The Engagement and Impact of Relational Maintenance Behaviors in African-American Dual-Career Couples

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dc.contributor.authorHamlin-Jones, Virginiaen
dc.contributor.committeechairBird, Gloria W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRogers, Cosby Steeleen
dc.contributor.committeememberFu, Victoria R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSporakowski, Michael J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHohenshil, Thomas H.en
dc.contributor.departmentFamily and Child Developmenten
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:21:39Zen
dc.date.adate1998-05-04en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:21:39Zen
dc.date.issued1998-04-10en
dc.date.rdate1999-05-04en
dc.date.sdate1998-04-10en
dc.description.abstractUsing individual and couple interviews, this qualitative work examined relational maintenance behaviors of 13 African-American dual-career couples. Findings reveal that study participants employed a variety of routine and strategic behaviors which they identified as relevant to maintaining marital satisfaction and stability. Couples distinguished between strategies in their daily interactions and those implemented for the long-term sustainment of their marriages. Couples also engaged a series of repair behaviors designed to restore the marital relationship once a transgression occurred. A new category of maintenance was discovered as useful for these African-American couples -- seek a spiritual connection. Each finding is discussed in regard to how it advances understanding of relational maintenance behaviors.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-32298-112618en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-32298-112618/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/30418en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartetd.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectRelational Maintenanceen
dc.subjectAfrican-Americanen
dc.subjectDual-Careeren
dc.titleThe Engagement and Impact of Relational Maintenance Behaviors in African-American Dual-Career Couplesen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineFamily and Child Developmenten
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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