Working under the assumption that the marital relationship has the greatest influence on the atmosphere of family life, 75 married couples performing parental tasks were examined and divided, using M. Braun-Gałkowska’s Marriage Success Scale, into two groups: married couples with a higher and lower level of satisfaction with their relationships. Next, the personality characteristics of the surveyed spouses were determined and compared using the following research tools: H.G. Gough’s and A.B. Heilbrun’s Adjective Check List, Z. Uchnast’s Sense of Security Questionnaire, the Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire developed by A. Ciechanowicz, A. Jaworowicz, A. Matczak, the Social Competence Questionnaire developed by A. Matczak, M. Kaźmierczak’s and M. Plopa’s Questionnaire of Marriage Communication, M. Braun-Gałkowska’s Family Attitudes Scale. Spouses with a higher level of satisfaction with their relationship, when compared to spouses with a lower level of satisfaction, are characterized by greater socialization, selfcontrol, and kindness; they obtained higher results determining their level of emotional intelligence and the effectiveness of their behaviours in intimate situations. The presented characteristics of spouses with a higher level of satisfaction with their relationship can be achieved as a result of personal development and, above all, of ongoing dialogue in the ever-changing reality of marital life. Taking advantage of the expanding offer of various forms of individual and group support can be useful in this respect. Workshops based on the participants’ involvement and referring to their own experiences are particularly helpful in working on personal development and deepening the marital relationship.

Jednym z istotnych elementów sieciowej teorii osobowości Kozieleckiego jest psychon motywacyjny, którego dynamika w największym stopniu zależy od siły potrzeb psychicznych. Celem badań prezentowanych w artykule było określenie poziomu potrzeb indywidualnych: witalnych, poznawczych, społecznych i osobistych małżonków charakteryzujących się wysokim i niskim poziomem transgresji. Zbadano 100 par małżeńskich, wykorzystując Skalę transgresji i Test indywidualnych potrzeb. Wyodrębniono z nich po 30 małżonków o wysokim poziomie transgresji i 30 małżonków o niskim poziomie transgresji. Między żonami o wysokim i niskim poziomie transgresji nie zarejestrowano różnic istotnych statystycznie odnośnie do siły natężenia potrzeb psychicznych. Mężowie o wysokim poziomie transgresji charakteryzują się zdecydowanie silniejszymi potrzebami poznawczymi niż mężowie o niskim poziomie transgresji, mężowie natomiast o niskim poziomie transgresji charakteryzują się zdecydowanie silniejszymi potrzebami osobistymi niż mężowie o wysokim poziomie transgresji.

Spouses exhibit two kinds of behaviours: protective and transgressive. Protective acts are those aiming to overcome current problems, leading to preserving some balance. Transgressive acts are deliberately overstepping everyday marital reality and doing new things in new ways. They lead to changing the relation with the hope of improving it, but also create the risk of deterioration. The more transgressive behaviours spouses exhibit, the more chances they have to get to know each other and experience the joy of being part of a union. Transgressive tendencies stem from a network personality structure and consist of five psychons: cognitive, instrumental, motivational, emotional, and personal. The success of a marriage is the effect of a specific form of transgressive behaviours in marriage exhibited by both spouses, which is recognizing difficulties as they appear, finding their sources, and taking steps together to overcome them.

200 married couples were studied using The Questionnaire Chosen Marriages and constructed in accordance with psychotransgressive network theory of personality Test Conscious Personal Beliefs. Were isolated of them two groups of 100 spouses with higher and lower levels of satisfaction with their relationship. Comparative analysis of the results showed that husbands and wives with higher levels of satisfaction with their relationship have a much greater awareness of personal beliefs than husbands and wives with a lower level of satisfaction with the marriage. The obtained result encourages further exploration of psychological determinants of the success of the marriage in the psychotransgressive mainstream, paying attention to the specificity of the effect of other psychons and their network interdependence.

Seventy-five marriage couples were investigated in the study. According to M. Braun-Gałkowska’s Marital Success Scale, two groups were distinguished, of 30 couples each, with higher and lower levels of satisfaction with their relationship. The quality of marital communication was determined on the basis of the results of the Communication in Marriage Questionnaire by M. Kaźmierczak and M. Plopa, which presents it in terms of support, commitment and depreciation. Spouses with a higher level of satisfaction with their relationship are characterized by a higher quality of communication, especially in terms of mutual commitment and support in everyday life of their marriage.