College of Education
Date of Award
Spring 5-1995
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Education
First Advisor
Al Milliren, Ed.D.
Second Advisor
James Olson, Ph.D.
Third Advisor
Spencer Thompson, Ph.D.
Abstract
This study used a pretest-posttest design to examine the marital adjustment of 108 nontraditional graduate students as-compared with 42 adults in the general population. Participants' scores on the Dyadic Adjustment Scale showed no significant differences between the two groups, contrary to the study hypothesis. It was also hypothesized that the marital adjustment of graduate students would be better at the beginning of the semester term rather than at the end of the term, and that male graduate students would have a higher level of marital adjustment than female graduate students. Neither of these hypotheses were supported by the data. Overall, the results indicated that students whose spouses supported their academic commitments had a higher level of marital adjustment than students whose spouses did not support their efforts. Participants who had children living at home had- lower levels of marital adjustment than participants who did not have children at home.
Recommended Citation
Siegfried, Virginia, "Martial Adjustment Among Nontraditional Graduate Students" (1995). College of Education. 5.
https://falconcommons.utpb.edu/utpb-edu/5
Included in
Adult and Continuing Education Commons, Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, Personality and Social Contexts Commons