Factors in the Distribution of Success in Marriage
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2199037 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Bernard (0000-0002-3905-9160, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1934 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 49-60 |
| Publication date | 1934-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/216651 |
| OpenAlex | W2060713003 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
The present article attempts to explain the marked negative skewness found in the distribution of success in marriage of a sample of 252 individuals, as reported in an earlier article. Age, income, education, and absence of children must be discarded as explanatory factors of success in marriage in the present sample. A negatively skewed curve is probably normal for distribution of marital satisfaction, but this skewness is exaggerated in the present study by the instrument used and by psychological selective factors. The Appendix suggests that a periodic relationship may obtain between number of years' duration of marriage and marital satisfaction; that a parabolic relationship exists between the difference in age of the spouses and marital satisfaction; that a negative relationship may exist between age of men at marriage and their marital satisfaction; and that the first child is more of a disturbing factor with men than the second child
Distribution (mathematics) · Econometrics · Economics · Marital status · Population · Sample (material) · Skewness · Sociology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Mathematics · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology
Similar or Related Personality Traits as a Factor in Marital Happiness
Child Density and the Marital Relationship
Measuring Marital Satisfaction in Three Generations
Marital Adjustment over the Family Life Cycle
A Feminist Review of Marital Adjustment Literature
Methodology and Results of Recent Studies in Marital Adjustment
The Conjugal Family and the Extended Family Group
Summary of Literature on Social Adjustment
Testing Bernard’s Thesis of His and Hers Marriage Using Marital Satisfaction Research Published Between 1929 and 1950
Causes, connections, and continuous measures
Marital Satisfaction over the Family Life Cycle
Marital Quality of Black and White Adults Over the Life Course
Conjugal Work Roles and Marital Solidarity
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 1939 - 2026 (88) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |