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Item Gender ideology: impact on dual-career couples' role strain, marital satisfaction, and life satisfaction(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12) King, Jennifer JeanWith dual-career couples comprising the most common family type, it is important for mental health professionals, employers, and policy makers to understand the unique challenges of this population (Haddock et al., 2001; Saginak & Saginak, 2005.) Numerous researchers have studied the consequences of family and work role strain for dual-career couples. However, when dual-career couples are able to share responsibilities and negotiate degendered roles they experience the benefits of dual-career couples. The literature clearly supports the importance of egalitarian roles for marital satisfaction and life satisfaction of dual-career couples. While researchers have studied social role strain, gender role strain, marital satisfaction, and life satisfaction and discussed the importance of degendered roles and responsibilities for dual-career couples, no studies have examined gender ideology. Saginak and Saginak (2005) called for researchers to investigate how gender ideologies and the gender socialization process perpetuate the challenges faced by dual-career couples in balancing work and family. This study investigated the associations between gender ideology and gender role strain, job-family role strain, marital satisfaction, and life satisfaction among 70 individual members of dual-career couples. A multivariate analysis of variance was utilized to investigate the relationship between gender ideology and the criterion measures. Gender ideology was partially associated with gender role strain with the androgynous gender ideology group scoring significantly lower on gender role strain than the masculine or undifferentiated gender ideology groups but not significantly lower than the feminine gender ideology group. Gender ideology was not associated with job-family role strain or marital satisfaction. In addition, gender ideology was also partially associated with life satisfaction with the androgynous gender ideology group scoring significantly higher on quality of life than the masculine or undifferentiated gender ideology groups but not significantly higher than the feminine gender ideology group. Thus, the current study indicates there are partial associations between gender ideology and gender role strain and life satisfaction for dual-career couples. Mental health professionals, employers, and policy makers working with dual-career couples should assess the socially constructed gender norms and expectations internalized by individuals into a gender ideology as the possible source of challenges experienced by the dual-career couple.Item Perfectionism and Its Relationship to Racial Identity, Satisfaction with Life, Stress and Coping(2010-10-12) Heads, AngelaThe study of perfectionism has grown over the past few years with most of the interest focused on the relationship between perfectionism and psychological functioning. Although the literature on perfectionism has continued to increase, the study of the impact of cultural differences on perfectionism and psychological functioning has been understudied. This study examines the relationships between racial identity, perfectionism and satisfaction of life along with other factors that may mediate this relationship such as coping style and stress. A multicultural model of the stress process posited by Slavin, Rainer, et al. (1991) provides a basis for examining the importance of cultural influences on perfectionism. 122 African American women were recruited via university organization listservs and email lists and through direct contact with university professors to complete surveys on perfectionism, life satisfaction, stress and coping. Analysis of data indicated that individuals in the pre-encounter status of racial identity reported lower satisfaction with life. This finding is consistent with prior studies. Findings also included a significant positive relationship (p<.05) between internalization status of racial identity and socially prescribed perfectionism. Additionally emotion oriented coping was found to fully mediate the relationship between socially oriented perfectionism and satisfaction with life (Z=-1.9722, p<.05). These findings highlight the relevance of cultural factors when considering assessment and intervention strategies for African American women. Additionally the significant contribution of coping style to life satisfaction gives guidance in how to intervene with clients in a clinical setting. The findings suggest that reducing the reliance on emotion oriented coping strategies may be important in improving life satisfaction in African American women.Item Trajectories of Life Satisfaction During the First 10 Years Following Traumatic Brain Injury(2014-05-23) Williamson, MeredithTo examine the predictive relationships of functional ability, gender, and age on the longitudinal trajectories of life satisfaction across 10 years following onset of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Participants were part of the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS) longitudinal study of outcomes following TBI. Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) was employed to assess changes in life satisfaction across 10 years post-injury as a function of functional ability, gender and age. The sample included 7,813 participants (2,170 women, 5,643 men) who were included in the TBIMS database. Satisfaction with life across 10 years post-injury was measured by the Satisfaction with Life Scale administered at 1, 2, 5, and 10 years post-injury. The Functional Independence Measure (FIM?) was administered to measure functional ability at 1, 2, 5, and 10 years post-injury. Additional predictor variables included gender and age. Participants? life satisfaction scores remained stable across 10 years post-injury. Greater functional ability as measured by the FIM? Total scale, FIM? Cognitive subscale, and FIM? Motor subscale was associated with greater life satisfaction across time. A significant interaction effect between age and functional ability was present. Gender was not a significant predictor of life satisfaction. Life satisfaction across 10 years post-injury is relatively stable. Greater functional ability was associated with greater life satisfaction. Older participants with greater functional impairments had higher life satisfaction scores across 10 years post-injury compared to their younger counterparts.