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Date Available
4-18-2013
Year of Publication
2013
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
College
Agriculture
Department/School/Program
Family Sciences
Faculty
Dr. Nathan D. Wood
Faculty
Dr. Jason Hans
Abstract
This project examined dispositional optimism and its influence on the three subscales of marital adjustment (consensus, satisfaction, and cohesion) by gender. Data for this study came from Wave 2 and 3 of the National Survey of Families and Households. The Actor Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) was used to examine both actor and partner effects of dispositional optimism on the marital adjustment subscales using the program AMOS. Results indicate that wives’ optimism seem to influence their own later marital satisfaction as well as their husbands’ later marital satisfaction. However, husbands’ optimism appeared to influence neither their own nor their wives’ later satisfaction. These results imply that wives’ optimism matters for marital satisfaction, whereas husbands’ does not.
Recommended Citation
Machaty, Agnes, "Dispositional Optimism and Marital Adjustment" (2013). Theses and Dissertations--Family Sciences. 7.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/hes_etds/7
