Group‐based trajectory modeling of marital quality: A critical review

CM Proulx, AE Ermer, JB Kanter - Journal of Family Theory & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The predominant view in both the research literature and practice is that marital quality
declines over time. Although the majority of research using variable‐centered approaches …

How do relationship stability and quality affect wellbeing?: Romantic relationship trajectories, depressive symptoms, and life satisfaction across 30 years

PNE Roberson, JC Norona, KA Lenger… - Journal of Child and …, 2018 - Springer
Lifecourse theory scholars focus on how individuals traverse social roles, such as marriage,
parenthood, and employment, in similar and different ways across their lives. This study …

Is it still possible to collect nationally representative marriage data in the United States? A case study from the CREATE project

SL James, JB Yorgason, EK Holmes… - Family …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To understand challenges in the data collection environment for collecting
nationally representative data and discuss one study's response to these challenges …

The development of marital tension: Implications for divorce among married couples.

KS Birditt, WH Wan, TL Orbuch… - Developmental …, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
Marriages are often characterized by their positive and negative features in terms of whether
they elicit feelings of satisfaction and happiness or conflict and negativity. Although research …

The case for insurance reimbursement of couple therapy

RE Clawson, SY Davis, RB Miller… - Journal of Marital and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A case is made for why it may now be in the best interest of insurance companies to
reimburse for marital therapy to treat marital distress. Relevant literature is reviewed with a …

Changes in spousal relationships over the marital life course

PR Amato, SL James - Social networks and the life course: Integrating the …, 2018 - Springer
This chapter uses six waves of data from the Marital Instability Over the Life Course study to
examine long-term trends in three aspects of spousal relationships: marital happiness …

Relationship quality and support for family policy during the COVID‐19 pandemic

S James, A Ben Brik, MK Jorgensen‐Wells… - Family …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective We examined how relationship satisfaction changed during the coronavirus
(COVID‐19) pandemic, as well as how relationship satisfaction related to public policy …

Husband–wife religious denomination homogamy and marital satisfaction over time: The moderating role of religious intensity

W Hwang, AD Cakirsoy‐Aslan, MT Brown… - Family …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study examines the extent to which homogamy and heterogamy in husband–
wife religious denomination are associated with initial levels of marital satisfaction and …

Putting the dyad into the sexual response discussion: A latent class analysis using ratings of self and partner

DM Busby, ND Leonhardt… - The Journal of Sex …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In this study we explored the sexual response process in couple relationships. With a US
sample of 383 mixed-sex couples we found seven different classes of couple sexual …

Parents' marital quality and children's transition to adulthood

SR Brauner-Otto, WG Axinn, DJ Ghimire - Demography, 2020 - Springer
Unique longitudinal measures from Nepal allow us to link both mothers' and fathers' reports
of their marital relationships with a subsequent long-term record of their children's behaviors …