Abstract
dc:description.abstractThis study explored the association between marital attitudes and messages received about marriage on mental health of 18-45 year old never married Black women living in the United States. A cross-sectional web survey design using purposive sampling was employed. Four instruments were administered: a sociodemographic questionnaire; Marital Attitude Scale (MAS) to assess marital attitudes; Marital Messages Received Scale (MMR) to assess messages received about marriage; and Hopkins Checklist-25 (HSCL) to assess psychological distress. Four hypotheses were tested using stepwise regression, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and linear regression analyses. Findings suggested that sexual identity and health insurance had a differential effect on positive marital attitudes; positive messages received about marriage were predictive of positive marital attitudes; positive attitudes about marriage were associated with lower levels of psychological distress; and health insurance was predictive of psychological distress.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Campus Access Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- College of Social Work
- Year
- 2010
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- DeLoach, Kendra Pili
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Sadye L. Logan
Subjects
dc:subject × 7Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- © 2010, Kendra Pili DeLoach
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/435
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholarcommons.sc.edu:etd-1436