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Welfare Status, Gender, And The Utilization Of Marital Counseling Services, Courtney A. Wyatt
Welfare Status, Gender, And The Utilization Of Marital Counseling Services, Courtney A. Wyatt
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The purpose of this study was to examine how welfare status, gender, and the interaction between welfare status and gender relate to the utilization of counseling services related to marriage (i.e., "marital help-seeking"). This study was a secondary analysis of the Utah Marriage Survey data set from 2003. Two samples were utilized in this study, and generated a total sample of I ,316 participants. The first sample was made up of I, 173 randomly selected Utah households, identified through a random-digit dialing sampling technique. The second sample was obtained from a random selection of current Temporary Assistance for Needy Families …
Couples In Great Marriages With A Traditional Structure And Egalitarian Relationship, Pamela Kandior Morrill
Couples In Great Marriages With A Traditional Structure And Egalitarian Relationship, Pamela Kandior Morrill
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This study researched the possibility of an egalitarian relationship coexisting with a traditional role-structured marriage. Qualitative methods were used to gather data from a national sample using a 31-page questionnaire. Out of the larger Great Marriage Research Study of 130 respondents (65 couples), 14 couples fit the criteria for this study in that they had a traditional structure to their marriage and both felt their was a balance of power between them. Their stories were analyzed to discover what their marriages were like and how they talked about and operationalized an egalitarian relationship. Findings from this research indicated that it …