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Thus, the basic instrument of the study was the Marital Roles Inventory which listed roles in each spouse's role-set in random order, and which yielded two sets of findings: By the \"Index of Strain\" the difference was measured between the performances and expectations of spouses; by the \"Index of Deviation,\" the difference was measured between the rank-order assigned to roles by a given subject and the total sample's modal rank-ordering of the same set of roles. Fifteen associations of variables were used to test the hypotheses; fourteen of these yielded findings similar to those of the Hurvitz study (Fisher's z transformation test on the correlations obtained in both studies was used). Major conclusions of the study were: a) Lack of strain in the performance of the husbands' roles is associated with both the husbands' and wives' marital satisfaction, b) there is a direct relationship between husbands' and wives' Indexes of Strain, and c) absence of strain for wives appears to be associated with a rank-order of role performances which is like that of other wives.","abstract_html":"Investigation of the effects of inconsistencies in role performances and role expectations between spouses constituted the research problem. The major purpose of the study was to replicate a previous research effort in that area. Nathan Hurvitz's, The Measurement of Marital Strain (1960), was the study selected. The problem was approached by using "marital strain" as a sensitizing concept, and through the technique of allowing spouses to rank-order roles comprising role-sets of both their own and that of their spouse. Thus, the basic instrument of the study was the Marital Roles Inventory which listed roles in each spouse's role-set in random order, and which yielded two sets of findings: By the "Index of Strain" the difference was measured between the performances and expectations of spouses; by the "Index of Deviation," the difference was measured between the rank-order assigned to roles by a given subject and the total sample's modal rank-ordering of the same set of roles. Fifteen associations of variables were used to test the hypotheses; fourteen of these yielded findings similar to those of the Hurvitz study (Fisher's z transformation test on the correlations obtained in both studies was used). Major conclusions of the study were: a) Lack of strain in the performance of the husbands' roles is associated with both the husbands' and wives' marital satisfaction, b) there is a direct relationship between husbands' and wives' Indexes of Strain, and c) absence of strain for wives appears to be associated with a rank-order of role performances which is like that of other wives.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Barnes, Dennis Jeffers"],"institution":"Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University","degree_name":"M.S.","degree_level":"masters","degree_discipline":"Sociology","degree_department":"Sociology","school":null,"contributors":[],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":1971,"date_issued":"1971","date_published":"1971","updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:19:59Z","subjects":[],"languages":["en"],"rights":["In Copyright"],"rights_urls":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10919/104511","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier.uri"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor.department","label":"Department","values":["Sociology"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Barnes, Dennis Jeffers"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date.accessioned","label":"Dc Date Accessioned","values":["2021-08-02T18:38:56Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.available","label":"Dc Date Available","values":["2021-08-02T18:38:56Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.issued","label":"Date","values":["1971"]},{"key":"dc:publisher","label":"Institution","values":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["Thesis"]},{"key":"dc:type.dcmitype","label":"Dc Type Dcmitype","values":["Text"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Sociology"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["masters"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["M.S."]},{"key":"thesis:institution_name","label":"Thesis Institution Name","values":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language.iso","label":"Language (ISO)","values":["en"]},{"key":"dc:rights","label":"Dc Rights","values":["In Copyright"]},{"key":"dc:rights.uri","label":"Rights URI","values":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.uri","label":"Identifier URI","values":["http://hdl.handle.net/10919/104511"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["Investigation of the effects of inconsistencies in role performances and role expectations between spouses constituted the research problem. 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