Dimensions of Marital Well-Being among White and Black Newlyweds.

Crohan, Susan E.; Veroff, Joseph

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Publication Date: 1989

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Dimensions of Marital Well-Being among White and Black Newlyweds.

Crohan, Susan E.; Veroff, Joseph

Journal of Marriage and the Family, v51 n2 p373-83 May 1989

Four dimensions of marital well-being--happiness, equity, competence, and control--emerged in a factor analysis of 12 items asking 199 Black and 174 White newlywed couples to evaluate their overall marital quality. Dimensions were related to respondents' gender, cohabitation history, education, and income, differentially for Blacks and Whites. (TE)

Descriptors: Blacks, Cohabitation, Comparative Analysis, Competence, Cultural Differences, Factor Analysis, Marital Satisfaction, Marriage, Racial Differences, Well Being, Whites

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Language: English

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