Administered the Bem Sex Role Inventory, the SCL-90, and a demographic questionnaire to 195 new mothers. Analysis showed new mothers classified as either androgynous or masculine tended to score lower on the dimensions reflecting psychological distress than feminine or undifferentiated women. Androgynous mothers tended to be less hostile. (JAC)

Provides a theoretical framework for understanding the reality reconstructions, identity transformations, and role readjustments that must be made by involuntarily childless couples who are unable to make the transition to parenthood as they had anticipated. (Author/ABB)

Examines attitudes and beliefs concerning the appropriate age at marriage for men and women in Thailand. For males, entering into marriage was linked to completion of military service and a period in the monkhood. For both sexes, readiness to marry was defined in terms of economic and emotional responsibilities. (Author/NRB)

Tested the influence of birth-order complementarity on marital adjustment among 327 married women using the Spanier Dyadic Adjustment Scale (1976). Birth-order complementarity was found to be unassociated with marital adjustment. (Author/BL)

Analyzed postdivorce emotional and psychological adjustment of men (N=144) and women (N=146) over two-year period. Found that greater personal resources before separation, better psychological functioning for women, development of social life, and a new intimate relationship all positively influenced adjustment. Results indicated that reducing…

Examined the effects of social support on the psychological well-being of 245 widows. Results indicated that the role of such support is important but complex. Whether social support is helpful depends on such factors as where the widows are in the adjustment process and the type of support given. (Author/JAC)

the findings indicated that (1) physical and psychlogical health are associated with marital happiness regardless of marital history, and (2) at the same time, divorce and remarriage tend to "select" the healthier members of the unhappy married population. (Author)

Developed and tested a multivariate model of marital adjustment among 92 couples in dual-earner marriages. For both genders, higher levels of occupational commitment by wives adversely affected marital adjustment, whereas both men and women perceived that marital adjustment was unaffected by the occupational commitment of husbands. (Author/NB)

Examined data from a longitudinal study of divorce and remarriage to ascertain whether remarriage is helpful in enhancing one's well-being following marital separation. Concluded that remarriage after divorce is not associated with enhanced well-being. Moreover, no other variables were identified which appear to predict well-being following…

Couples (N=46) expecting their first child completed the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Scale and the Bem Sex Role Inventory during the last trimester of the wife's pregnancy and again after the birth of the baby. Results indicated that wives' marital adjustment scores were significantly lower following the birth. (Author)

This study addresses three major limitations of previous research: empty nest is considered a transitional rather than an enduring state; subjective definitions are considered as well as high school graduation by the youngest child; and target groups of women at high risk for crises are explored. (Author)

Based upon responses to questionnaires by 162 university married-housing couples, equity theory was used to explain the relations between affective self-disclosure and marital adjustment. Found that the greater discrepancy in partners' affective self-disclosure, the less was an individual's marital adjustment. (Author/RC)

Examines the consequences of inconsistency between individual's statuses and between his or her spouse's statuses, as well as incompatibilities between husbands' and wives' educational and occupational status. Results show status inconsistency and incompatibility to be important variables for explaining life and marital dissatisfaction. (Author)

Studied relationship between social support and psychological distress in first-married and remarried newlyweds (N=427). Identified social support providers to husbands and wives who were (l) both first time marrieds; (2) one was first time married and other remarried; (3) both remarrieds. Found variation by group on those named as support…

Investigated adjustment to insulin-treated diabetes among 20 adult patients and spouses. Found illness-related perceptions of patients and spouses were positively correlated and discrepancies decreased with increasing duration of marriage after diagnosis. Marital satisfaction of spouses was negatively related to knowledge about diabetes,…