Document Type
Thesis
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 1973
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Family and Consumer Sciences
Committee Chair
L. Baker
Second Committee Member
Roger G. Stewart
Third Committee Member
Daryl D. Basler
Abstract
The effects of rewards and costs on decision-making as perceived by the participants in the premarital dyad, along with the relationship between high personality dominance and competitive behavior, and the attributes of the discussion involving premarital sexual decision-making were studied, using one hundred persons, fifty of whom were solicited from the Central Washington State College student body as being engaged to be married, or involved in a serious relationship which could lead to marriage. The four procedures used were" (1) a questionnaire, (2) a "mixed-motive" game, (3) an inventory, and (4) and interview. It was concluded that the more congruent the reward-cost outcome as perceived by the two participants in the dating relationship, the more likely that consensual decisions will be made, and that the second and third procedures have potential as a method of examining decision-making strategies.
Recommended Citation
Kardash, James Daniel, "An Exploratory Study on the Effects of Rewards and Costs, as Perceived by the Premarital Dyad, on Decision Making" (1973). All Master's Theses. 2125.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/2125