Data from married couples were analyzed to isolate aspects of religiosity that predicted each of four dimensions of marital adjustment. Religious ritual, experience, and, to a lesser extent, belief correlated significantly with the dimensions of marital adjustment, even when controlling for marital conventionality (social desirability).…

This paper summarizes the responses of 256 women to a questionnaire which focused on their recent experiences in the process of moving with their families. Typically they are happy with the new community and with the personality changes which have occured as a result of their moving experiences. (Author)

Principal axis factor analysis with varimax rotations of data for 149 wives and 157 husbands indicated that the instrument is an internally consistent measure of marital adjustment, and that this general aspect consists of two separate components--sexual congeniality and compatibility. (Author)

Families moved long distances by a major interstate mover, reported on the effect of the moves on their 318 children using a questionnaire and the Louisville Behavior Check List (LBCL). No effect'' or a good'' effect of moving was reported for 81 per cent of the children. Parents with a bad'' attitude toward moving saw a negative effect on…

This paper summarizes intentions and expectations in differential residential selection among families who had chose to move. Wives appear at face value to assess alternatives in the selection process rationally, to be aware of limitations in housing and location they will experience, and to have expectations about behavioral changes consistant…

Assessed effects of violated parenting expectations on adjustment to parenthood among 473 married women. Interviewed women during final trimester of first pregnancy and at one-year postbirth. Found women expected things to be better at one year than they actually were. Discrepancies significantly affected ease of adjustment to motherhood.…

The study assesses the relationships between feelings of alienation and family problems associated with moving. The study concludes that geographic mobility and family problems associated with moving are more likely to be found in the Army family in which the wife-mother feels alienated from society and the Army community. (Author)

It is concluded that romanticism does not appear to be harmful to marriage relationships in particular or the family system in general, and is therefore not generally dysfunctional in our society. (Author)

Results of this study suggest that for women, particularly those who are older, have children, and have been married longer, the more open their marriages, the better adjusted they are. For women, marital adjustment increases as the amount of consensus between husbands' and wives' views on marital openness increases. (Author/BEF)

Reviews literature from 1980s on consequences of divorce, focusing primarily on adults, and on areas of controversy and new emphases in studies of divorce. Includes critique of methodology and suggested directions for future research. (Author/NB)

Explored the appropriateness of using the Dyadic Adjustment Scale's norming criteria to assess level of marital adjustment among a subgroup of Mexican Americans (N=39) and identified intragroup response variability. Results indicated significant differences in scores and intragroup differences between husbands and wives and United States born and…

Compared personality and marital adjustment of 32 couples married before or after the husband's spinal cord injury. Subjects completed the Dyadic Adjustment Scale and Personal Orientation Inventory. Results showed couples married after the injury were more inner-directed and better adjusted than couples married before the injuries. (JAC)

Assessed marital change following childbirth in a longitudinal study of 72 couples. Analysis indicated the transition to parenthood resulted in somewhat unfavorable changes, but spouses scoring high on marital functioning tended to do so with their new parent role as well. (JAC)

The present study is a replication of a study published by Hobbs a decade ago. Results confirm what was found in 1965. New parents had only slight amounts of difficulty in adjusting to the first child and mothers reported significantly greater amounts of difficulty than did fathers. (Author)

Reports on the effect of the legal process in Pennsylvania on adjustment to marital separation. The data suggest that, although the majority of respondents found fault or encountered difficulty with the legal system, these problems did not necessarily result in reported poorer adjustment following the separation. (Author)