Divorce in the family: how does it affect personality and views of love and marriage?

This study was conducted to investigate the impact of parental divorce on such personality variables as global optimism and self-esteem, and attitudes toward love and marriage. Eighty-seven women and 48 men enrolled in a small, private university participated in this study. A questionnaire was developed specifically for this study which included Sheier and Carver\u27s (1985) Life Orientation Test, Rosenberg\u27s (1965) Self-Esteem Scale, and several other established measures. In addition, participants read five scenarios depicting couples on the verge of divorce and were asked to rate each impending divorce for its likelihood and its acceptability. Results indicated that all participants were fairly positive about their chances of having a successful marriage, as well as optimistic about their futures. Participants also seemed relatively neutral in their attitudes toward divorce in general, but seemed to become more opinionated when asked to rate specific cases involving divorce. Possible social implications are discussed regarding attitudes toward divorce, and the effect parental divorce seems to have on views of marriage and love

Money on the Bookshelf: Using Children\u27s Books to Reach Limited Resource Families with Money Management Education

Helping families develop financial management skills and improve their communications about money is the goal of Money on the Bookshelf, a program built around children\u27s books and used by Nevada Cooperative Extension to target limited resource audiences. Results showed significant improvements in how often parents: (1) talked with their children about things that relate to money, (2) included their children in talks about how family money is used, and (3) used everyday events as opportunities to talk with their children about money

Divorce in the Family: How Does it Affect Personality and Views of Love and Marriage?

This study was conducted to investigate the impact of parental divorce on such personality variables as global optimism and self-esteem, and on attitudes toward love and marriage. One hundred thirty-five women (64%) and men (36%) enrolled at the University of Redlands participated in this study. Of this sample, most were Caucasians (67%), Hispanics (14%), and Asians (8%). Most participants were from intact (64%) and divorced families (31%). A questionnaire was developed specifically for this study which included Sheier and Carver\u27s (1985) Life Orientation Test, Rosenberg\u27s (1965) Self-Esteem Scale, two subscales from Munro and Adams\u27 (1978) New Love Attitude Scale, an adapted version of Wallin\u27s (1954) Favorableness of Attitude to Marriage Scale, and the Conflict and Cohesion subscales from Moos and Moos\u27 (1994) Family Environment Scale. In addition, participants read five scenarios depicting couples on the verge of divorce and were asked to rate each impending divorce for it\u27s likelihood and acceptability. Five reasons for divorce were presented in the scenarios (financial troubles, lack of communication, domestic abuse, infidelity, and growing apart). Results indicated that all participants were fairly positive about their chances of having a successful marriage, as well as optimistic about their futures. In addition, participants seemed relatively neutral in their attitudes toward divorce in general, but seemed to become more opinionated when asked to rate specific cases involving divorce. Possible social implications are discussed regarding these attitudes toward divorce, and the effect parental divorce seems to have on views of marriage and love

Money on the Bookshelf: Using Children\u27s Books to Reach Limited Resource Families with Money Management Education

Helping families develop financial management skills and improve their communications about money is the goal of Money on the Bookshelf, a program built around children\u27s books and used by Nevada Cooperative Extension to target limited resource audiences. Results showed significant improvements in how often parents: (1) talked with their children about things that relate to money, (2) included their children in talks about how family money is used, and (3) used everyday events as opportunities to talk with their children about money

Scale development and psychometric properties of the Cardiac Self-Blame Attributions scale in patients with cardiovascular disease

Patients with cardiovascular disease may attribute their cardiovascular disease to their behaviors (behavioral self-blame) or to their dispositions (characterological self-blame). However, findings are mixed on the effects of behavioral self-blame and characterological self-blame on health outcomes, possibly because there are no validated, multiple-item measures. This study developed and tested an 11-item Cardiac Self-Blame Attributions scale via questionnaire data from 121 patients with cardiovascular disease. Results yielded a two-factor structure that explained 65 percent of the variance, with good reliability and discriminant validity. Findings suggest that the scale is reliable and valid and can be used to understand the cardiac attributions patients create