INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION, CONFLICT RESOLUTIONS STYLES AND OBJECT RELATIONS

Namen magistrskega dela je bil ugotoviti, ali različne strategije reševanja konfliktov vplivajo na zadovoljstvo v partnerskem odnosu ali obstajajo razlike med spoloma v stilih reševanju konfliktovugotoviti, kako objektni odnosi vplivajo na zadovoljstvo v partnerskem odnosu, kako objektni odnosi vplivajo na stile reševanja konfliktov v partnerskih odnosih ter ugotoviti, ali obstaja povezava med trajanjem partnerskega odnosa in partnerskim zadovoljstvom. Pri empirični raziskavi smo uporabili Relationship Assessment Scale, Romantic partner conflict scale ter Test objektnih odnosov (TOO-48). Sodelovalo je 238 posameznikov. Ugotovili smo, da je samo kompromis konstruktivni stil reševanja konfliktov, medtem ko so vsi drugi stili negativno povezani z zadovoljstvom ali pa povezave z zadovoljstvom ni. Prav tako obstaja negativna povezava med dimenzijami objektnih odnosov in zadovoljstvom v partnerskem odnosu, primerjava skupin glede na stopnjo objektnih odnosov pa nam razkriva, da skupina ljudi z višjo stopnjo objektnih odnosov poroča o nižjem zadovoljstvu v partnerskem odnosu. Obstajajo tudi nekatere razlike v pogostosti uporabe določenih stilov reševanja konfliktov glede na stopnjo objektnih odnosov. To še posebej velja za odvisnost in zagledanost vase. Nenazadnje pa je treba omeniti še ugotovitev, da določeni stili reševanja konfliktov nastopajo kot polni ali delni mediator med objektnimi odnosi in zadovoljstvom.The purpose of the Master’s thesis was to determine whether different conflict resolution styles impact the relationship satisfaction and whether there are any gender differences in conflict resolution stylesanother purpose was to determine how the object relations impact the relationship satisfaction and conflict resolution styles and whether there is a link between the duration of the relationship and the relationship satisfaction. The Relationship Assessment Scale, Romantic Partner Conflict Scale and Objective Relations Test (TOO-48) were used in the empirical research. The research included 238 participants. It was established that the only constructive conflict resolution style was a compromise, while all other styles were negatively associated with satisfaction or were not associated with satisfaction at all. There is also a negative correlation between the dimensions of object relations and satisfaction in a relationshipthe comparison of groups according to the level of object relations revealed that the group of people with a higher level of object relations reported lower level of relationship satisfaction. Some differences regarding the frequency of use of certain conflict resolution styles according to the level of object relations have also been noticed. This in particular refers to dependence and self-absorption. Finally, it should be mentioned that certain conflict resolution styles appear as a perfect or a partial mediator between the object relations and satisfaction