This study aimed to investigating the most common emotional
intelligence skills and the level of the marital adjustment for the sample
of the study, and to investigate the relationship between emotional
intelligence and marital adjustment and the
differences in both emotional
intelligence and marital adjustment according to gender and the way of
marriage. The sample of the study consisted of 232 male and female in
the city of Damascus between the age of 38-52. To collect the data,
both the scale of Emotional Intelligence (BarOn EQ) and the scale of
Marital Adjustment (developed by Mohamad Bayoumy Khaleel) were
used.
The aim of this study is to find out the relationship between marriage adjustments
with regard to each of the following independent variables: the couple's educational level,
the method of choosing a spouse, and the age difference between the coupl
e. As a result,
there has been a statistical indication between marital adjustment and the educational level
of the couple where both the convergence of couple's educational level and having highlevel
education increase their adjustment.