They state that instrumental roles are male oriented and set on the mentality of the ideal husband and expressive roles are more oriented towards the female who is perceived as the ideal wife but both partners in relationships are When there is conflict, they found that women are expected to adapt to resolve problems in the relationship. . They also found that the marriage was more satisfying when the wife adjusted and the husband became more confident in his identity, becoming extremely supportive of his wife. they assessed the ego to range from self-protective to integrated with the mode found around the Consciousness stage, meaning that most males and females were in this stage whether they received consolation or no consolation. Their first hypothesis is that there is a relationship between marital problems and couple differences in sexual role conception, the second hypothesis is that there is a relationship between marital problems and couple differences at the ego level is not conclusively supported, and their third hypothesis is that there is a relationship between marital problems and couple differences at the ego level. a relationship between ego level and androgyny is supported even if androgyny is measured by