Date of Award

Summer 1991

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Psychology

Program/Concentration

Psychology

Committee Director

Louis H. Janda

Committee Member

Janis V. Sanchez-Hucles

Committee Member

Valerian J. Derlega

Committee Member

Perry M. Duncan

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.P65C36

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between intrinsic/extrinsic religious orientation and sex-role attitudes within the context of marriage. Three hundred and ten students from urban Catholic high schools participated in the study. Sex-role attitudes were measured using Likert-type scales reflecting judgment on apportionment of time between spouses for paid employment, childcare, and housework. Also, Likert-type scales reflected perceived comfort, perceived marriage satisfaction, and divorce probability for a husband and wife represented in an egalitarian and a traditional sex-segregated scenario. Sex-role attitude scores were examined by categorizing students according to gender and high/low intrinsic and extrinsic groups. Males were found to be more traditional than females in terms of a wife' paid employment and in terms of responsibility for childcare. Extrinsic orientation did interact with gender of subject on perceptions about the husband's marriage satisfaction. Overall, students preferred the egalitarian type of marriage over the traditional type while continuing to evidence traditional attitudes in terms of employment.

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DOI

10.25777/q7r3-tr98

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