Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research , cilt.16, sa.1, ss.7-20, 2021 (Hakemli Dergi)
In this study, it was aimed to determine whether gender roles, self-esteem and personality predict the
expectations of men and women’ attitudes about marriage. The sample of the study consists 491
people, 345 women and 146 men. All cases are single and has college degreee. In this research,
Gender Formation Scale, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Attitudes About Romance and Mate
Selection Scale and Sociotropy-Autonomy Scale were used. In this study the marriage expectations of
women and men was evaluated by using the “Multiple Regression Analysis (Stepwise Method)”
method. All variables are included in the analysis for both women and men. The results of the
multiple regression analysis sociotropy, autonomy and traditional gender roles variables were found
to be significant predictors of the marriage expectations of women. As a result of the multiple
regression analysis performed to predict the marriage expectations of men, it was seen that sociotropy
variable was significant predictor. According to the results, as the sociotropy scores of men increases
the positive expectations towards marriage also increase. According to the findings, it was seen that
the variables that predicts the marriage expectations of women and men are different from each other.
Keywords: Gender Roles, Marriage Expectations, Sociotropy, Autonomy