On Measuring the Adjustment of Separated and Divorced Mothers to Parenting:

Abstract

The obiective of this paper is to identify h e conceptual framework and mklhodological prdcedures used for developing, administering, and testing a scale to operationalize lhe adiuslment of single mohers to parenting. Three arias of adjustment (conformity, satisfaction, and commitmcnt) are delineated as sub-scales. The i aper describes how items in the sub-scales were initially selected, ow the scale was administered to divorced and separated mothers on b e e college campuses, and how the sub-scales were modified and tested for reliability. Selected interpretations and implications of data are presented.

Assertiveness in Marital Relationships Among Asian Indians in the United States

“…We have first focused on identifying selected indicators of the process of assertiveness in relationships before testing them in an empirical situation. Parts of our methodological approach in this study have been developed and empirically tested in other contexts in studies involving measurements of constructs such as marital intimacy (Singh & Khullar, 1989), adjustment to single parenthood (Singh & McBroom, 1992), and commitment to marriage (Singh & Kanjirathinkal, 1999). Similar though somewhat different, methodology for studying assertiveness has been developed by others (e.g., Eisler, Miller, & Hersen, 1973;Rathus, 1973).…”