The increase in the percentage of working women has raised issues regarding the relative contribution of work and family to psychological adjustment in women. Specifically, this study examined empirically the extent to which selected indicators of marital satisfaction and job satisfaction contribute to psychological adjustment in women. Marital satisfaction and job satisfaction variables collectively composed the domain of predictor variables. The Dyadic Adjustment Scale was used to measure overall marital satisfaction, and the Power Type Self Classification Scale was used to measure the discrepancy between actual and ideal amounts of control in dyadic decision-making. Five facets of job satisfaction (the work itself, pay, opportunity for promotion, supervision, and co-workers) plus an overall "job-in-general" satisfaction were assessed with the Job Descriptive Index. The domain of psychological adjustment was considered to be composed of state anxiety, trait anxiety, and general personal adjustment, as measured by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory A, Pt, and F scales. / Subjects were 93 married women from a church population. The women were at least 21 years of age, had been married for at least 1 year, and were employed in some capacity. / A canonical correlation analysis revealed one significant root between the predictor and criterion domains. Post hoc regression analyses indicated that (1) decision-making control satisfaction and general marital satisfaction were the greatest predictors of state anxiety, (2) general job satisfaction was the greatest predictor of trait anxiety, and (3) general marital satisfaction was the greatest predictor of general personal adjustment in these women. / The conclusion is that psychological adjustment in church women is related to satisfaction with dyadic decision-making, general job satisfaction, and marital satisfaction. Implications for women's personal adjustment, marital adjustment, and for counseling with women are discussed. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-10, Section: B, page: 5074. / Major Professor: James P. Sampson, Jr. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1990.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78324 |
| Contributors | Lucas, Ann Traughber., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 180 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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