Congruence, Desire for Change, and Adjustment During the First Year of Marriage

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11220183
AutoresMark Odell (0000-0001-5464-9882, Bowling Green State University, autor correspondente), William H Quinn (0000-0003-1304-8997, University of Georgia)
Ano1998
Volume27
Fascículo1-2
Páginas91-112
Data de publicação1998-04-21
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMarriage & Family Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0149-4929 • E-ISSN: 1540-9635
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j002v27n01_07
OpenAlexW2076982419
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas35

This longitudinal study was an examination of the marital relationship during its first year to discover what relations exist between congruence on initial values and role expectations, and marital adjustment and the desire for spousal change. It was found that congruence was positively related to marital adjustment and negatively related to the desire for spousal change, although this relation was statistically significant only at one month of marriage. Few gender differences were found, although a consistent relation between wife'S desire for spousal change and husband'S marital adjustment was found. Findings can be taken to suggest that successful couples make adaptations within their marital systems and that initial expectations are not predictive of marital adjustment during the first year of marriage

Congruence (geometry · Developmental psychology · Longitudinal study · Marital relationship · Wife · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology