Thesis (M.A.)--Indiana University, 2007. / Title from screen (viewed on June 6, 2007) Department of Sociology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 86-89)

This study examined the correlations between marital satisfaction (MS) and parental stress (PS). The Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale (KMSS) was used to measure marital satisfaction. Parental stress was measured at the same time through the use of the Parent Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF). Twenty-seven traditionally married couples were recruited through the CCAMPIS Grant at Utah State University. Minimum criteria were that at least one of the couple needed to be eligible for Pell grants, registered full time at Utah State University, and have at least one child. This study found that MS and PS correlate in many ways, most significantly in the areas of parental distress and parent child interactions. We found that the variance in mothers’ MS was correlated with fathers’ MS and fathers’ interaction with the target child. Fathers’ MS was correlated with mothers’ MS. (69 pages)

The major objective of this study was to provide a factual basis for formulating a married student housing program should such a course of action be undertaken by either private initiative or by the institute’s authorities. In attempting to accomplish this objective, the author set out to determine the extent of the existing housing problem as related to student and college growth as well as its implications for future housing needs. The determination was based on both the analysis of a survey questionnaire distributed to all married students and the analysis of V. P. I.‘s recent study on A Long-Range Building Program prepared for the Board of Visitors in 1959. The results indicated that in addition to the lack of adequate housing facilities and its burdensome cost to married students, little consideration had been given, by either the College or community, to the problems and needs of this group as well as its limiting effects upon College and community growth. The obvious implication was that student enrollment could not exceed available accommodations. Although the College, in the past, has been dependent upon the community to absorb its excess enrollment (to the extent of 35 percent of total enrollment), neither the College nor the community has made any realistic plans to avert the impending housing crisis. Based on an estimated married student enrollment of 20 percent of a total enrollment of 10,000 students by 1970 - 1975, there will be an additional need of 1500 new married students dwelling units. With the problem thus established, the question that immediately arose was: to whom and to what extent does the responsibility for providing adequate housing facilities for the institutional population belong? In part, this was answered by the student survey. But in order to establish a comparative and factual basis for determining housing responsibility, as well as to formulate a guide for recommending a positive housing program at V. P. I., a survey of college housing programs was initiation by the author. The results of this survey indicated that at least 85 percent of the land-grant colleges had a positive program for married students housing. In addition, almost all the institutions felt that the… “institution should attempt to furnish facilities not provided by private developers.” Thus, by evaluating, from different approaches, the housing problems, policies, and programs of both V. P I. and at other institutions, a guide towards developing a married students housing program was formulated. / Master of Science

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1979 S26 / Master of Science

The problem of this study was to isolate some of the characteristics of tenth-grade girls which may lead to early marriage. The characteristics studied were: sibling rank, influence of a broken home, parents* education and occupations, mental ability, aptitude, scholastic achievement, study habits and attitudes, and personal problems identified by the subjects. A further problem of the study was the effectiveness of each of the characteristics in predicting the marriage of high school girls.

That graduate study is detrimental to marriages has received empirical support. This study utilized systems theory to examine and help explain the dissolution process of graduate student marriages. Specifically, it examined the impact of marital structure on perceptions of marital quality. Drawing primarily from Scheinkman's (1988) qualitative study, spouses in asymmetrical marriages (i.e., marriages where only one spouse is in graduate school), as opposed to symmetrical marriages (i.e., marriages where both spouses are in graduate school), were hypothesized to report (a) less satisfaction with the division of household labor, (b) lower perceptions of equity, and (c) less satisfaction with emotional intimacy. These, in turn, were hypothesized to lower perceptions of marital quality. Participants from a list of master's and doctoral-level students at a west coast university in the United States were randomly selected and contacted by phone. Only married students and their partners were solicited for participation. The final sample consisted of 121 married individuals (60 husband-wife pairs, 1 female) who responded to a mailed questionnaire. Of these 121 respondents, 85 were involved in asymmetrical arrangements and 36 in symmetrical arrangements. Contrary to expectations, asymmetry did not indirectly (and negatively) affect marital quality through satisfaction with the division of household labor and perception of equity. There was, however, some evidence that asymmetry negatively influenced marital quality by lowering spouses' satisfaction with emotional intimacy. This latter finding was considered to be meaningfully significant because satisfaction with emotional intimacy was by far the strongest predictor of marital quality. The findings are discussed primarily in terms of the education level of each spouse. Reconceptualizing asymmetry as an educational or power differential, or even more generally as a difference in emotional experiences, is recommended. In other words, it is not the number of spouses in school per se that matters; it is the understanding and emotional connectedness between them. / Graduation date: 1997

This thesis has compared a sample of married couples with a matched sample of cohabiting couples from the Ball State University area on the variables Affective Support, Mutual Knowledge, and Relationship Satisfaction.Reviewing the literature on marital adjustment, the American society and the family system, and heterosexual cohabitation, it was hypothesized that cohabitants would exhibit greater degrees of the three interpersonal variables under examination. The data, however, necessitated a rejection of the hypotheses; explanations for the findings are offered, as well as suggestions for further research.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Abilene Christian University, 1992. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 98-104).

The present study explored the perceptions of students who were both parenting and pursuing a master's or doctoral degree. Specifically, this study examined students' perceptions regarding the usefulness of resources that were currently and could potentially be provided to facilitate successful degree completion. Differences between mothers and fathers were examined as well as differences between master's and doctoral students. Previous literature indicated that women and men experience graduate school differently and that the genders are not represented proportionally as master's and doctoral graduates. Therefore, this study sought to explore differences in the perceptions of resources offered on campus, resources offered in the community, and potential resources. A feminist framework was used to guide all aspects of this study. The results of this study indicated that graduate student parents placed greater value on financial resources and resources related to childcare as well as having a supportive faculty advisor. Independent sample t-tests indicate there were gender differences in perceptions: specifically, women placed greater value on many of the resources studied. In addition, independent sample t-tests did not signify differences between master's and doctoral students' perceptions. These results suggest that there are many specific resources that university could offer graduate student parents in order to support them in completing their degree.

The purpose of this study was (1) to determine some of the problems in family food management of young home-makers and (2) to make recommendations for more effective teaching of food management to students living in the home management residence of the School of Economics. With the use of schedules especially prepared for this study,information relating to food management was collected from a group of 80 young homemakers whose husbands were students at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute during the 1961-62 academic year / Master of Science