Previous research has not led to any agreement as to the normative trajectory of relationship
satisfaction. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we summarize the available …

This article evaluates a thesis containing three interconnected propositions. First, romantic
love is a “commitment device” for motivating pair-bonding in humans. Second, pair-bonding …

The aim of this paper was to evaluate the relationship between adult insecure attachment
(anxiety and avoidance) and relationship satisfaction. We were interested in both the actor …

Highlights•For the average couple, relationship functioning declines after the birth.•Over
time, parents' and non-parents' relationship functioning converge.•Same-sex and opposite …

Despite the fact that most people become parents and everyone who has ever lived has had
parents, parenting remains a mystifying subject about which almost everyone has opinions …

The transition to parenthood is a momentous time that has numerous repercussions for new
parents, as a couple and as individuals. This qualitative exploratory study examines new …

First edition published 1980 Second edition published 1996 Third edition published 2008
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Gitterman, Alex, 1938-author …

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 …

This chapter shows that fathers and families are embedded in a network of biological and
neurological systems, and the biological basis of fathering. There are overall differences in …

This study examined changes in first-time parents' marital quality over the transition to
parenthood as predictors of their coparenting quality and mothers' and fathers' involvement …