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eight
weeks
of
school.
Students
tend
to
be
extra
wiggly
and
inattentive
as
summer
approaches.
This
may
have
affected
the
results.
Practical
Significance
This
study
helps
explain
why
all
people,
not
just
elementary
students,
feel
refreshed
and
more...
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Sharing
the
Results
The
results
from
this
study
were
shared
with
the
faculty
at
Willow
Springs
Elementary
in
Canyons
School
District.
The
researcher
was
able
to
present
and
discuss
the
data
at
a
faculty
meeting.
The
presentation
was
well
received...
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people live longer, suffer less from illness, and recover more quickly. Married people exhibit
fewer risk taking behaviors and suffer less from depression and other psychiatric disorders
(VanDenBerghe, 2000). People who are married...
Commitment 7
that a married couple should live by. I thought I could get away with whatever I wanted
to. I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations
around me. I felt I was entitled. Thanks to money and...
Commitment 13
Personal commitment originates from the desire to continue in a relationship. There are
three parts of personal commitment. They include: attraction to one’s partner, marital
satisfaction or attraction to the relationship, and...
Commitment 17
men, rises with their earnings. In a study by Carroll et al. (2009), emerging adults stated primary
qualities they believed predicted marriage readiness include interpersonal competencies and
developing capacities to care for others....
Commitment 27
characteristics, such as love, loyalty, sensitivity, and trust, were all descriptions of commitment
used by both married couples and those couples who were cohabiting (Pryor & Roberts, 2005).
Research Questions
Although many...
Commitment 28
construct the meaning of commitment in their relationships” (p. 2). This leads to the first
research question:
RQ1: How do couples construct and re-construct the meaning of commitment
through events in courtship?
To gain a greater...
Commitment 36
The next questions in the interview process were designed to address the research
questions. Follow-up questions were often asked according to the relevancy during the interview
and to encourage the participants to be more in-depth...
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Ben and Kaylee Wright are another example of how friendship can aid a couple in the
construction of commitment. Ben and Kaylee met in September 2007 while attending a small,
western university. Ben and his roommates lived in an...
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Another unexpected finding was that planning for the future was a theme found in all of
the interviews with the participants concerning communicating commitment. Participants
communicated their commitment to their spouse by talking...