TY - JOUR
T1 - Conflict In Maritally Distressed Military Couples
AU - Griffin, William A.
AU - Morgan, Allison R.
N1 - Funding Information:
Preparation of this manuscript was supported by Grant #MH18262-02 from the National Institute of Mental Health. The authors would like to thank Lt. James Masteller and the United States Army for their support in this project and Family Metrics and Russell Crane for providing a portion of the data. Finally, we are grateful to Elaine Blechman, William Gardner, Robert Cole, and Nancy Griffin for providing helpful comments on earlier drafts of this paper.
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - Military couples, because of their lifestyles, may have unique marital stressors. This study investigated whether distressed military couples, compared to distressed civilian couples, are at greater risk for specific marital problems. Prior to marital therapy, 30 military and 30 civilian couples completed a marital satisfaction assessment packet containing the Areas of Change Questionnaire, the Marital Adjustment Scale, and the Marital Status Inventory. Results indicated same-sex differences across groups, and cross-sex differences within groups. Most importantly, military wives were more likely to be physically abused than civilian wives, and they more often requested that their husbands drink less, work late less, and express more emotion. Military men were less encouraging of their wives having nonsexual outside relationships.
AB - Military couples, because of their lifestyles, may have unique marital stressors. This study investigated whether distressed military couples, compared to distressed civilian couples, are at greater risk for specific marital problems. Prior to marital therapy, 30 military and 30 civilian couples completed a marital satisfaction assessment packet containing the Areas of Change Questionnaire, the Marital Adjustment Scale, and the Marital Status Inventory. Results indicated same-sex differences across groups, and cross-sex differences within groups. Most importantly, military wives were more likely to be physically abused than civilian wives, and they more often requested that their husbands drink less, work late less, and express more emotion. Military men were less encouraging of their wives having nonsexual outside relationships.
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U2 - 10.1080/01926188808250703
DO - 10.1080/01926188808250703
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84928508313
SN - 0192-6187
VL - 16
SP - 14
EP - 22
JO - American Journal of Family Therapy
JF - American Journal of Family Therapy
IS - 1
ER -