Commitment in long term cohabiting couples

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dc.contributor.authorGalway, Alisonen
dc.contributor.committeechairBlieszner, Rosemaryen
dc.contributor.committeememberAllen, Katherine R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberTravis, Shirley S.en
dc.contributor.departmentFamily and Child Developmenten
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:35:38Zen
dc.date.adate2010-05-04en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:35:38Zen
dc.date.issued1994-04-05en
dc.date.rdate2010-05-04en
dc.date.sdate2010-05-04en
dc.description.abstractResearchers on close relationships presupposed marriage as a central measure of successful commitment and identified a mix of structural and personal motives underlying commitment. Debate on how to measure and predict commitment has been prompted by its conceptual complexity and the importance of its role in relationship maintenance. This study focused on five couples together for at least 13 years outside the institutional grooves and prescribed roles of marriage. Johnson's (1991a) social-psychological model of commitment types embedded within a social structure guided the research. The couples defined commitment, discussed a challenging time in the maintenance of their relationship, and responded to specific questions. Data analysis resulted in development of a three dimensional model of commitment phenomenology. Dimensions include types of commitment from Johnson's model (1991a); commitment contexts of time and society expanded from Johnson's model; and the expression of commitment (awareness, salience, plans, or behavior) implied in Johnson's model but made explicit in this model.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentviii, 214 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05042010-020351en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05042010-020351/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/42491en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1994.G359.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 30796847en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1994.G359en
dc.subject.lcshInterpersonal relations -- Case studiesen
dc.subject.lcshUnmarried couples -- Case studiesen
dc.titleCommitment in long term cohabiting couplesen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineFamily and Child Developmenten
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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