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Marital Quality in Dual-Career Couples: Impact of Role Overload and Coping Resources

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dc.contributor.authorSchnurman-Crook, Abrina M.en
dc.contributor.committeecochairGetz, Hilda M.en
dc.contributor.committeecochairBird, Gloria W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHutchins, David E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHohenshil, Thomas H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberProtinsky, Howard O. Jr.en
dc.contributor.departmentEducational Leadership and Policy Studiesen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:16:40Zen
dc.date.adate2001-09-27en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:16:40Zen
dc.date.issued2001-09-13en
dc.date.rdate2002-09-27en
dc.date.sdate2001-09-25en
dc.description.abstractAn explanatory model of stress and coping among dual-career partners examined the influence of role overload on individual coping strategies and relational coping resources as mediators, using marital quality as the measured outcome. Individual coping strategies included problem-focused and emotion-focused coping. Relational coping resources included maintenance behaviors, cooperative negotiation, and coercive negotiation. Data from a sample of 226 married, dual-career partners were subjected to a path analysis using a series of multiple regressions. Findings generally supported the proposed model. Results suggest that both individual coping strategies and relational coping resources mediated the stressor effects of role overload on marital qualityen
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-09252001-131554en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09252001-131554/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/29087en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartACROOK.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectcopingen
dc.subjectrole overleaden
dc.subjectmarital qualityen
dc.titleMarital Quality in Dual-Career Couples: Impact of Role Overload and Coping Resourcesen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineEducational Leadership and Policy Studiesen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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