Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.3935/rsp.v21i1.1138
The Attitude Towards Marital Roles and Perception of Family Relations of Employed Spouses
Maja Kokorić
; Gimnazija Vladimira Nazora Zadar
Ana Šimunić
; Odjel za psihologiju Sveučilišta u Zadru
Ljiljana Gregov
; Odjel za psihologiju Sveučilišta u Zadru
Sažetak
The aim of the research was to determine the quality of family functioning of employed couples with regard to the attitude of partners towards marital roles in our society where the traditional roles of spouses are still deeply ingrained. 177 employed married couples from different regions of Croatia and the area of southern Herzegovina completed questionnaires which measured the attitude towards marital roles, traditionality of roles of spouses and other aspects of quality of family relations. The results show that there are no considerable differences in assessed aspects of family relations regarding gender, which was expected since it is a sample of married couples who are assessing the same family environment. Further results show that those with more traditional attitudes do have more traditional marriages and considerably higher assessment of family conflict, while those with egalitarian attitudes have egalitarian marriages and lower assessment of family conflicts. The couples who have congruent attitudes towards marital roles assess lower traditionality of marital union, higher social support from the family and higher quality of family functioning than couples who are not congruent in their attitudes towards marital roles. Agreement of married couples in their attitudes towards marital roles and egalitarianism of those attitudes certainly show a more favourable effect on family functioning, but these results should be checked in the future on a more representative sample of respondents.
Ključne riječi
attitude on marital roles; double family providers; quality of family functioning; social support; satisfaction with family life
Hrčak ID:
122354
URI
Datum izdavanja:
24.4.2014.
Posjeta: 2.605 *