This review focuses on broad themes characterizing marital research in the past decade. In
addition to continuing themes, such as a focus on conflict, violence, and impact on physical …

Relationship maintenance encompasses a broad array of activities that partners may use to
preserve their romantic partnerships. For this article, we systematically review the vast …

Abstract The coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic has profoundly altered people's daily
lives and created multiple societal challenges. One important challenge of this unique …

Theorists have long assumed that people's self-esteem and social relationships influence
each other. However, the empirical evidence has been inconsistent, creating substantial …

The quality of communication between spouses is widely assumed to affect their subsequent
judgments of relationship satisfaction, yet this assumption is rarely tested against the …

Previous research has shown that major life events can have short-and long-term effects on
subjective well-being (SWB). The present meta-analysis examines (a) whether life events …

The purpose of the present meta‐analysis was to empirically test the widely held assumption
that women experience lower marital satisfaction than men. A total of 226 independent …

Online dating sites frequently claim that they have fundamentally altered the dating
landscape for the better. This article employs psychological science to examine (a) whether …

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 …

The purpose of the present study was to discriminate between the 2 dominant perspectives
governing research on the nature of marital change over the transition to parenthood …