University of Macau / Faculty of Social Sciences. / Department of Government and Public Administration

Leong Lai Ting Joyce. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 47-56). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / List of Figures --- p.v / List of Tables --- p.vi / Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction to the Study --- p.1 / Introduction --- p.1 / Interpersonal - Spousal Influence Behaviors --- p.4 / Defining the context --- p.4 / Developing the tactics of influence --- p.4 / Putting the influence tactics into context --- p.6 / Intrapersonal - The Appraisal Of Partners' Influence Attempts --- p.7 / The perspective of reciprocity --- p.7 / Setting hypotheses on the pattern of spousal interactions --- p.8 / The construct of justice appraisal --- p.12 / Predicting justice appraisal in spousal interactions --- p.14 / The Outcomes of Spousal Influence --- p.15 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- Method --- p.18 / Sample and procedures --- p.18 / Instruments --- p.19 / Distributive justice --- p.19 / Influence behaviors --- p.19 / Communicative justice --- p.20 / Marital satisfaction --- p.20 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- Results --- p.22 / The Influence Behaviors --- p.22 / Assessing the structure of the influence tactics --- p.22 / Testing HI: Gender difference in the usage of influence tactics --- p.22 / The Typology of Couples --- p.25 / Generating the typology --- p.25 / Profiling the typology --- p.28 / Applying the typology to assess marital satisfaction --- p.29 / The Justice Model --- p.30 / Assessing the dimensionality of the justice construct --- p.30 / Revising the proposed model --- p.33 / Testing H5-H8: Effects of justice appraisal on marital satisfaction --- p.33 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- Discussion --- p.39 / Interpersonal - Spousal Influence Behaviors --- p.39 / Importance of studying spousal interactions --- p.39 / Gender difference in dyadic influencing --- p.40 / Intrapersonal - Justice Appraisal --- p.41 / The construct of justice in spousal infulences --- p.41 / "Influence behaviors, justice, and marital satisfaction" --- p.43 / The Strategies of Influence --- p.45 / References --- p.47 / Appendix --- p.57

"July 2002." / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-203). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese.