Adopting M. Segal’s framework, we focused on examining four military lifestyle demands –(1) risk of service member injury or death, (2) frequent relocations, (3) periodic separations, and (4) foreign residence — and their relationships to psychological and physical well-being, satisfaction with the Army, and marital satisfaction. Questionnaire results from 346 spouses living overseas indicated that […]

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. […]

This fact sheet can be used to plan treatment and to measure treatment outcomes related to healthymarriage/couple relationships.

This study investigated the influence of infants’ sleep and crying on marital relationship in first-time parent couples (N = 107) during the 1st year after birth. Control variables are parents’ insomnia and parental self-efficacy in handling the baby. Questionnaires were administered to both parents before birth, at 2 and 7 weeks after birth, and at […]

Investigated the Stepfamily Enrichment Program designed to help stepfamilies successfully negotiate the process of family formation. This study was a pilot test, using data generated from a focus group interview, to provide preliminary, evaluative information on program effectiveness. Eight remarried couples (mean age 38 yrs) reported positive behavior and attitude changes in themselves and other […]

Marital satisfaction, marital adjustment, and problem areas experienced during the early months of marriage were examined using a sample of 1,010 newlywed husbands and wives. Results revealed that between 8% and 14% percent of newlyweds already scored in the distressed range on measures of marital satisfaction and adjustment, respectively. For both husbands and wives, the […]

The purpose of this study is to provide benchmark measuring regarding attitudes about marriage in Kentucky. In May 2004, the Research Center for Families and Children in cooperation with the Survey Research Center (both at the University of Kentucky) gathered data from throughout the Commonwealth. A majority of the questions for the survey were similar […]