Untying The Knot: A Qualitative Inquiry into the Enduring Marriage

Simple item page
dc.contributor.advisorAngus, Lynne
dc.creatorKagan, Fern Hyla
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-26T14:08:55Z
dc.date.available2015-01-26T14:08:55Z
dc.date.copyright2014-05-12
dc.date.issued2015-01-26
dc.date.updated2015-01-26T14:08:55Z
dc.degree.disciplinePsychology (Functional Area: Clinical Psychology)
dc.degree.levelDoctoral
dc.degree.namePhD - Doctor of Philosophy
dc.description.abstractA qualitative analysis using a modified grounded theory approach was performed on 11 interviews from one representative of 11 marriages, including examples of both happy and unhappy marriages, in order to generate a participant-informed account of the enduring marriage. The heuristic model created through the qualitative analysis was contrasted and compared to the existing body of literature on lasting marriage in order to identify areas of convergence and divergence. The qualitative analysis identified a core category termed Emotional Anchoring and seven defining categories that thematically united all examples of lasting marriage in the present study. Results suggest that there are different ways of remaining married but that each example of a lasting marriage is a testament to participants’ ability to balance the competing demands of autonomy and connection in their union.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/28166
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectPsychology
dc.subject.keywordsInterviewsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsEnduring marriageen_US
dc.subject.keywordsAutonomyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsQualitative methodologyen_US
dc.titleUntying The Knot: A Qualitative Inquiry into the Enduring Marriage
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Kagan_Fern_H_2014_PhD.pdf
Size:
712.36 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.83 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Description:
Download
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
YorkU_ETDlicense.txt
Size:
3.38 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Description:
Download

Collections

Psychology (Functional Area: Clinical Psychology)

All items in the YorkSpace institutional repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved except where explicitly noted.