The Functional Significance of Conjugal Communication in a Transitional Society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2587318 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ira W Hutchison (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 580 |
| Publication date | 1974-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/350730 |
| OpenAlex | W2159475632 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Revealed Difference data on 45 Filipino couples is utilized to demonstrate that the amount, type of resolution, and quality of, conjugal communication processes varies with the type of issue being discussed. Three issue-areas were investigated: family obligations, husband-wife problems, and parent-child problems. Middle-class couples consistently disagreed more often on the hypothetical issues, regardless of the issue-area, than lower-class couples. Parent-child issues were the most problematic for the middle-class spouses, while family obligations were the most problematic for the lower-class couples. It is suggested that the communicative response to different types of issues reflects different levels of departure from traditional normative family expectations, with a corresponding accommodation to more contempo
Accommodation · Class (philosophy · Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Middle class · Normative · Political science · Sociology · Wife · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |