Anne Menard’s presentation starts with a review of what is known about domestic violence and its impact on families. She also reviews some of the issues and questions that have been identified by the grantees as related to responding to domestic violence within Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood projects. Ms. Menard summarizes by exploring how […]
In a successful marriage, couples have more positive than negative interactions. There are more times of talking cheerfully than of talking angrily. Positive interactions and good times help couples feel loved and respected. Negative interactions and bad times lead to feelings of hurt, anger, and sadness. (Author abstract).
This document identifies additional resources to support the issues discussed during the Grantee Technical Assistance call on March 13, 2007 focusing on domestic violence issues.
Money is a problem for many families. Poor communication about money often is the root of financial problems. When family members have different values and attitudes toward spending and money, or when families set unrealistic goals, conflicts may occur. When families don’t “”talk things out,”” even the most workable spending plan may fail. Talking about […]
This short checklist identifies key steps in the process of developing and implementing an effective domestic violence protocol for your Healthy Marriage project.
How do you and your partner determine how money will be spent? Do you talk about money and decide together how it will be used? Or does one partner manage the money and make the decisions? While there is no one right way to manage financial resources, a person’s values, goals, wants and needs will […]
This Blue-print is a tool to assist federally-funded Healthy Marriage initiatives develop a protocol describing how each will respond to domestic violence issues within their projects. While some similarities exist across funded sites, there are also significant variations related to key project partners, referral and referring agencies, services provided, and current domestic violence policies and […]
Money can be a major source of conflict for couples. It takes open communication and a willingness to resolve problems to keep a couple on track with their money. (Author abstract, modified).
Research on marriage has been dominated by an untested assumption that individualism reigns supreme in marriage. An individualistic perspective of marriage focuses on the benefits that partners derive from the relationship, and views the contributions that partners make to a relationship as investments that will provide a return of satisfaction, intimacy, support, and reward. Professional […]
Previous empirical examinations of the causes of racial differences in marital disruption have focused on economic and demographic factors. In this paper I use data from the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH) to analyze the effects of a wide range of premarital characteristics, including expressed attitudes, on the African-American/non-African American marital disruption gap. […]