Marital Power and Marital Happiness in Relation to Problem-Solving Ability.

摘要: Data on intrafamily power relations, obtained by observing the interaction of husband-wife-child groups during a laboratory problem-solving session, are related to ratings marital happiness. Families above median in husband-to-wife tend be high happiness, but no difference happiness was found when families with lowand high-power wives were compared. High parent-tochild associated child-to-parent low The findings interpreted as reflecting stresses which occur structure family changes from its present hierarchicalform more equalitarian form. However, since husband fbound ability, part low-power husbands probably reflects dissatisfaction competence rather than husband.