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Changes in marital satisfaction in three generations of Mexican Americans
Author(s)	Kyriakos S Markides, Jan Roberts-Jolly, Laura A Ray
Journal title	Research on Aging, vol 21, no 1, January 1999
Pages	pp 36-45
Keywords	Married couples ; Life satisfaction ; Personal relationships ; Age groups [elderly] ; Ethnic groups ; United States of America.
Annotation	Changes in marital satisfaction over 11 years were investigated in a three-generation sample of Mexican Americans originally interviewed during 1981-82 and re-interviewed in 1992-93. Among persons married to the same spouses, results showed no significant changes in the negative sentiment component of the Guilford and Bengtson marital satisfaction scale in any of the categories. However, significant declines in the positive interaction component were observed among women in all generations and among younger males. Declines among women over 11 years were consistent with cross-sectional findings at baseline showing successively lower positive interactions from younger to older generations among women. Results are discussed with regard to the U-shaped curve suggested by the literature on marital satisfaction across the life cycle. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-990121406 A
Classmark	SM: F:5HH: DS: BB: TK: 7T
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