Item Detail
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4984
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English
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Marital Satisfaction over the Family Life Cycle : A Reevaluation
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Journal of Marriage and the Family
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May 1974
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36
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271-82
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"Instruments used to measure marital satisfaction over the family life cycle in two previous studies that obtained contradictory results were used on a new sample. The results suggest that the apparent contradictions were a function of measurement differences rather than population differences. Evidence was found that the Blood-Wolfe Composite Index of Marital Satisfaction is not a valid measurement technique. In a cross-sectional study, males and females had a very similar pattern of a shallow U-shaped trend of general marital satisfaction over the family life cycle. It was suggested that a theory of role strain would explain this trend." [Authors]