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The impact of perceptions of work/family overlap and objective work/family characteristics on marital satisfaction of physicians and their spouses

Creator:: Bird, David Nelson
Abstract:: Kanter (1977) conceptualized five dimensions of the interdependence between work and family: occupational subculture, job absorption, time and timing, rewards and resources, and the emotional climate of work. Each of these dimensions affects the functioning and satisfaction of families and marriages. This research examined how four of these dimensions (occupational...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: relationships between work and family, based on degree of husband's occupational absorption* RELATIONSHIP

The experience of southeast Asian refugee families : an exploration of family identity

Creator:: Lynch, Maureen Jessica
Abstract:: Every year thousands of families experience a major life-changing event when they are torn from their homeland and become refugees. Little is known about how the refugee experience impacts the family and how members perceive it affects their sense of family identity. The construct of family identity as proposed by...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , little reference has been made to the relationship between family history and family identity. One

Connections between women's unpaid family work and their family relationships : a feminist analysis

Creator:: McGraw, Lori A.
Abstract:: Women have long been responsible for the unpaid and under-recognized work of maintaining homes and family relationships (Walker, 1999). In this dissertation, I use feminist theories to address the connections between women's unpaid family work and their family relationships. I explore family ties between (a) aging mothers and their care...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Different worlds? : asymmetry in graduate student marriages

Creator:: Sakashita, Shari S.
Abstract:: That graduate study is detrimental to marriages has received empirical support. This study utilized systems theory to examine and help explain the dissolution process of graduate student marriages. Specifically, it examined the impact of marital structure on perceptions of marital quality. Drawing primarily from Scheinkman's (1988) qualitative study, spouses in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of family income. Other studies examining the relationship between household equity and marital

Decision-making influence strategies and relationship quality among elderly mothers and their caregiving daughters

Creator:: Jones-Aust, Laura Lynn
Abstract:: It is well established that family members, particularly adult children, are involved in their frail parents' decision making. It remains unclear however, how intergenerational decision-making influence is exercised and how it relates to personal and relationship characteristics. This study examined the impact of decision-making strategies and a mother's level of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: family members before making decisions. Intergenerational Relationship Quality and Decision Making

The effects of the family context and parent involvement on perceptions of children's school achievement

Creator:: Katzev, Aphra R.
Abstract:: The study examined dimensions of the family context associated with variations in parent involvement and parent perceptions of children's school achievement using data from 1,085 male and 2,239 female respondents with a child between the ages of 5 and 18 years collected in the 1987-88 National Survey of Families and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: relationship of focal child to parent 3.2 Means for family context variables by sex of respondent 77 and

The impact of children with chronic health problems on marriage

Creator:: Eddy, Linda L.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of having a child with a chrome illness or handicapping condition on marital quality and perceived marital stability. The subject is important because the belief that marriages in parents of chronically ill or handicapped children are uniformly less happy and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The ripple effect : relationship changes in the context of a family literacy program

Creator:: Merrill, Marina L.
Abstract:: Using a qualitative approach, this study explored how participation in a family literacy program can impact important relationships beyond the targeted parent-child dyad. Interviews with 108 parents, were collected over four program years, 1996-1999, as part of the statewide evaluation of Oregon's Even Start Family Literacy programs, were analyzed using...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Women's feelings about the work-family interface of long-haul truck drivers : six days on the road and he's gonna be home tonight

Creator:: Moon, Susan F.
Abstract:: Long-haul truck drivers are absent from their families for prolonged periods of time. This paper examines the methods trucking families use to remain connected given such absences. Interviews with ten women married to long-haul truck drivers underwent qualitative analysis. Initially, personal profiles were developed to illustrate life experiences of the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: important role in the success of the trucking family relationship, as it is left largely up to her to

Family influences on adolescent drug relapse : follow-up study of a treatment population

Creator:: Coughlin, Chris D.
Abstract:: Relapse is a common occurrence in the treatment of adolescent substance abuse. It is estimated that one out of three adolescents will relapse after treatment termination. Although much attention has been given to family factors which influence an adolescent's use and abuse of drugs, this same vigorous attention has not...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: abuse 0 and drug abuse for females. Another consistent finding is the relationship between family

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The impact of perceptions of work/family overlap and objective work/family characteristics on marital satisfaction of physicians and their spouses

The experience of southeast Asian refugee families : an exploration of family identity

Connections between women's unpaid family work and their family relationships : a feminist analysis

Different worlds? : asymmetry in graduate student marriages

Decision-making influence strategies and relationship quality among elderly mothers and their caregiving daughters

The effects of the family context and parent involvement on perceptions of children's school achievement

The impact of children with chronic health problems on marriage

The ripple effect : relationship changes in the context of a family literacy program

Women's feelings about the work-family interface of long-haul truck drivers : six days on the road and he's gonna be home tonight

Family influences on adolescent drug relapse : follow-up study of a treatment population

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