The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes of middle and lower income blacks toward marriage counseling and marital commitment. The study was based on the assumption that the attitudes of middle and lower income blacks would differ toward marriage counseling because of the heterogeneity of the black community. / The study sample consisted of 259 individuals selected from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There were 117 middle income individuals and 142 lower income individuals. Moreover, there were slightly more females (137) than males (122) participating in the study. / Two instruments were used to test the study's hypotheses. An ATTITUDES TOWARD MARRIAGE COUNSELING scale (AMC) was used to investigate attitudes toward marriage counseling. Marital commitment was measured by a MARITAL COMMITMENT scale (MC). Both scales were created by the researcher and both scales used the Lickert Scale format. / The results from the study revealed the following: (1) middle income blacks were significantly more favorable in their attitudes toward marriage counseling than were lower income blacks; (2) females (middle and lower) were significantly more favorable in their attitudes toward marriage counseling than were middle or lower income males; (3) there were no significant differences found between middle and lower income blacks pursuant to marital commitment; and (4) females ranked higher on the Marital Commitment scale than did the males, which suggested that the females participating in the study were more committed to their marriages than were the males. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 41-03, Section: A, page: 1232. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1980.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74096 |
| Contributors | HARDY, KENNETH VANDELLE., The Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 176 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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