The Effect of Marital Distress on the Psychological Adjustment of Turkish Adolescents

This study by Dr. Selenga Gürmen and Ronald P. Rohner examined the impact of marital distress, defined as perceived spousal rejection, on adolescents' psychological adjustment mediated by perceptions of parental acceptance or rejection. 

The analysis results show that most couples in Turkey perceive each other as accepting and loving. Additionally, most adolescents in these families perceive their parents as accepting. 

These findings are consistent with previous research conducted in Turkey. 

In addition, this study examined the relationship between marital stress, adolescents' perceptions of parental acceptance-rejection, and adolescents' psychological adjustment. 

According to the results of the correlation analysis, it is shown that there is a significant relationship between the spouses' perceptions of rejection by each other, the rejection perceptions of boys and girls by their mothers and fathers, and the psychological adjustment of adolescents.