Although much has been learned from cross-sectional research on marriage, an
understanding of how marriages develop, succeed, and fail is best achieved with …

This article reviews the advances made in the decade of the 1990s in observing marital
interaction. Many technological advances in data collection, including synchronization of …

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 studies of emotion function and emotional disorders complement one another. In this
article, the authors outline relations between the social functions of emotion and four …

This book provides an up-to-date review of research on conflict processes within families,
with a special concern for the children's perspective. Thus, we consider the effects of …

A relational approach to the study of interpersonal communication Close Encounters:
Communication in Relationships, Fifth Edition helps students better understand their …

Theories of how initially satisfied marriages deteriorate or remain stable over time have
been limited by a failure to distinguish between key facets of change. The present study …

Incorporating the most up-to-date literature in sociology, psychoanalysis, psychology, and
communication, this book provides an exhaustive synthesis of theoretical, empirical, and …

▪ Abstract The investigation of marital conflict has reached a crossroads. Over 25 years of
research on marital conflict behavior yields a relatively clear picture of its topography, but its …

How spouses help each other contend with personal difficulties is an unexplored but
potentially important domain for understanding how marital distress develops. Newly …