With data from the Survey of Income Program Participation, a three-equation, reduced-form econometric model is used to generate estimates revealing that the cost of market child care decreases the labor force participation of married women. High wages increase likelihood of working and use of paid child care. (SK)

Describes the plight of academics' wives, who are held captive to the responsibilities and requirements of their spouse's demanding careers. Outlines the ways that careers in academics remain inequitable for women. (HB)

Examined generalization of behavioral marital therapy (BMT) and enhanced behavioral marital therapy (EBMT), which added cognitive restructuring, affection exploration, and generalization training to BMT. Both techniques were effective in decreasing negative communication behaviors and cognitions across settings for couples (n=26), but there was…

Examined four- and five-year follow-up data from evaluation of effects of Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program, marital distress prevention program which teaches couples effective communication and conflict management skills. At five-year follow-up, intervention, as compared with control, couples had higher levels of positive and lower…

Discusses how DuPont is helping its employees cope with managing two careers by offering a series of workshops for employees and their spouses. (JOW)

Assessed 60 couples on how resolved they were about the career-versus-family conflict in their lives. High self-esteem and life satisfaction best predicted being resolved about the conflict. The only theme that discriminated between the most and least resolved spouses was "my family comes first." Wives were more rationally resolved about the…

Divided 107 preschool children into 4 groups based on maternal reports of children's exposure to verbal and physical conflict and on living situation (home or shelter). Collected parental ratings of behavior problems and competencies and children's self-report data. Findings suggest direct relationship between nature of conflict and residence and…

Examined the issue of time spent in market work by looking at married mothers' work experience during 1992. Determined that today's married mothers are twice as likely to work full time all year than their predecessors of 20 years ago. (Author)

Examined effects of dysphoria on husbands' and wives' later marital adjustment among 264 couples about to marry. Assessed relationship satisfaction and level of dysphoria in both spouses prior to marriage, 6 months after marriage, and 18 months after marriage. Premarital dysphoria was associated with later marital dissatisfaction. Gender…

Examined assertions made concerning Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) use with couples in marital therapy. Sixty-seven couples completed MBTI and questionnaire concerning marital problems. Results were not consistent with assertions found in MBTI literature. Few spouses in couples were same on all four preferences and number of opposite…

Used nationally representative sample of 2,031 adults aged 18 to 90 to compare housework and family care as primary activity with paid work and with volunteer work, leisure activities, home and yard maintenance, and schoolwork. Found that unpaid domestic work was more routine, and it provided less intrinsic gratification and fewer extrinsic…

Husbands' beliefs regarding justifying wife beating, holding violent husbands responsible for their behavior, and blaming battered wives for violence against them are investigated among Palestinian men. Patriarchal ideology provides a conceptual framework for presentation and discussion of the findings from multiple regression analyses.…

Analyzes the determinants of employment among Mexican-origin women who immigrated to the United States in the 1980s. Derives nine hypotheses from the analytical model and examines them through logistic regression. Results support seven hypotheses, including one about the women's educational background. (SLD)

Examines differences in subjective psychological well-being between husband and wife caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease in comparison to the psychological states of noncaregiver spouses similar in age and ethnicity. Significant interactions for six out of nine psychological measures indicate that gender-related differences between…

Tests Frank's model of oppressive situations and asymmetric role-taking in a survey of 66 battered women and 80 nonbattered women. Battered women's social situations were characterized by powerlessness, social isolation, and economic dependency. Develops the value of this theoretical approach with its emphasis on enhancing women's power base and…