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Economic Resources, Influence, and Stress among Married Couples
Author(s) -
Greaves Kathleen M.,
Zvonkovic Anisa M.,
Evans Lorina S.,
Hall Leslie D.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
family and consumer sciences research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 1077-727X
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x950241004
Subject(s) - sample (material) , power (physics) , resource (disambiguation) , psychology , stress (linguistics) , unit (ring theory) , marital status , demographic economics , work (physics) , social psychology , economics , sociology , demography , computer science , engineering , population , mechanical engineering , computer network , linguistics , chemistry , physics , philosophy , mathematics education , chromatography , quantum mechanics
Resource theory has suggested that power in a relationship rests on the ability to control important resources. With power defined as a potentiality, economic power as a concept needs to incorporate both the actual economic reward of income as well as the marital partners' potential as economic providers. One way to assess potential as an economic provider is by educational attainment. This research is drawnfrom a sample of 128 individuals (64 married couples). Using the couple as the unit of analysis, we divided the sample into different groups of couples. Results indicated that husbands' stress is related to the disparity of education, while wives' stress is related to the disparity of income. Results also indicated that stress was experienced when marital partners used certain influence strategies during the process of making a recent work/family decision.