They claim that instrumental roles are oriented towards men and adapted to the mindset of the ideal husband and that expressive roles are more oriented towards women, this who is perceived as the ideal wife, but both partners in relationships expect emotional involvement, companionship, expression of love, recognition of personality and achievement of personal goals and marital conflict, they found that women are expected to adapt to resolve problems in the relationship. They also found that marriage was more satisfying when the wife adjusted and the husband became more confident in his own identity, so that he was extremely supportive of his wife. they rated ego ranging from self-protection to integration with the mode falling around the Conscientious stage, meaning that most men and women were at this stage whether or not they received any consolation . Their first hypothesis is that there is a relationship between marital problems and couple differences in sexual role conception. Their second hypothesis is that there is a relationship between marital problems and ego level differences in the couple is not decisively supported, and their third hypothesis is that there is a relationship between ego level and androgyny is also supported if androgyny is measured by the