UZBEK MARITAL AND FAMILY RELATIONS AND THEIR SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL AND ETHNOPSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AS INTERPRETED BY EASTERN THINKERS.

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This article presents information about the study of Uzbek marriage and family relations and their socio-psychological and ethnopsychological characteristics by Eastern thinkers. Keywords:family, marriage, familyrelations, family life, Hadith, Avesta, Zoroastrianism. The family is a social institution that preserves the succession of generations, transmits national values ​ ​ from generation to generation, educates the younger generation as worthy citizens of oursociety and ourMotherland, and lays thefoundation for its formation as a harmonious person in the future. Raising a physically healthy, spiritually strong and mentally mature, healthy and harmonious generation is one of the most important socio-psychological tasks of the family. Therefore, great importance is attached to the strength of the family in our independent state, ensuring itsstrength and stability. After our country gained independence, special emphasis was placed on the importance of strengthening family and marriage relations, and as proof of this, 1998 was declared the "Year of the Family", and 2012 was declared the "Year of the Strong Family". The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Sh.M. Mirziyoyev, signed the Decree No. PF-5325 of February 2, 2018 “On measures to radically improve the activities in the field of supporting women and strengthening the family institution” in order to ensure the reproductive health and demographic development of the family, increase its well-being and peace of mind, develop a modern family, conduct fundamental, practical and innovative research on the problems of internal relations in the family, interpersonal relations, a rich cultural and historical heritage and traditional family values, and, based on them, strengthen the family institution, prepare young people for family life and prevent family divorces, and strengthen the family institution, primarily by implementing the idea of ​ ​ “Healthy family - healthy society”, and organize targeted assistance to troubled and problematic families. Decree No. PF-5938 of February 18, 2020 "On measures to bring the system of work with women to a new level" and Resolutions No. PQ-4602 of February 18, 2020 "On the organization of the activities of the Ministry of Neighborhood and Family Support oftheRepublicofUzbekistan" were adopted. According to historians, the 5th century AD, when the first class society began to form, was a turning point for the peoples of Central Asia - the period of transition from slavery to feudal society. The collapse of the large patriarchal family and the separation of the small family from it also falls on this period. However, this does not mean that the life of the large family has come to an end. The large family has also survived for many years in the feudal system. Its gradual elimination is associated with a fundamental change in the form of property (the transition from tribal-genericcommon property to privateproperty). In our holy religion, Islam, both men and women are encouraged to start a family. The path of https://ijmri.de/index.php/jmsi volume 4,issue3,2025 622 worldly life without starting a family is condemned, and marriage, which is the opposite of this, is elevated to the level of worship. Our Prophet (peace be upon him) said that getting married is not only their sunnah, but also the sunnah of all the previous prophets. In one of the hadiths narrated from our Prophet (peace be upon him), it is said: “O young men, whoever among you is able to start a family, let him get married. Marriage protects against looking at non-mahrams and committing adultery. Whoever isnot able todo so shouldfast, so that itmay beabarrier tohim.” (Imam Bukhari, Muslim,Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi,Nasa’i). The sacred book of Zoroastrianism, the Avesta, and its special chapters contain the addresses of Ahura Mazda and Zoroaster to young men and women on the issue of marriage. It contains valuable advice on starting a family, avoiding haste in choosing a spouse, and listening to the advice of parents and elders. In ancient Turkic peoples, marriage was organized on the basis of strict laws and regulations. In family matters, young people listened to the teachings of the older generation. According to Zoroastrian rules, spending one's life without starting a family was strictly condemned. The age of puberty for girls was considered to be 15 years old. If a girl of puberty did not want to marry or have children, despite the opinion of her parents or community, and lived a life of celibacy, she was put in a sack and beaten 25 times. Men had the right to marry at the age of seventeen. If a man had the ability to have children but did not marry, he was branded and forced to wear a chain around his waist in order to disgrace him and humiliate him. Just as in Islam, starting a family is considered a Sunnah, in Zoroastrianism, leaving offspring andincreasing one's lineage andtribe are encouraged. Burhanuddin Marginani's masterpiece "Hidaya", which means "Gu