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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"marital power"”.
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MARITAL POWER, CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE (NEGOTIATION TACTICS, EGALITARIAN)
… is used to analyze the relationship between marital power structure, the level of marital conflict and the rate of violence in a nationally representative sample of 2,143 American couples. Although previous authors suggest greater conflict in egalitarian relationships, other research …
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VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF FINAL SAY DECISION MEASURES OF MARITAL POWER
<p>The final say decision measure of marital power has fared poorly in several studies which have examined its validity. This research was designed to explore two possible explanations for these findings: (1) inadequate or inappropriate procedures in previous validity studies, and (2) weaknesses of …
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Religion and Gender in Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Married Couples
… research indicates that previous theories of marital power have ignored couples' own conceptualizations and have relied on taken for granted assumptions. Thirty-two religious couples (from Christian, Jewish, and Muslim faiths) were interviewed regarding their gender roles. Grounded-theory …
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Modeling Spousal Family Purchase Decision Behavior: A Dynamic Simultaneous Equations Approach
… of conflict. Also, spouses who used more power in the past tend to use less power in order to maintain equity in the long-term marital relationship. It was also hypothesized that spousal coercion propensity are contingent upon marital power, love, and preference intensity. Marital power …
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Antecedents and consequences of negotiation in marital decision- making
The relationship between marital negotiation strategies and various context and outcome factors are examined using responses from 249 women and men. Multiple regression analysis confirmed significant links between context factors and negotiation strategies. Self-esteem was important in explaining …
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An exploration of boundaries of families in treatment for father-daughter incest: a comparison with other clinical families
… A major difference between the groups related to marital power and control, with mothers in the incest treatment group reporting less control over family rules prior to the disclosure of abuse and the initiation of treatment than mothers in the control treatment group. The results of the research …
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Crafting Culture: Scrapbooking and the Lives of Women
… The next chapter explores how women negotiate marital power through the financial costs of their hobby. In the chapter on scrapbooks, I examine how the product and women's interpretations of it, sustain enthusiasts' participation in the hobby. Using Bourdieu's theory of family discourse, I …
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STABILITY AND CHANGE IN PATTERNS OF WIFE-BEATING: A SYSTEMS THEORY APPROACH
… a child, incidence of alcohol abuse, and skewed marital power; (2) men were both more likely to be violent than the women, and more frequently violent; (3) over three incidents of violence the women's reaction changed from denial to seeking intervention, and the processes that led to change were …