A Study of Husbands and Wives from Dual-Career and Traditional-Career Families
- 1 September 1978
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychology of Women Quarterly
- Vol. 3 (1), 78-89
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1978.tb00527.x
Abstract
Husbands and wives of dual-career families were compared with husbands and wives of traditional-career families on the variables of inner-directedness, self-actualizing values, existentiality, self-regard, and self-acceptance. Also, comparisons between the two sets of couples were made on shared and unshared interests. Our findings indicate that the husbands and wives in our sample of dual-career families do not differ in major ways from our sample of husbands and wives of traditional-career families; however, in every instance of difference, the direction of difference supports the view that husbands and wives of dual-career families are more inner-directed and flexible in applying personal values than husbands and wives of traditional-career families.Keywords
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