Scales for Investigation of the Dual-Career Family

作者：Brian Franklin Pendleton, Margaret M. Poloma, T. Neal Garland · 发表于：Journal of Marriage and the Family · 年份：1980 · DOI：10.2307/351224 · 被引用次数：33 · 研究领域：Attachment and Relationship Dynamics、Work-Family Balance Challenges、Family Dynamics and Relationships

Research on the dual-career family has primarily been qualitative and has used relatively small samples. Although much has been learned, questions about the representativeness and generalizability of findings remain. This study uses data collected from 53 career wives and has three purposes: to suggest six analytical areas for dualcareer research (marriage type, domestic responsibility, satisfaction, self-image, career salience, and career line); to provide questions that may be utilized in a largescale survey research project; and to quantitatively analyze scale types by using reliability and Guttman procedures. The scales are supported and provide useful direction for future dual-career family research.