Man is a social creature, as he/she constantly enters into various relationships. His/her own qualities determine these relationships. One of the most important qualities that a person receives right from birth is his differentiation of self. This is a person's ability to keep a sense of himself/herself while being connected to others. The individual in question is capable of using his/her own opinions, convictions, warnings, and advice from others while holding true to his/her thoughts and observations by accepting them. Differentiation of self is determined by four subcategories: »I« position, Emotional Cutoff, Emotional Reactivity and Fusion with Others. A marital/domestic partnership is a relation between a man and a woman who share a common life and create a family. Satisfaction in an interpersonal relationship is connected with the individual's subjective appraisal of his/her experiences in the relationship. A partnership can be happy and satisfying when both partners feel like that they can still develop each other, their talents and their potential. This paper examines the connections between these various subcategories of the individual's differentiation and his/her own satisfaction within a marital/domestic relationship. The following hypotheses are postulated: »I« position positively affects satisfaction, while Emotional Cutoff, Reactivity and Fusion with Others negatively affects satisfaction within a martial/domestic relationship. These hypotheses were confirmed by evaluating the questionnaires. Two questionnaires were used - DSI-SF was used to examine the differentiation of self while KMS was used to evaluate the satisfaction present within the marital/domestic relationship. The results were calculated using the SPSS 20 programming packet. The final score definitively corroborated the author's hypotheses. »I« position is statistically and positively connected with the satisfaction of the individual's marital/domestic relationship while the other subcategories are negatively connected with the individual's satisfaction within these same relationships. These results will help future researchers on these matters in the future. Therapists and counselors will also be able to include these crucial findings in their clinical work.
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