Social Status and Interpersonal Patterns Among Married Couples

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Abstract
A distinction is made between a role structure and an interpersonal structure as two elements of any dyadic relationship. Data from young, white, recently married couples are examined for evidence of differential significance of the interpersonal relationship by social status level. Higher-status couples are more sensitive to the interpersonal aspects of their relationship. They also have a clearer husband-wife differentiation within the interpersonal realm. These data are interpreted as suggesting a functional link between role structure and interpersonal structure such that a lack of differentiation at one level is associated with differentiation at the other.

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