Masters Theses
Date of Award
8-1991
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Major
Child and Family Studies
Major Professor
Priscilla Blanton
Committee Members
Lynn Blinn, Connie Steele
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the predictive value of a model comprised of gender-role attitudes, spousal intimacy, and spousal fusion/individuation on role strain and time management. Spousal intimacy and spousal fusion/individuation were measured as two separate dimensions. Identical questionnaires were mailed to Knoxville, Tennessee, dual- career couples. Forty-eight couples with one to three children participated. F-ratios showed that the model was not predictive of time management but was predictive of role-strain. Spousal intimacy and gender accounted for a significant amount of variance in role-strain in the combined males and females group. When follow-up analyses of males and females individually were done, a model containing the variables of spousal fusion/individuation and spousal intimacy accounted for a significant amount of variance in the female group.
Recommended Citation
Gilliard, Jennifer L., "The influence of gender-role attitudes, spousal intimacy, and spousal fusion/individuation on job/family stress in dual-career families. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 1991.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/12409