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Life Satisfaction among Young Adults from Rural Families.
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Wilson, Stephan M.; Peterson, Gary W. – Family Relations, 1988
Examined possible predictors of life satisfaction among 322 low-income young adults from rural Appalachia. Both objective and subjective conditions of life were predictors of life satisfaction: financial resources, self-esteem, and proximity to childhood home were positive predictors; frustrations about limited job opportunities and community size…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Low Income Groups, Predictor Variables, Rural Population
Differences in Love Attitudes across Family Life Stages.
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Montgomery, Marilyn J.; Sorell, Gwendolyn T. – Family Relations, 1997
Investigates differences in the endorsement of six love styles among four family life groups: college-age singles, young childless married couples, married couples with children at home, and married couples with launched children. Significant differences in the groups' endorsements were found, with most differences occurring between nonmarried and…
Descriptors: Adult Children, Attitudes, College Students, Family Characteristics
Family Processes during Adolescence as Predictors of Parent-Young Adult Attitude Similarity: A Six-Year Longitudinal Analysis.
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Brody, Gene H.; And Others – Family Relations, 1994
Examines longitudinal relationship between adolescents' involvement in family decision making, parental warmth, and marital quality assessed in 1981 and parent-adolescent attitude dissimilarity assessed in 1987. Suggests that, when adolescents were actively involved in decision making and their relationships with fathers were warm,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Childhood Attitudes, Counseling