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Anticipated dependence
— a determinant in an integrative model of power relations among elderly couples | | Author(s) | Liat Kulik |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging Studies, vol 11, no 4, Winter 1997 |
| Pages | pp 363-377 |
| Keywords | Husbands ; Personal relationships ; Married couples ; Attitude ; Theory ; Israel. |
| Annotation | This study proposes an integrative, multivariate model, based on resource theory, which analyses conjugal power relations among older married couples from the husband's perspective. In addition to resources examined in other studies (e.g. economic and social resources), this model considers the husband's anticipated dependence on his wife as a potential factor which may explain conjugal power relations. The integrative model was tested on 211 elderly husbands in Israel. It was found that the primary variables explaining conjugal power relations in late adulthood are psychological-expressive in nature. Instrumental-economic resources were not found to have any explanatory power in the late stage of life. Traditional attitudes of the husband regarding women's capacity to fulfil roles outside the home correlated positively with his perceived power in the marital relationship. The findings indicate that the resource theory may be expanded, and that anticipated dependence can be incorporated as a potential resource affecting current power relations among elderly couples. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970303013 A |
| Classmark | SNA: DS: SM: DP: 4D: 7H6 |
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