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Patterson, Joan M.; McCubbin, Hamilton I. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1984
Examined the relationship of gender-role orientation and specific behavioral coping responses of wives (N=82) experiencing a long-term separation from their military spouses. Results showed that an androgynous gender-role orientation was significantly associated with four of the five coping patterns identified as helpful to wives managing a…
Descriptors: Androgyny, Behavior Patterns, Coping, Military Personnel

Wiseman, Jacqueline P. – Family Relations, 1980
Findings indicate that wives attempt to treat husbands' alcoholism at home long before they seek professional help. Wives' strategies reflect their changing beliefs about alcoholism, about their marital relationships, and about their failure to cope. Home treatment strategies of amelioration under stress contribute to the stress as well.…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Attitude Change, Behavior Patterns, Coping
Menaghan, Elizabeth G. – 1982
Little evidence exists about either the short or long-term effects of coping strategies on the reduction of emotional distress or the lessening of problems. To examine the predictors and effectiveness of four marital coping efforts (negotiation, optimistic comparison, selective ignoring, and resignation), data derived from a panel study of 758…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Coping, Interpersonal Relationship

Chiriboga, David A.; Thurnher, Majda – Journal of Divorce, 1980
Results suggest that characteristics of the marital lifestyle may impede or facilitate adjustment to marital separation, although salient characteristics may vary for men and women, and change with age. The existence of separate avenues for self-expression constitutes a major resource in coping with the transition to singlehood. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Coping

Skinner, Denise A. – Family Relations, 1980
Although acknowledging stressful aspects of dual-career living, most participants defined their life-style positively. Achieving a balance between the advantages and disadvantages of the lifestyle appears to be the overriding concern of most dual-career couples. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Coping, Family (Sociological Unit)

Johnson, Patti L.; O'Leary, K. Daniel – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Examined how spousal behaviors related to global and daily marital satisfaction. Eighty-two couples completed daily checklists of spousal behaviors for seven days using an individualized or a standardized assessment method. Daily behavioral event measures were significantly related to global and daily measures of marital satisfaction,…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Coping, Evaluation

Bradbury, Thomas N.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Examined whether spouses' attributions for partner behavior are related to their behavior by assessing their attributions and observing the problem-solving discussions of cohabitating couples (n=52) in which neither spouse was depressed or distressed, the wife was depressed and both spouses were distressed, and the wife was not depressed and both…
Descriptors: Adults, Attribution Theory, Behavior, Behavior Patterns