Understanding Marriage: A Hong Kong Case Study

Subject Index

Subject Index Accommodation in negotiations 154 Adjusted and non-adjusted marriages 33 differen tiation according to DAS 33-6 differentiation according to ENRICH 36-8 differentiation according to MCLI 38-41 statistical analysis 174-83 Adjustment within marital boundaries 26 processes 17-8, 67 examined through DAS 33-6, 423 experience of 157-9 Mfection and experience of love 48 and sexual sharing 48-9 and companionship 125 in older marriages 86 in conjugal families 120-21 in extended families 109-12 affectional expression-subscale of DAS 19-20,34-6,163-6,175 affectional expectations-items in MCLI 24, 170, 172 Alternatives in marriage 24, 38, 139 Assessment of marriage 14-15 through self report measures 1516 through couple interviews 45-7 in a relational context 156-60 Assessment Measures, see Self report measures Avoidance in negotiations 154 Bargaining 9, 151 processes and negotiations 141, 148-53 and exchange orientation 146 and bonding 150 interventions 152-3 Barriers to Dissolution 25 in marriage 23-5 MCLI subscale 171, 173 statistical analysis 38-41,181-3 to measure instability for HK 42-3 and extended family 126 Bias 32 in spouses responses 16-17 Bonding 9, 139 processes and negotiations 141, 148-53 and commitment orientation 146 bonds and bars 135 crescive bonds 134 and bargaining 150 206 Subject Index Boundaries transactions within marital boundaries 26 and development of bonds 134-5 and management of conflict 1356 Childhood experiences 26-7, 103105 effects on later marriage 105-8 Children care and discipline 49-50 parenting 51-2 increasing/detracting from marital satisfaction 6,47,87-95 impact on marital life cycle 96-7 Children and parenting 21 ENRICH subscale 168 statistical analysis 36-8, 178-181 and life cycle 91-3 Circumplex model see ENRICH Classification of marriages 82-83 according to Circumplex Model 61-3 and cluster analysis of ENRICH PeA scores 62,64-7 profiles in the H.K. Marital study 67 Familial marriages 67-9 Romantic marriages 69-70 Harmonious marriages 71-2 Tested marriages 72-4 Life Style marriages 74-5 Struggling marriages 75-7 Confrontive marriages 77-9 Conflictual marriages 79-81 Synder's sample compared 81-2 according to interdependence orientation 142-4 Cluster Analysis 62 and ENRICH PeA 62 types of marriage derived 64-7 ENRICH subscale scores for each type 66 and commitment, equity and exchange groups 142-4 Collaboration in negotiations 154 Commitment 24, 138-40 in marriage 23-5 MCLI subscale 171, 173 statistic analysis 38-41, 181-3 orientation 26, 141-4 and interdependence 140-1,1578 and negotiations 149-50 in relational context 157-8 Communication 21 ENRICH subscale 168 statistic analysis 36-8, 178-81 and life cycle variations 89-91 and negotiations in marriage 147 Companionship 124-5 activities 127-9 and equalitarianism 125-6 and familism 126 and social skills 127-8 husbands and wives differences 128 companionate marriages 129-31 Compatibility in marriage 54-6 also see fit Competition in negotiations see cooperation and competition in marriage Conflict resolution 21 ENRICH subscale 168 statistical analysis 36-38, 178-81 and life cycle variations 89-90 in marriage 135-7 and spousal negotiations 154-5 Conjugal relationship 120-4, 131 Cooperation and competition in marriage 136 co-operative and competitive negotiations 149-50 collaborative and competitive stance 154-5 Counselling and use of self report measures 43, 56-57, 159 role of counsellor 148, 156, 15860 feedback with couples 31-2 Subject Index 207 Couple interviews 45 shared living 46-7, 49-50 work concerns 50 problems of living 51 stressful events 52 satisfactions and frustrations 53 Criterion groups 32-33, 174-5 DAS, Dyadic Adjustment Scale, 1636 described 19-20 within the marital boundaries 26 choice for Hong Kong study 1719 ,29,159 mean scores for Hong Kong 33, 34 measuring marital quality & instability in Hong Kong 41-3 mean scores for eight types of marriage according to ENRICH PCA scores 66 and hypotheses of H.K. study 144 subscales see Dyadic Cohesion, Dyadic Consensus , Dyadic Satisfaction, Mfectional Expression statistical analysis 33-6, 175-7 Differences in marriage 54-55 differences, similarities, and compatibility 54-6 areas of differences impacting on marriage 114-5 Discriminant capacity of self report measures 29 as tested in Hong Kong 42-3 ofDAS 33-36,175-7 of ENRICH 36-38,178-81 of MCLI scales 39-41,181-3 Divorce in Hong Kong 6, 119...