Summary
"Researchers have recently begun to examine the strategies that couples employ to maintain their marriage, along with the effect that certain occupations may have upon the marital relationship. Policing has been identified as a particularly stressful occupation, involving many facets that have been noted as detrimental to the marital relationship (e.g., rotational shift work, job unpredictability). Little attention, however, has been devoted to police marriages that are successful and how couples manage to overcome the challenges and adversities of police life. The goal of the current study was to form a clearer theoretical understanding of the factors involved in maintaining a long-term marriage, in light of the stressors of police work. ... I was also able to use the information gathered from this study to develop an integrated model of relationship maintenance within the context of RCMP marriages and to provide recommendations and intervention strategies that may promote the health and longevity of RCMP marriages and possibly officers' careers."--Abstract.