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Predicting wives’ marital satisfaction : examining the interpersonal variables of ideological incompatibility and perceptions of appreciation and fairness Starr, Elizabeth L.
Abstract
The old adage, "Birds of a feather flock together" appears to be true when investigating compatibility and consequent marital satisfaction for wives. This study focused on gender role ideology constellations within a couple, specifically comparing ideologically compatible couples and ideologically incompatible couples (wife being more egalitarian than husband). It was hypothesized that wives' marital outcomes of conflict and satisfaction were affected by the intervening interpersonal and symbolic variables of perceptions of appreciation and fairness (with family work), which are each in turn affected by ideological incompatibility. This unique alternate interpersonal incompatibility model was tested against an intrapersonal congruency model already hypothesized by Greenstein (1996a). Using the NSFH 1987-88 data set, my hypothesized comprehensive path model was estimated with path analysis, but was rejected. A reestimated path model was constructed during the exploratory phase of path analysis. Results supported my unique interpersonal incompatibility model over the intrapersonal congruency model, as well as discovering unpredicted significant paths. My reestimated comprehensive path model explained 20% of wives' marital satisfaction variance. The interpersonal, symbolic, and emotional variable of wife's perceptions of appreciation (for family work) was found to be significantly related to all endogenous variables in the reestimated path model. In fact, this variable directly explained 4% of wives' marital satisfaction variance. It appears that appreciation is an important variable to include in understanding interactions within couples.
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Predicting wives’ marital satisfaction : examining the interpersonal variables of ideological incompatibility and perceptions of appreciation and fairness
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University of British Columbia
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1998
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The old adage, "Birds of a feather flock together" appears to be
true when investigating compatibility and consequent marital
satisfaction for wives. This study focused on gender role
ideology constellations within a couple, specifically comparing
ideologically compatible couples and ideologically incompatible
couples (wife being more egalitarian than husband). It was
hypothesized that wives' marital outcomes of conflict and
satisfaction were affected by the intervening interpersonal and
symbolic variables of perceptions of appreciation and fairness
(with family work), which are each in turn affected by
ideological incompatibility. This unique alternate interpersonal
incompatibility model was tested against an intrapersonal
congruency model already hypothesized by Greenstein (1996a).
Using the NSFH 1987-88 data set, my hypothesized comprehensive
path model was estimated with path analysis, but was rejected.
A reestimated path model was constructed during the exploratory
phase of path analysis. Results supported my unique
interpersonal incompatibility model over the intrapersonal
congruency model, as well as discovering unpredicted significant
paths. My reestimated comprehensive path model explained 20% of
wives' marital satisfaction variance. The interpersonal,
symbolic, and emotional variable of wife's perceptions of
appreciation (for family work) was found to be significantly
related to all endogenous variables in the reestimated path
model. In fact, this variable directly explained 4% of wives'
marital satisfaction variance. It appears that appreciation is
an important variable to include in understanding interactions
within couples.
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eng
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2009-07-03
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
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10.14288/1.0089308
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University of British Columbia
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1999-05
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Graduate
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