The purpose of this study was to determine if Holland
vocational personality type similarity and/or traditional/
egalitarian family ideology affected marital satisfaction
among dual-career spouses.
The population for this study was Oregon State
University graduate students and faculty, married to
spouses who had career aspirations outside the home.
Holland personality type (HPT) of respondents was
determined by choice of graduate school major. The degree
of similarity between the HPTs of the spouses was
determined using the Holland hexagon model. Family
ideology was assessed using the Traditional Family
Ideology scale. Marital satisfaction was assessed using
the Locke Marital Adjustment Test. A 2x3 ANOVA was
performed with marital satisfaction as the dependent variable.
All tests were performed with α= . 05 and a
statistical power level of .80.
Tukey's multiple comparisons test was used to determine which cell means
were different. No statistical interaction was found.
Chi-square was used to determine if mate selection was
affected by HPT similarity.
This study found no difference in marital
satisfaction (MS} between spouses married to mates of
identical HPT as themselves, compared to spouses married
to mates having dissimilar HPTs. However, those spouses
married to mates having an intermediate level of HPT
similarity as themselves reported lower levels of marital
satisfaction than either the identical HPT or dissimilar
HPT group. The finding of low marital satisfaction among
these couples was not consistent with expectations based
upon the Holland theory. This finding may have been in
part a function of the Artistic/Investigative type
combination which predominated in this group, or a
function for respondent's level of self-esteem.
Family ideology did not affect MS in this study.
While the number of marriages among spouses sharing
identical HPTs did not exceed chance expectation, this
finding may have been biased due to the predominantly
Investigative environment of the University. / Graduation date: 1985
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/38122 |
| Date | 26 October 1984 |
| Creators | Gennette, Michael M. |
| Contributors | Becker, Gerald L. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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