How does a modern woman react to being defined by the role of wife? In our study, the authors examined the experiences, benefits, and challenges encountered by wives of college and university presidents. In a relationship where the husband has a prestigious and well-defined role, the female partner may still be expected to play a traditional role…

We examined how Spanish women's benevolent sexism (a sex-role attitude) affects their perceptions of whether a hypothetical husband will feel threatened by a wife's success at work. In a social perception study, female participants (N = 210) read a vignette in which a husband and his wife argued over her job promotion. Women's benevolent sexism…

Transnational marriages account for a significant proportion of family-based immigration to North America. An increasing number of immigrant men are choosing to marry women from their countries of origin, and an increasing number of nonimmigrant men are choosing to marry women from other countries. Existing studies on the experiences of foreign…

Examined the effect of wives' employment on the mental health of husbands. Findings reveal that wives' employment has negative effects on husbands' job and life satisfaction. These results suggest that the overall negative mental health effect may derive, in part, from the occupational domain. (Author/BL)

Married (N=50) and unmarried (N=50) cohabiting couples were asked to describe four problems which occurred in their relationship. Despite overall similarity of the kinds of problems reported by married and cohabiting couples, married women were particularly likely to complain that their husbands did not give them sufficient attention. (Author)

The weeks following the birth of a child can be stressful for new mothers. Maternal stress may be increased when mothers are dissatisfied with instrumental partner support (e.g., division of childcare duties and family decision-making power). The purpose of the current study was to determine if there is an association between dissatisfaction with…

Analyzes the differences in social support available to a sample of 91 married and 183 nonmarried Black females residing in a metropolitan area. Results indicate that having a spouse has little influence on the number of socially supportive relationships or the most important sources of assistance with financial problems. (Author/ABB)

Experiments were conducted to assess students' perceptions from written descriptions of voluntarily childfree women and men. Ratings of the childfree man were less favorable than those for the childfree woman, suggesting greater bias against childfree men than women. (Author)

Examined the relationship between an attitudinal and a behavioral measure of sex-preference for offspring. Contrary to prediction, androgynous and nonandrogynous persons did not differ significantly on preferred sex of child. Persons with a more positive attitude toward women's movement ideology showed significantly less male preference. (Author)

Surveyed married professional women (N=232) about their attitudes toward their roles and how they cope with role conflicts. A majority of women stated that they often experienced strains between these roles. Coping strategies such as having family members help with chores, and reducing standards, were significantly related to satisfaction.…

Minimal sex differences were found between male and female college students' perceptions of the following roles and role combinations: worker; spouse; parent; worker-spouse; and worker-parent. (Author/BEF)

Examined levels of acculturative stress and individual stressors and their relationship to levels of depressive symptomatology among young Mexican immigrant women. Women who in the last 3 months experienced discrimination, sex-role conflicts, and concern about starting a family in this country, had significantly higher depression scores than did…

Explores the relationship between wife's employment, sex-role traditionalism, and reported division of household tasks and decisions. Findings suggest that despite differences among women in sex-role traditionalism and employment status, most women say that they and their spouses divide tasks in a traditional sex-role fashion. (Author)

Examined environmental and psychological predictors of career and achievement motivation in 162 married female reentry college students. Findings suggested that feminine sex-typed women may be highly achieving given adequate support, while androgynous women may succeed in a different environment. Fear of success was highest in highly motivated…

The beliefs of 356 Jordanian women about wife-beating were investigated, using a self-administered questionnaire. The participants showed a strong tendency to justify wife-beating, to believe that women benefit from violence against them, and to blame women for their beating. Furthermore, the participants expressed clear opposition to formal…