, mizah tarzı ve kaygı düzeyinin katılımcıların sosyodemografik özelliklerine göre farklılaşıp farklılaşmadığı; iki gruptan oluşan bağımsız gruplarda t-testi, ikiden fazla grupta tek yönlü varyans analizi (ANOVA) kullanılarak incelenmiştir. Dağılımın normal olmadığı durumlarda Mann-Whitney U veya Kruskall Wallis Testi kullanılmıştır. Tek yönlü analizlerde çiftlerin evlilik uyumu üzerine istatistiksel olarak anlamlı etkisi saptanan değişkenlerin bağımsız etkisini saptayabilmek için MANOVA’nın bir grubu olan Genel Doğrusal Model uygulanmıştır. Mizah tarzının evlilik uyumu üzerine etkisini bulmak amacıyla, çiftler K-Means Cluster analizi kullanılarak olumlu ve olumsuz mizah tarzlarına göre dört gruba ayrılmışlardır. Genel grup analizleri sonucunda çiftlerin evlilik uyumuna anlamlı etkisi olan değişkenler; evlilikte ayrı kalınan süre olması, erkeğin kaygı durumu, erkeğin yaşı ve çiftin mizahi özellikleri olarak bulunmuştur. Olumlu mizah özelliklerinin yüksek olduğu çiftlerde evlilik uyum düzeyinin de yüksek olduğu bulunmuştur. Kadın ve erkek verilerinin ayrılmış olduğu korelasyon analizleri sonucunda; kadının evlilik uyumunu etkileyen değişkenler; evlilik süresince ayrı kalınan süre olması ve mizah tarzı olarak bulunmuştur. Erkeklerin evlilik uyumu üzerine yaş grupları ve kaygı durumunun anlamlı etkisi olduğu saptanmıştır. Mizah gruplarının erkeklerin evlilik uyumu üzerine etkisi anlamlı bulunmamakla beraber anlamlılık seviyesine yakındır. Araştırmadaki çiftlerde mizahi özelliklerinin yüksek olmasının evlilik uyumunu olumlu etkilediği, mizahi özelliklerinin olmamasının ise olumsuz etkilemediği söylenebilir. Bulgular literatürle ilişkilendirilerek tartışılmıştır. Anahtar sözcükler: Evlilik, evlilik uyumu, mizah, mizah tarzı, kaygı
The main aim of this study was to examine the relationship among marital adjustment, humor style and anxiety. Sample of the study consisted of 225 volunteers married for 1 to 10 years who were working for randomly selected institutions from 5 districts of İstanbul and their spouses (N= 450). Participants filled out information form, Dyadic Adjustment Scale, Humor Styles Questionnaire and Spielberger Trait Anxiety Inventory. Differences between various socio-demographic characteristics in terms of humor style, marital adjustment and anxiety were investigated by using independent samples t test for two independent groups and one-way ANOVA for more than two groups. For the analysis containing variables which were not normally distributed Mann Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis tests were applied. In order to test the independent effects of variables those were found to be statistically significant in one-way analyses, General Linear Model of MANOVA was administered to test the independent effects of variables found to be statistically significant in one-way analyses. Additionally, couples were separated into 4 groups according to their positive and negative humor style levels by K-Means Cluster Analysis in order to find the effect of couple humor style on marital adjustment. Results indicated significant main effects of presence of time being apart in the relationship, male anxiety, humor characteristics and male age on marital adjustment. It was found that couples who have high levels of positive humor characteristics have higher levels of marital adjustment. Correlation analyses indicated significant correlation of female marital adjustment with humor style and presence of time being apart in the relationship. Results revealed significant main effects of age and male anxiety for male marital adjustment. Even though humor style did not show any significant main effect for male marital adjustment, the effect was near the significance level. While high levels of positive humor characteristics found to have a positive effect on marital adjustment, absence of positive humor characteristics did not negatively effect marital adjustment in this sample of couples The results are discussed in the literature. Marriage, marital adjustment, humor, humor style, anxiety
The main aim of this study was to examine the relationship among marital adjustment, humor style and anxiety. Sample of the study consisted of 225 volunteers married for 1 to 10 years who were working for randomly selected institutions from 5 districts of İstanbul and their spouses (N= 450). Participants filled out information form, Dyadic Adjustment Scale, Humor Styles Questionnaire and Spielberger Trait Anxiety Inventory. Differences between various socio-demographic characteristics in terms of humor style, marital adjustment and anxiety were investigated by using independent samples t test for two independent groups and one-way ANOVA for more than two groups. For the analysis containing variables which were not normally distributed Mann Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis tests were applied. In order to test the independent effects of variables those were found to be statistically significant in one-way analyses, General Linear Model of MANOVA was administered to test the independent effects of variables found to be statistically significant in one-way analyses. Additionally, couples were separated into 4 groups according to their positive and negative humor style levels by K-Means Cluster Analysis in order to find the effect of couple humor style on marital adjustment. Results indicated significant main effects of presence of time being apart in the relationship, male anxiety, humor characteristics and male age on marital adjustment. It was found that couples who have high levels of positive humor characteristics have higher levels of marital adjustment. Correlation analyses indicated significant correlation of female marital adjustment with humor style and presence of time being apart in the relationship. Results revealed significant main effects of age and male anxiety for male marital adjustment. Even though humor style did not show any significant main effect for male marital adjustment, the effect was near the significance level. While high levels of positive humor characteristics found to have a positive effect on marital adjustment, absence of positive humor characteristics did not negatively effect marital adjustment in this sample of couples The results are discussed in the literature. Marriage, marital adjustment, humor, humor style, anxiety