Marital Attitude Trajectories Across Adolescence |
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Authors: | Brian J Willoughby |
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Institution: | (1) School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, 2081 JFSB, BYU, Provo, UT 84602, USA |
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Abstract: | The current study seeks to address the implicit assumption in the developmental literature that marital attitudes are static
by investigating how various marital attitudes might change across adolescence. Longitudinal change for three marital attitudes
in relation to family structure, educational aspirations, race and gender are examined. Utilizing a sample of 1,010 high school
students (53% male; 76% white) recruited from a Midwestern metropolitan area, latent growth models were used to model marital
attitude trajectories across adolescence. The sample was followed for 4 years from ages 14 until 18. Results revealed that
adolescents placed a higher priority on marriage as they prepared to transition into young adulthood but that gender, race
and educational aspirations all altered the degree in which marital attitudes changed across the time period of the study.
Results highlight the importance of considering multiple constructs of marital attitudes and the need for more longitudinal
work in this area of study. |
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