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| Reciprocity of social support in long-term marriage | | Author(s) | Catherine Chase Goodman |
| Journal title | Journal of Mental Health and Aging, vol 5, no 4, Winter 1999 |
| Pages | pp 341-358 |
| Keywords | Marriage ; Husbands ; Grandparents ; Family relationships ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Social support and reciprocity in long-term marriage were examined in this study. It was expected that spouses in reciprocal relationships would provide the most positive descriptions and deprived spouses least positive descriptions of their marriages. A survey of 80 husbands and wives aged between 43 and 83 years elicited ratings of own and spouse's contributions to the marriage in areas of love, respect, information, goods, services, and money. A measure of reciprocity based on each individual's perspective of own and spouse's contribution supported the reciprocity hypothesis to some extent, although results were stronger and more consistent for women. Additionally, women focused on relational areas while men focused on control. In contrast, a measure of couple reciprocity based on the husbands' and wives' perspectives of their own contribution showed an unexpected gender interaction.The authors concluded that it cannot be assumed that men and women experience or evaluate social support or exchange in the same way. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000120206 A |
| Classmark | SL: SNA: SW: DS:SJ: 7T |
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