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Happiness in Midlife Parental Roles: A Contextual Mixed Methods Analysis
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Mitchell, Barbara A. – Family Relations, 2010
This article focuses on midlife parental role satisfaction using date from a culturally diverse sample of 490 Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, parents. Results show that most parents are happy in their roles. Income satisfaction, intergenerational relationship quality, parents' main activity, health, age, ethnic background, and…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns, Adults
Marriage Preparation: Factors Associated with Consumer Satisfaction.
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Russell, Mary N.; Lyster, Rosanne Farnden – Family Relations, 1992
Evaluated marriage preparation program to determine overall consumer satisfaction with the program, satisfaction with specific content areas, and extent to which consumer characteristics affected satisfaction ratings. Results of survey of 196 couples revealed high overall satisfaction levels, variability in satisfaction by content area, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Marriage, Participant Satisfaction, Program Effectiveness
A Psychometric Investigation of Gender-Tilted Families: Implications for Family Therapy.
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Falconer, Clark W.; And Others – Family Relations, 1990
Obtained self-reports from 40 couples from gender-tilted families, families which have several children of same sex. Parents of boys reported higher levels of family conflict and lower satisfaction with their families than did parents of girls. Parents of male-tilted families expressed more masculine sex-role orientations, greater personal…
Descriptors: Conflict, Family Relationship, Family Structure, Foreign Countries
Job-Family Role Strain among Employed Single Mothers of Preschoolers.
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Campbell, Marian L.; Moen, Phyllis – Family Relations, 1992
Examined correlates of job-family strain in 160 Canadian employed single mothers with preschoolers. Strain was positively related to hours worked, number of children, and child's age and negatively associated with more positive attitudes to work and higher work satisfaction. Child care variables were not associated with strain. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Employed Parents, Family Size, Fatherless Family, Foreign Countries
Perception of Parent-Child Relationships in First Married and Remarried Families.
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Hobart, Charles W. – Family Relations, 1988
Examined husbands' and wives' perceptions of parents' relationships with shared and unshared children, and spousal differences in these perceptions, in first married and remarried families. Found significant differences in parental relations with "his,""hers," and "their" children, and in parental perceptions of these…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Family Environment, Family Life, Family Relationship