Pamela C. Regan's The Mating Game: A Primer on Love, Sex, and Marriage, Third Edition is
the only introductory text about human mating relationships aimed specifically at a university …

This third edition of Family Communication carefully examines state-of-the art research and
theories of family communication and family relationships. In addition to presenting …

Perhaps the most notable finding of pornography research to date is the sizeable gender
gap that exists between men and women when it comes to their personal use and …

This article outlines a conceptual framework for summarizing the marital beliefs and values
of individuals regardless of marital status. Drawing on concepts from symbolic interactionism …

The field of couple and relationship education is dominated by a focus on helping committed
couples strengthen their relationship. This article reviews several lines of research to argue …

Much research on cohabitation has focused on transitions from cohabitation to marriage or
dissolution, but less is known about how rapidly women progress into cohabitation, what …

Despite recent policy initiatives and substantial federal funding of individually oriented
relationship education programs for youth, there have been no meta-analytic reviews of this …

Premarital education may help emerging adults form healthy relationships, but evaluation
research is needed, particularly with community samples. We studied emerging adults in the …

Limited research exists concerning pornography's influence on emerging adult's relationship
trajectories, with no research examining how pornography use predicts emerging adults' …

This study longitudinally examined the sexual costs of economic distress in newlywed
couple relationships. Family stress theory posits an association between economic pressure …