Discriminators of interest in family support programs among Air Force couples
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Richard Julius Brown (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Dennis K. Orthner
Abstract: This study examined levels of interest toward participation in three family support programs by 331 randomly selected Air Force couples in the United States and Germany. The family support programs selected were couple communication, marriage enrichment, and parent education. The four variables investigated as to their relationship to interest in these programs were (1) interpersonal communication comfort, (2) social isolation, (3) parental satisfaction, and (4) marital quality. Family social standing and family life cycle were used as control variables. The data were collected through individual interviews of about one hour in length. The predictive relationship of the four independent variables and the control variables to three levels of interest in the family support programs were determined by a set of six discriminant analyses. Each program was analyzed separately for husbands and wives. Results indicated that levels of interest among wives were most predictive by family social standing, family life cycle, parental satisfaction, and interpersonal communication comfort. Levels of interest among husbands were predictive by family social standing alone.
Discriminators of interest in family support programs among Air Force couples
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1981
- Subjects
- Families
- Social isolation
- Parenting
- Marriage
- Interpersonal communication