The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between spouse burnout and differentiation of self of married individuals, and to reveal whether spouse burnout of married individuals at different stages of the family life cycle (FLC) differs according to some demographic variables. This study is a descriptive research in the relational screening model. A total of 535 married individuals, 382 (71.4%) women and 153 (28.6%) men, participated in the study voluntarily. In the research “Personal Information Form”, “Couple Burnout Scale” and "Differentiation of Self Scale" were used as data collection tools. Since the data were not normally distributed, non-parametric methods "Spearman Rank Differences Correlation Coefficient", “Mann Whitney U” and “Kruskal Wallis H Tests” were used in the analysis of the data. According to the findings obtained as a result of this study, a statistically significant negative relationship was found between all sub-dimensions of differentiation of self and spouse burnout. It has been observed that spouse burnout differs in favor of women according to gender in the family with adolescent children. It has been observed that spouse burnout in the school-age family and family with adolescent children differs in favor of those who do not work according to their working status. It has been observed that spouse burnout in the cycle of elderly and single parents differs in favor of the minimum wage between the below minimum wage and minimum wage categories in terms of income level. It has been observed that spouse burnout in the childless family and school age family cycle differs significantly in favor of the individuals who have arranged marriages in terms of marriage styles. On the other hand, it was observed that spouse burnout did not differ significantly in terms of education level, number of children, types of family of origin, and living in the same city with the family of origin in all phases of FLC. The findings were discussed in line with the literature and suggestions were presented on the subject.

Family, married individuals, spouse burnout, differentiation of self, family life cycle.