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Marital Adjustment And Self-Concept In Married College Students, James Russell Moneypenny
Marital Adjustment And Self-Concept In Married College Students, James Russell Moneypenny
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In light of the widespread dissatisfaction with marital relationships currently being expressed by couples in the United States, a research study concerning marital adjustment and self-concept was undertaken. Self-concept was chosen to be examined in relation to marital adjustment because of its generally agreed upon importance in interpersonal behavior. A positive relationship between self-concept and marital adjustment would provide a conceptual framework from which to view marital adjustment and would suggest therapeutic approaches for dealing with the problem. The research problem, then, was to examine the relationship between marital adjustment and self-concept.
A review of the literature showed marital adjustment …