GONCALVES, Angélica Lopes; CARAMASCHI, Sandro    FEIJO, Marianne Ramos. Conjugality and management of the household budget: a qualitative study. []. , 22, 1, pp.29-43. ISSN 1679-494X.

This article is a qualitative research report of a master’s degree, whose purpose is to describe how non-clinical couples meet the struggle and divergences when dealing with the household finances. Six couples, with and without children, that has been married for up to five years were interviewed. The results have shown that the divergences are related to the price of products and each partner’s self-sufficiency in making shopping decisions. Cultural factors like gender and consumption affect their money management, besides the intergenerational repetition of behavior patterns and family interaction. Insight about these dynamics contributes to the understanding of the marriage’s financial dimension by therapists and psychologists, as well as to developing future therapeutic, preventive and educational methods in marital conflict situations.

: Marriage; Household finances; Gender; Intergenerationality.

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