Abstract
SynopsisA study was carried out in which the relationship between different patterns of marital role expectations and relationship satisfaction was investigated among 80 engaged Australian couples. These results are compared with those obtained in an earlier study of 100 engaged couples sampled in 1979-80. The earlier study found that couples possessing equalitarian expectations were more satisfied in the areas of personality issues, communication, conflict resolution, leisure activities, and family and friends compared to couples whose expectations were incongruent and involved male traditionalism. The present study reports a similar but less pervasive effect. Reasons for the weakening of the effect involve increased levels of equalitarianism in men in the 1987 sample relative to men in the earlier sample. Educational levels may also play a role in explaining the difference in the two sets of findings, since the 1987 sample provides a more even distribution across categories of education relative to the ...
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