This study (1) investigated the effects of unit structure on the wife's reported marital satisfaction, (2) determined if there was an association between various work environment variables of the soldier, and his wife's reported marital satisfaction, and (3) analyzed the relationship between the wife's desire as well as the husband's desire for him to remain in the Army, and her reports of marital satisfaction. An ex post facto criterion-group design, posttest only group design, and several one group posttest only designs were used in the testing of the study's 10 hypotheses. Five hundred and ten soldiers and their wives participated in the project. / The results of study indicated there was no relationship between the type of unit structure, COHORT/NONCOHORT, and the wife's reported marital satisfaction during a stressful period or nonstressful period. It was also determined that there was a negative relation between the wife's reported marital satisfaction and the following variables: (1) number of days the soldier was in the field per month, (2) number of weekends the soldier worked per month, (3) number of hours the soldier worked per day, and (4) level of concern Junior Enlisted personnel believed their supervisors had for their welfare and problems. The monthly income of the soldier moderated the effects of the weekends worked per month and the number of children in the family moderated the effects of the reported concerned leadership. It was also found that wives who had no children under the age of 12 reported lower marital satisfaction when their husbands desired to get out of the Army. Whereas, wives with 1 child under the age 12 reported higher satisfaction when their husbands desired get out. Although, all the above relationships were statistically significant at the .05 level or lower, none individually accounted for more than 5% of the variance in the wives' reports of marital satisfaction. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-03, Section: A, page: 0748. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76080 |
| Contributors | WESTHUIS, DAVID JEAN., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 209 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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