This study examined the relations among the perception of family of origin health and individual psychological and psychosocial characteristics. Specifically, four characteristics were measured: self esteem, spiritual well-being, marital satisfaction, and perception of current family strengths. In addition, this study assessed the ability of self esteem, spiritual well-being, marital satisfaction, and perception of family strengths to be predictive of perception of family of origin health. Finally, this study assessed the ability of self esteem, spiritual well-being, marital satisfaction, and perception of family of origin health to be predictive of family strengths. / Symbolic interaction and General Systems Theory provided the theoretical framework for this research. A survey research design was utilized in which 126 married individuals (63 couples) responded to five survey instruments which included: the Family of Origin Scale, Rosenberg's Self Esteem Scale, the Spiritual Well-Being Scale, the Dyadic Adjustment Scale, and the Family Strengths Scale. Analyses were conducted using step-wise multiple regressions, Pearson correlations, and t-tests. / Results indicated that self esteem and spiritual well-being can be used together with an accuracy rate of 15% of the known variance in the prediction of perception of family of origin health. Results also indicated that marital satisfaction and spiritual well-being can be used together with an accuracy rate of 28% of the known variance in the prediction of family strengths. / Additional analyses of the main variables (perception of family of origin health, self esteem, spiritual well-being, marital satisfaction, family strengths) for possible gender differences yielded significant differences only for spiritual well-being with females scoring higher than males. Additional analyses also revealed that no significant differences in spiritual well-being existed between females who participate in organized religion and those who do not. / These findings and implications for theory, research, and practice are presented. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-11, Section: A, page: 4098. / Major Professor: Mary Hicks. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1992.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76787 |
| Contributors | Gagnon, James Mark., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 129 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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