Date of Award:
5-2007
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Human Development and Family Studies
Department name when degree awarded
Family, Consumer, and Human Development
Committee Chair(s)
Linda Skogrand
Committee
Linda Skogrand
Committee
Scot Allgood
Committee
Thomas Lee
Abstract
Dual-earner couples raising children face stress that can interfere with marital happiness. Some of these couples seek help from marriage and family therapists, but many therapists claim they are not well trained in the issues facing these couples. In order to determine what might help therapists. researchers in the past have traveled two scholarly paths: (a) studying dual-income couples who still have children at home and are dealing with the stressors of this lifestyle with varying degrees of success, and (b) asking long-term, happily married couples what helped them stay together successfully. This study combined both approaches. Dual-earner couples whose children were grown and who identified themselves as having great marriages reflected on strategies that helped them develop and maintain successful and satisfying marriages. Implications for marital therapy are discussed.
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Recommended Citation
Rosenband, Reva C., "An Exploratory Qualitative Study of Dual-Earner Couples in Great Marriages: The View from the Empty Nest" (2007). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 2582.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2582
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