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How Will Reforms of Marital Institutions Influence Marital Commitment? A Theoretical Analysis
Review of Economics of the Household, 2004Many recently policy proposals are intended to alter the incentives to establish or terminate family relationships, often with the goal of encouraging marriage. This paper develops a model of family structure decisions and uses it to argue that some such reforms may actually have the opposite effect.
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Commitment: A variable in women's response to marital therapy
The American Journal of Family Therapy, 1983Abstract The relationship between commitment to one's marriage at the onset of therapy and changes during marital therapy was examined. In a sample of 42 couples seeking marital therapy, wives' commitment level accounted for a significant amount of unique variance in marital satisfaction before therapy and gains in marital satisfaction resulting from ...
Steven R. H. Beach, Joan E. Broderick
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Church Attendance and Marital Commitment Beliefs of Undergraduate Women
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 2007Marital commitment between spouses has been found to be an important predictor of successful marriages. Beliefs about marital commitment among never‐married young adults are of interest because of their probable influence on subsequent marital behaviors.
Siu‐kuen Azor Hui +2 more
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Marital Commitment and Religiosity in a Religiously Homogenous Population
Marriage & Family Review, 2008Statewide surveys of marriage and divorce in Oklahoma and Utah point to the need to better understand the importance of commitment to marriage in a religiously homogenous population. The components of commitment—to their spouse, to marriage as an institution, and constraints to stay in the relationship—were explored in relation to religious values and ...
Scot M. Allgood +3 more
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Christian beliefs, moral commitment, and marital stability
2009The relationship between moral commitment and marital stability is examined within Johnson's (1991) commitment framework using two religious populations. Beliefs and internal factors are emphasized over external constraints and barriers. Johnson's model of commitment is discussed and modified to incorporate beliefs and Johnson's construct of moral ...
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Journal of Family Communication, 2004
Applying a dialectic perspective, we reconceptualize marital commitment from an individual variable to a dyadic variable. We propose a path model that predicts seven relationships among four key variables, that is, commitment, projected longevity of the relationship, communication maintenance behaviors, and marital quality.
Marceline Thompson-Hayes, Lynne M. Webb
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Applying a dialectic perspective, we reconceptualize marital commitment from an individual variable to a dyadic variable. We propose a path model that predicts seven relationships among four key variables, that is, commitment, projected longevity of the relationship, communication maintenance behaviors, and marital quality.
Marceline Thompson-Hayes, Lynne M. Webb
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Marital Commitment and Family Life Transitions
1999It is probably a safe assumption that at some point in time, most marriage-like relationships were ones in which partners were clearly highly attracted to their relationships and highly invested in their maintenance. The relationships were viewed as special—there was the expectation that the relationship would remain intimate, exclusive, and stable ...
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Embracing the Bitter “Truth”: Negative Self-Concepts and Marital Commitment
Psychological Science, 1992We propose that because self-concepts allow people to predict (and thus control) the responses of others, people want to find support for their self-concepts. They accordingly gravitate toward relationship partners who see them as they see themselves.
William B. Swann +2 more
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Attachment Style and Marital Commitment in the Context of Remarriage
Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 2012Adults and children benefit from the stability of remarried families, but second marriages are initially at higher risk for dissolution than first marriages. Grounded in attachment theory, this study examined how remarried parents' attachment styles influenced perspectives on marital commitment as a key psychological factor in strengthening the quality
Marion F. Ehrenberg +2 more
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Relational Commitment as a Mediator of Religiousness to Marital Quality
Journal of Psychology and Theology, 2015This study examined the relationship between religiousness, relational commitment, and marital quality, proposing that relational commitment would act as a mediator in the relationship between religiousness and marital quality. Using a causal step approach to testing mediation, zero-order correlates demonstrated significant relationships among all 3 ...
Joel C. Mitchell +3 more
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