title: Marital relationships, evaluations of spouse and self, and anxiety.
abstract: Questionaire data were gathered from 164 married couples to test hypotheses that husbands' and wives' anxiety levels will be low to the extent that: (a)they share decision-making power, share household role responsibilities, and express high maritial solidarity; and (b) they hold positive evaluations of one another, perceive positive reactions from one another, and show positive self-evaluations. The first hypothesis was supported only for solidarity. The second hypothesis received strong support for husbands and wives. For wives, solidarity was the strongest predictor of anxiety, while self-evaluation was the most important factor for husbands.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged