Zozul T. Psychological features of formation of relationships in couples with a significant age difference.

Object - relations in the married couples; objective - to determine the peculiarities of connection between the parameters of the family system and content components of the family narratives, their influence on development of relations in the married couples with a big age difference; methods - theoretical analysis, systematization and generalization of the psychological data in respect of the research; scientific and theoretical interpretation of the obtained results, summative assessment, mathematical statistics methods; novelty - first developed structural and functional model of development of family relations partners of different age taking into account the interpretation type of the life experience and early experience of relations with partners; psychological determinants of the family system impact on the development of the partners relations to each other in the family interaction; determination of the role expectations and the level of aspiration of men and women as well as cultural erotic code as factors of the relations formation in the couples of different age; extended concept of the influence of the age difference on the married relations formation that consists of no agreement of the crises course of a personality's development in the ontogenesis of each partner in a couple; motivation of getting married in the couples of different age when a woman pretends to complete her own psychological characteristics by the maturity features, and a man pretends to repeat the youth emotional experience; influence of the early life experience on the selection of the marriage partner and formation of relations with this partner; further development of application of the family narrative as an verbal and written sequential and completed text devoted to the own family history, family events which includes family myths, legends, topics (programs) for research of peculiarities of comprehension of the personal experience in the family life activity; results - methodical complex of research of peculiarities of formation of the marriage relations of the couples with a big age difference may be applied in practice of the psychological service of the educational establishments, social and medical young families assistance; the obtained results may be used in the course of the professional training and professional level increase of practical psychologists while teaching of such courses as "Family Psychology", "Developmental Psychology", "Counseling Basis"; area - psychology.