Affiliation:
1. University of Oklahoma School of Social Work
Abstract
Over 500 junior college students (263 males and 249 females) completed the Bown Self-report Inventory (SRI) and a brief background data form. Utilizing marital status as the independent variable and the SRI measures of harmony with the environment as the dependent variables, groups of married and single students were compared. The hypothesis that married college students perceive their phenomenal worlds more positively than do unmarried students was supported for both males and females. While absence of SES data and lack of control of the age variable make definitive conclusions unwarranted, further research using the SRI is suggested.