Date of Award:
5-2002
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Human Development and Family Studies
Department name when degree awarded
Family and Human Development
Committee Chair(s)
Scot M. Allgood
Committee
Scot M. Allgood
Committee
Randall Jones
Committee
Kathleen Piercy
Abstract
This exploratory project studied the association between positive and negative writing assignments on marital satisfaction and individual distress levels. The sample consisted of 110 individuals (30 couples in the positive writing group, 25 in the negative writing group). Individual distress was measured with the OQ -45 .2 and marital satisfaction was measured with the Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS). MAN OVA was used to test differences between pre- and post-writing intervention scores on the OQ -45.2 and RDAS. When pairing time, gender, and group in the analysis, time was the only statistically significant factor for both measures. The change from time I to time 2 may be due to the writing assignment while gender and group assignment may not be factors that lead to positive change in marital satisfaction and the lowering of individual distress.
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Recommended Citation
Hess, Brad, "The Association Between Writing about Marital Experiences and Individual Distress and Marital Satisfaction" (2002). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 2672.
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