Fierce and often ugly battles are being waged, especially in the United States, over who is
allowed to marry, what marriage signifies, and where marriage is headed. Kathleen Hull …

* The Boomerang Age was named an Outstanding Academic Title of 2007 by Choice
Magazine. Domestic changes are taking place in the lives of young adults in Western …

The aim of this article is twofold. First, we examine whether there are differences between ex-
cohabiting and former married men and women in their income change after relationship …

A longitudinal analysis is conducted on the union quality of long-term cohabiting and legally
married couples using data from both waves of the National Survey of Families and …

In Unmarried Couples, Law, and Public Policy, Cynthia Grant Bowman explores legal
recognition of opposite-sex cohabiting couples in the United States. Unmarried cohabitation …

Research indicates the continuance of a rising trend in cohabitation among heterosexual
couples. Although most cohabitors eventually marry or break up, there is a subset of …

Limited research has specifically examined long-term heterosexual cohabiters (LTHCs),
whose lengthy unions challenge the notion that cohabitation is a life stage. Drawing upon in …

At the time, it did not seem to be such a big deal, but I was there near the beginning of the
upswing in divorce research in the 1970s. It was an exciting period. As a beginning scholar …

Friendship is one of the pillars that supports satisfying, long-term, romantic relationships and
marriage. Yet little is known about how romantic friendship is contextually experienced. This …

This master's thesis focuses on traditional and non-traditional university students and how
these students prepare and learn for exams. The aim is to describe the differences in exam …