If you are a teenager, you know that sexual feelings can be powerful. However, the deepest desire of your heart is not sex, but real love. People who feel unloved, lonely, unappreciated, and unvalued will do all kinds of things–often things that are harmful to themselves–to try to fill their need for real love. Even […]
This study investigates the impact of gender and non-traditional work schedules on marital satisfaction and perception of equity in work/family role responsibilities after controlling for gender role ideology, number of children living in the household, and wage differential. Using data from the National Survey of Families and Households, four work schedule patterns of full-time, blue […]
What language are you speaking? Most warning labels are not intended to present a positive message, but Dr. Gary Chapman includes this warning label in The Five Love Languages: “”Understanding the five love languages and learning to speak the primary love language of your spouse may radically affect his or her behavior. People behave differently […]
The present prospective, longitudinal study of 193 young adults (85 men, 108 women, M = 20.7 years old) and their partners in ongoing romantic relationships in 1997 was initiated in 1989, when the 193 target youths were in the 7th grade. On the basis of the model for the development of early adult romantic relationships […]
Many States are now implementing new programs to directly help families form and strengthen healthy marriages by making support services available to their clients who want and might benefit from them. Arizona, Michigan, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Utah are among the States that have used TANF funds for strengthening marriage. Nationally, States and localities are […]
Sixteen married couples volunteered to participate in a 6-week empathy training program. Ten of the 16 couples observed and made comments about their taped interaction at the end of the program. Individuals watched the tape of their own interaction at the follow-up and were asked several qualitative questions, including what they noticed about themselves. The […]
This supplement to Chapter 5 of Sourcebook of Family Theory and Research , reviews research findings on factors that predict marital success or failure. It begins by summarizing the research done by Ernest W. Burgess, a sociology professor at the University of Chicago from 1916 through 1960, that concluded marital success could be predicted for […]
For this project, we assessed the quantitative basic research literature on determinants of marriage and cohabitation among disadvantaged Americans (Fein et al., 2003). We also prepared a guide to aspects of nine major national surveys useful in studying marriage and cohabitation determinants (Burstein et al., 2003). We organized our review report around ten broad themes […]
This article examines theoretical explanations of how marriages “”succeed”” or “”fail”” and reviews three studies that have gone to the source and asked long-married couples how they explain the longevity of their marriage. Although marriage rates are declining, marriage and children seem still to be part of the long-term outlook of the majority of young […]
This report presents the findings of three studies on distressed couples in Ireland. The first study presents a sample of demographic and problem-definition statistics drawn from a large database of approximately 2,000 cases accumulated over an 8-year period. For the sample of 2,000 cases, broad demographic categories, problem-focused categories, and counseling approach categories were recorded. […]