The Tenacity of the Couple-Norm explores the ongoing strength and insidious grip of couple-
normativity across changing landscapes of law, policy and everyday life in four contrasting …

Although the concept of investments in romantic relationships has featured prominently in
close relationships research, there have been no empirical analyses of different types of …

The present research examined how perceived marginalization of one's romantic
relationship is associated with level of future commitment to and stability of that involvement …

Most attempts to manage stress involve at least one other person, yet coping studies in sport
tend to report an athlete's individual coping strategies. There is a limited understanding of …

Affection exchange theory (AET; Floyd,) argues that affectionate communication fosters long-
term survival. AET specifically argues that part of this process occurs through the …

ABSTRACT The Investment Model (IM; Rusbult, 1980, 1983) has been widely used to study
the development and maintenance of romantic relationships. Its components—satisfaction …

Throughout the world, marriages in which the husband is older than his wife are more
common than same-age and women-older marriages. Yet there is surprisingly little …

Previous research on romantic secrecy found that hiding one's relationship from others
predicted lower levels of relationship quality. The present research built on this work by …

This review explores research over the past quarter century on couples with age differences.
I present recent global trends in age‐dissimilar couplings, illustrating a shift away from …

Sexual norms define perceptions of who is acceptable to partner with, how many partners
are appropriate, and what sexual behaviors are acceptable to engage in. This shapes, in …