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Interparental Incongruence in Differential Treatment of Adolescent Siblings: Links with Marital Quality
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Kan, Marni L.; McHale, Susan M.; Crouter, Ann C. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2008
This study examined longitudinal links between incongruence in mothers' versus fathers' differential treatment of adolescent-age siblings and parents' marital quality. Multilevel models including 200 families, over four waves, spaced across 6 years tested whether youth perceptions of incongruence in differential intimacy and conflict predicted…
Descriptors: Siblings, Mothers, Marital Satisfaction, Conflict
Longitudinal Changes in Marital Relationships: The Role of Offspring's Pubertal Development
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Whiteman, Shawn D.; McHale, Susan M.; Crouter, Ann C. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2007
This study charted the longitudinal trajectories of wives' and husbands' reports of marital love, satisfaction, and conflict and explored whether and how first- and second-born offspring's pubertal development was related to marital changes. Data were drawn from the first 7 years of a longitudinal study of family relationships. Participants…
Descriptors: Spouses, Puberty, Intimacy, Conflict
Marital Quality and Spouses' Marriage Work with Close Friends and Each Other.
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Helms, Heather M.; Crouter, Ann C.; McHale, Susan M. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2003
Explores how husbands' and wives' marriage work with close friends and one another was linked to their perceptions of marital quality. Results showed that husbands engaged in more marriage work with their wives than with close friends, whereas wives engaged in similar levels of marriage work with their close friends and husbands. (Contains 58…
Descriptors: Friendship, Interpersonal Relationship, Marital Satisfaction, Marriage
You Can't Always Get What You Want: Incongruence between Sex-Role Attitudes and Family Work Roles and Its Implications for Marriage.
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McHale, Susan M.; Crouter, Ann C. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1992
Examined incongruencies between spouses' sex-role attitudes and division of family work and links with marital evaluations and family characteristics. Findings from 153 couples revealed that wives with nontraditional sex-role attitudes but traditional family work roles and husbands with traditional attitudes but egalitarian roles evaluated…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Congruence (Psychology), Family Characteristics, Intermediate Grades
Men's Provider-Role Attitudes: Implications for Household Work and Marital Satisfaction.
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Perry-Jenkins, Maureen; Crouter, Ann C. – Journal of Family Issues, 1990
Examined spousal division of work inside and outside family home in couples (N=43) and cognitions men attach to their work and family roles. Found men's provider-role attitudes were related to their family work involvement. Found congruence of role beliefs and role behavior within home related to higher levels of marital satisfaction for men.…
Descriptors: Family Income, Family Structure, Housework, Males
Processes Underlying Father Involvement in Dual-Earner and Single-Earner Families.
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Crouter, Ann C.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Correlates of father involvement were examined in 40 dual- and single-earner families with 1- to 25-month-old children. Fathers' work hours, sex role attitudes, perceived child care skill and perceived love for wives were assessed. On nine occasions, parents were asked to report on child care, leisure activities, and marital interactions during…
Descriptors: Employed Parents, Fathers, Infants, Interviews