ÜNİVERSİTE ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN EVLİLİK TUTUMLARI İLE EŞ SEÇME STRATEJİLERİ ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİNİN İNCELENMESİ

The purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between marital attitudes and mate selection strategies among university students. The population of the study consists of students studying at universities in Kocaeli province during the spring semester of the 2023-2024 academic year. The sample of the study consists of 285 students (186 women, 99 men) who were reached online and agreed to participate in the study. The data collection tools used in the study are the Personal Information Form, the İnönü Marital Attitude Scale developed by Bayoğlu and Atli in 2014 to measure marital attitudes, and the Mate Selection Strategies Inventory developed by Altuntaş and Atli in 2015 to measure mate selection strategies. According to the findings, the total scores of the İnönü Marital Attitude Scale and the physical characteristics variable of the Mate Selection Strategies Inventory showed differences in favor of male participants, while the total scores of the Mate Selection Strategies Inventory and the dimensions of family institution and trust, socioeconomic status, religious and political similarity, virginity, childcare, and love were in favor of female participants.