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| Self-disclosure and marital satisfaction in mid-life and late-life remarriages | | Author(s) | Ruth Bograd, Bernard Spilka |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 42, no 3, 1996 |
| Pages | pp 161-172 |
| Keywords | Married couples ; Age groups [elderly] ; Middle aged ; Life satisfaction ; Sexual equality ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Self-disclosure and marital satisfaction were studied among 125 males and females - about half of whom had remarried in mid-life (ages 30-45), and the others had remarried in late life (ages 60-75) - using the multidimensional Wheeless self-disclosure scales and Locke-Wallace measure of marital satisfaction. Mid-life versus late-life differences were evident for the amount and depth of disclosure, but not for intentionality, positiveness or honesty of disclosure. There appeared to be no gender differences in self-disclosure. Marital satisfaction was greatest for late-life remarriages; this was due to high levels of male satisfaction in this age group. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970731216 A |
| Classmark | SM: BB: SE: F:5HH: TM8: 4C: 7T |
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