Before we can determine the relevance of social capital to the sociology of family and
kinship, we must fill the gaps in our theoretical knowledge. For example, we still do not know …

Current proposals to promote and strengthen marriage among low-income populations
focus on values and behavioral skills as primary targets of intervention. Marital research that …

Previous studies have focused on concomitants of depression and marital distress in order
to help explain the relationship between the two, suggesting that several variables, such as …

We work from a stress and life course perspective to consider how stress affects trajectories
of change in marital quality over time. Specifically, we ask whether stress is more likely to …

Scope and method of study. The purpose of this study was to learn about current practices
and attitudes of Oklahoma clergy related to marriage preparation, including their perceptions …

The trend towards integration between the social support and marital research areas
provided the impetus for the present dissertation. Based on Karney and Bradbury's (1995) …

With marriage rates falling and cohabitation rising in many Western societies, there are
concerns in some quarters that the future of marriage is bleak. What lies beneath these …

The primary focus of this study was to discern the relationship between couple agreement or
disagreement about attitudes towards breadwinning, or provider role attitudes, and …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the process by which various stressors
(economic and life event stressors) influence the parenting behaviors of Mexican American …

The purpose of this project was to develop a marriage enrichment program that addresses
the practical perennial problem of marriage enrichment and can be used by volunteer …