Problems, University Students Experience In Their Relationship And Topics They Want To Be Educated On Before Marriage

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The objective of this study is to receive the opinions of university students on the areas they experience problems in their relationship, areas they expect to encounter problems during marriage and the issues they request training before marriage. For the purposes of the study, 366 students (210 female, 156 male) from different universities located in Ankara were included in the scope. The personal information form and semi-structured interview form developed by the researcher were used as the data collection instruments of the study. The data were analyzed by use of content analysis method. It was seen as a result of the analyzes conducted that the most important areas of problems for the students were communication (126; 34.05%), conflict solving (92; 24.86%), acceptance of differences (74; 20.00%), romanticism-sexuality (44; 11.90%) and social support (34; 9.19%), while the areas they anticipated to experience problems were romanticism-sexuality (129; 32.82%), acceptance of differences (105; 26.72%), communication (84; 21.37%), conflict solving (48; 12.22%) and social support (27; 6.87%). The subjects the students wanted to be educated on were understood to be communication (134; 38.51%), conflict solving (92; 26.44%), acceptance of differences (62; 17.82%), romanticism-sexuality (36; 10.34%) and social support (24; 6.89%).

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Premarital education , marriage preparation program , dyadic relationship

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