Global Report on Student Well-Being Volume II: Family, Friends, Living Partner, and Self-Esteem

I suppose that most of the people reading this volume will have read or have access to Volume One of my Global Report on Student Well­ Being. Therefore, I will not review the background literature relevant to multiple discrepancies theory (MDT), the theory itself or the essential features of the int...

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Main Author: Michalos, Alex C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 1991, 1991
Edition:1st ed. 1991
Series:Recent Research in Psychology
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Literature Review
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Marriage and the Family
  • 1.3 Correlates of Family and Marital Satisfaction
  • 1.4 Exchange and Equity
  • 1.5 Roles and Expectations
  • 1.6 Self-Esteem and Satisfaction
  • 2 Satisfaction with One’s Family Relations
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Descriptive Statistics for World Sample, Males and Females
  • 2.3 Satisfaction Explained by MDT for World Sample
  • 2.4 Satisfaction Explained by MDT for Males and Females
  • 2.5 Thirty-Eight Countries
  • 2.6 Prediction Success Ratios
  • 3 Satisfaction with One’s Friendships
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Descriptive Statistics for World Sample, Males and Females
  • 3.3 Satisfaction Explained by MDT for World Sample
  • 3.4 Satisfaction Explained by MDT for Males and Females
  • 3.5 Thirty-Eight Countries
  • 3.6 Prediction Success Ratios
  • 4 Satisfaction with One’s Living Partner
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Descriptive Statistics for World Sample, Males and Females
  • Appendix 6. Results of regressions using MDT to explain happiness and satisfaction in all domains for married students, males and females
  • Appendix 7. Results of regressions using MDT to explain happiness and satisfaction in all domains for unmarried students, males and females
  • 6.5Domain Specific Explanations by MDT of Happiness and Satisfaction in All Domains for Married and Unmarried Students, Males and Females
  • 6.6 Satisfaction With One’s Living Partner Explained by MDT for Married and Unmarried Students, Males and Females
  • 7 Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • Appendix 1. Abbreviations and definitions
  • Appendix 2. Results of regressions using MDT to explain satisfaction with one’s family relations, alphabetically by country and university
  • Appendix 3. Results of regressions using MDT to explain satisfaction with one’s friendships, alphabetically by country and university
  • Appendix 4. Results of regressions using MDT to explain satisfaction with one’s living partner, alphabetically by country and university
  • Appendix 5. Results of regressions using MDT to explain satisfaction with one’s self-esteem, alphabetically by country and university
  • 4.3 Satisfaction Explained by MDT for World Sample
  • 4.4 Satisfaction Explained by MDT for Males and Females
  • 4.5 Thirty-One Countries
  • 4.6 Prediction Success Ratios
  • 5 Satisfaction with One’s Self-Esteem
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Descriptive Statistics for World Sample, Males and Females
  • 5.3 Satisfaction Explained by MDT for World Sample
  • 5.4 Satisfaction Explained by MDT for Males and Females
  • 5.5 Thirty-Seven Countries
  • 5.6 Prediction Success Ratios
  • 6 Married Compared to Unmarried Students
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Sample Composition
  • 6.3 Life Satisfaction and Happiness Explained by Satisfaction in 12 Domains and 8 Demographic Variables for Married and Unmarried Students, Males and Females
  • 6.4 Overview of Explanations by MDT of Happiness and Satisfaction in All Domains for Married and Unmarried Students, Males and Females