Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1984. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 110-117).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2002. / Text in English and Korean. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 234-235).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Virginia Commonwealth University, 2006. / Prepared for: Dept. of Psychology. Bibliography: leaves 87-97. Also available online.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2006. / Title from title screen (site viewed on August 24, 2006). PDF text: v, 317 p. UMI publication number: AAT 3208052. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in microfilm, microfiche and paper format.

Research indicates that determinants such as commitment, communication and attachment facilitate long-term marriages. The present study seeks to understand these and other possible determinants that facilitate enduring relationships. Furthermore, the research focuses exclusively on the determinants that males believe facilitate long-term relationships. Bader and Pearson's transposition of Mahler's Model of Separation Individuation onto adult relationships was used as a theoretical point of departure. Bader and Pearson posit that couples evolve through stages which resemble Mahler's Model of Childhood Development. A qualitative approach using semistructured interviews aided in creating a non-threatening environment whilst collecting data. Purposive non-random sampling was used to identify participants and thereafter participants were obtained via snowball sampling. Tesch's thematic analysis was used to analyse results. The research findings highlight the understanding of what determinants males deem essential to facilitate long-term relationships.

Technological advances and industrialization that moved production from cottage activities to large factories and business enterprises, the advent of reliable birth control that afforded women greater freedom from chi Idrearing , the contemporary women's movement that supported women's efforts to extend their strengths and interests beyond childrearing and the home, and more recently, economic necessity, have all contributed to the increasing number of families where both husband and wife work full-time outside the home. These changes have not been without stress for the women and men involved in a transition from roles and responsibilities traditionally circumscribed on the basis of sex, to possibilities of more nontraditional arrangements of family and work responsibilities.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University. Note: missing pages: 40, 212, and 214. / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to investigate empirically whether there is an association between value system similarity and marital adjustment; and (2) to examine qualitatively the nature of that association. The relationship between mutual values and marital adjustment has long been assumed to be a strong one, although little research has been done to verify the assumption. The theoretical framework and empirical instrument developed by Milton Rokeach were used to define and measure the independent variable, value convergence. A value is defined as a belief centrally located in the belief system about how one ought to behave or about an end-state of existence which a person considers worth attaining. A value system is the rank order of a person's values in terms of their importance to him. Two separate value systems are postulated, a terminal value system (goals for living) and an instrumental value system (modes of behaving). The term, value convergence, refers to the degree of similarity or agreement in value systems existing between husband and wife. The conceptual approach and adjustment test of Harvey J. Locke were employed to define and measure the dependent variable, marital adjustment. The term, marital adjustment, refers to the level of adaptation of husband and wife in such a way as to resolve conflicts sufficiently so that both spouses feel satisfied with their marriage and with one another, develop common interests and activities, and feel that their marriage is fulfilling their expectations. Two major theoretical hypotheses were constructed which, summarily stated, posit a greater degree of terminal and instrumental value convergence between well-adjusted than maladjusted spouses. Control hypotheses were also theoretically generated on certain demographic variables in order to check on the uniformity of the sample groups. In order to test the general hypothesis an investigation was conducted with 50 married couples, all of whom reside in a twelve-town area in southeast Massachusetts. Twenty-five maladjusted couples were selected from consecutive admissions for marriage counseling at the Plymouth Area Mental Health Center. Twenty-five well-adjusted couples were drawn from a subject pool of 35 happily married couples recommended for participation in the project by clergymen. The 25 couples scoring highest on the Locke Marital Relationship Inventory were selected to comprise the well-adjusted group. Data on couples' value systems were obtained by using the Rokeach Value Survey and a semi-projective sentence completion instrument designed by the researcher. The results of the quantitative investigation were found to be positive and significant. The results showed that well-adjusted couples had more similar terminal and instrumental values than did maladjusted couples. Like instrumental values were further found to be more strongly associated with good marital adjustment than like terminal values. In other words, it is important that couples agree on their goals for living but, even more crucial, that they concur regarding modes of behaving. The findings from the qualitative inquiry into the nature of the association between the variables revealed that well-adjusted couples with like values differ from their counterparts in that they (1) perceive the future positively sharing similar goals, (2) make decisions conjointly agreeing on means, and (3) experience a high degree of marital unity based on common goals and shared activities. On the basis of the findings from the quantitative and qualitative investigations, it was concluded that level of marital adjustment is positively related to degree of value convergence. Value system similarity appears to be important as two people interact with one another over a long period of time, and as they engage in long range planning. / 2999-01-01

冼韻姬. / "2004年7月". / "性別研究及傳播學課程". / 論文(哲學碩士)--香港中文大學, 2004. / 附參考文獻. / 附中英文摘要. / "2004 nian 7 yue". / "Xing bie yan jiu ji chuan bo xue ke cheng". / Xian Yunji. / Lun wen (zhe xue shuo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2004. / Fu can kao wen xian. / Fu Zhong Ying wen zhai yao. / 論文摘要 / Chapter 第一章 --- 引言 --- p.1-7 / Chapter ´Ø --- 硏究範圍 / Chapter ´Ø --- 本土性別文化議題 / Chapter ´Ø --- 硏究目的及重要性 / Chapter ´Ø --- 論文結構 / Chapter 第二章 --- 文獻回顧 --- p.8-27 / Chapter ´Ø --- 社會建構主義 / Chapter ´Ø --- 語言構建性別 / Chapter ´Ø --- 隱藏的弱勢 / Chapter ´Ø --- 論述定義 / Chapter ´Ø --- 論述理論 / Chapter ´Ø --- 論述變革 / Chapter 第三章 --- 硏究設計 --- p.28-35 / Chapter ´Ø --- 設計原則 / Chapter ´Ø --- 抽樣原則 / Chapter ´Ø --- 師奶用語系譜 / Chapter ´Ø --- 電視論述 / Chapter ´Ø --- 日常生活論述 / Chapter 第四章 --- 分析 / 起源 --- p.36-42 / Chapter ´Ø --- 師奶的起源 / Chapter ´Ø --- 師奶的使用方式 / Chapter ´Ø --- 師奶的意味 / 隱沒 --- p.43-73 / Chapter ´Ø --- 隱沒於經濟發展 / Chapter ´Ø --- 師奶的脫節生活 / Chapter ´Ø --- 隱沒於居住空間 / Chapter ´Ø --- 電視的文化對焦 / Chapter ´Ø --- 師奶的替身 / Chapter ´Ø --- 師奶的典型共相 / Chapter ´Ø --- 師奶「騎呢化」 / Chapter ´Ø --- 師奶瑣碎化 / Chapter ´Ø --- 電視文本在生活 / Chapter ´Ø --- 原始師奶 / Chapter ´Ø --- 八婆師奶 / Chapter ´Ø --- 隱形師奶 / 再現 --- p.74-100 / Chapter ´Ø --- 再現的年代脈絡 / Chapter ´Ø --- 師奶的舊調再現 / Chapter ´Ø --- 師奶的重生？ / Chapter ´Ø --- 論述迴響 / Chapter ´Ø --- 論述蛻變 / Chapter ´Ø --- 誇越性別 / Chapter ´Ø --- 誇越年齡 / Chapter ´Ø --- 師奶與女強人 / Chapter ´Ø --- 日常裡的師奶仔 / Chapter ´Ø --- 生活中的幸福師奶 / Chapter ´Ø --- 顛覆本錢 / Chapter 第五章 --- 總結：師奶的約束與解放 --- p.101-111 / Chapter ´Ø --- 師奶論述的運作 / Chapter ´Ø --- 隱現的性別價値 / Chapter ´Ø --- 再現的論述解放 / Chapter ´Ø --- 弱勢電視與多元性別 / Chapter ´Ø --- 約束與解放 / 參考資料 / 附錄 / Chapter 一、 --- 被訪者資料 / Chapter 二、 --- 人口統計資料 / Chapter 三、 --- 電視文本硏究資料

In response to recent calls in the literature for a more contextual analysis of the influence of social support processes (e.g., Rook, 1997; Sarason, Sarason, & Pierce, 1992), the current study explores the relationships of spousal support, spousal strain, and well-being among husbands and wives, both within the same day and across days. In addition, the moderating roles of interpersonal and situational contexts within which support and strain are provided are examined. One hundred and sixty-six husbands and wives in stepfamilies were interviewed and then asked to complete a structured diary twice daily for a week. Participants reported their stress, supportive and problematic spousal interactions, mood, and dyadic adjustment. A multi-level hierarchical model was used to estimate average within-person relations among the daily variables, while at the same time controlling for the influence of between-person differences in these variables. Lack of daily spousal support and the presence of spousal strain were both significantly associated with increased negative affect across the same day, although the magnitude of the effect of spousal strain was greater. However, these associations were mitigated for participants who perceived their marriages to be well-adjusted. In addition, daily stressors were directly associated with increased same day negative affect, however daily stressors did not interact with support or strain to predict distress. In contrast, the pattern of the findings for the prediction of negative affect across days was quite different. Of the daily variables, only spousal support, but not spousal strain or daily hassles, was a significant direct predictor of negative affect the next morning. Furthermore, spousal support and spousal strain were found to have a multiplicative association with negative affect the next day. Specifically, the presence of spousal strain attenuated the beneficial impact of spousal support on mood. Further, dyadic adjustment was a direct predictor of decreased negative affect the next day. The findings from this study suggest an interplay among social support, social strain, and well-being. In particular, the importance of considering differential influences over time for support and strain, as well as the moderating roles of proximal and distal relationship factors, was highlighted.