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

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11220183
AutoresMark Odell (0000-0001-5464-9882, Bowling Green State University, autor de correspondencia), William H Quinn (0000-0003-1304-8997, University of Georgia)
Año1998
Volumen27
Número1-2
Páginas91-112
Fecha de publicación1998-04-21
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMarriage & Family Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0149-4929 • E-ISSN: 1540-9635
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j002v27n01_07
OpenAlexW2076982419
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias 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