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Malinen, Kaisa; Tolvanen, Asko; Ronka, Anna – Family Relations, 2012
In this study, relationship maintenance and its connections with positive and negative relationship quality were examined among Finnish parents (N = 177 women and 153 men; i.e., partners from 150 couples and 27 women and 3 men whose partner did not participate in the study). Relationship maintenance was measured using Stafford, Dainton, and Haas's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Marriage, Positive Attitudes, Evaluation
Kamp Dush, Claire M. – Family Relations, 2011
Predictors of two types of cohabitation dissolution, dissolution with a continued romantic relationship and without (i.e., breakup), were examined using data from mothers cohabiting at the time of a nonmarital birth in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 1,624). Life tables indicated 64% of unions dissolved within 5 years; of…
Descriptors: Mothers, One Parent Family, Interpersonal Relationship, Maximum Likelihood Statistics
Dew, Jeffrey – Family Relations, 2008
Although recently married couples report debt as one of their top concerns, research has not measured how debt changes relate to changes in their marital satisfaction. Further, the mechanisms that link debt and marital satisfaction are unknown. Findings using the National Survey of Families and Households (N = 1,078 couples) demonstrated that…
Descriptors: Marital Satisfaction, Debt (Financial), Correlation, Predictor Variables
Busby, Dean M.; Gardner, Brandt C.; Taniguchi, Narumi – Family Relations, 2005
This study investigates the utility of the family of origin parachute model in predicting longitudinal outcomes for couples in romantic relationships. This conceptual model contains common family variables that are theoretically and empirically related to later adult functioning and are believed to influence attitudes that adult children develop…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Interpersonal Relationship, Self Esteem, Attitudes

Hill, Elizabeth A.; Dorfman, Lorraine T. – Family Relations, 1982
Conducted (N=36) interviews with homemakers whose husbands recently retired from a number of occupations. Investigated positive and negative aspects of retirement and a range of variables associated with life satisfaction and three domains of satisfaction. Found the most consistent correlate of wife's satisfaction was husband's participation in…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Family Life, Homemakers, Interpersonal Relationship

Hetherington, E. Mavis – Family Relations, 2003
Presents findings from the Virginia Longitudinal Study of Divorce and Remarriage (VLSDR) describing diverse patterns of intimate relationships and personal adjustment. Both a conflictual, unsatisfying marriage and a divorce were associated with diminished psychological, social, and physical well-being. Both marital conflict and divorce in the…
Descriptors: Adult Children, Divorce, Interpersonal Relationship, Longitudinal Studies

Kramer, Betty J. – Family Relations, 1993
Used stress and coping model to study predictors of individual differences in caregiver depression and satisfaction among 72 wife caregivers of husbands with Alzheimer's disease. Specifically examined relationship-focused caregiver coping strategies. Findings support need for expansion of conceptualization of caregiver coping to include…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Coping, Depression (Psychology), Family Caregivers

Yllo, Kersti; Straus, Murray A. – Family Relations, 1981
Data from a national sample found that cohabitors are more violent than marrieds. However, cohabitors over 30, divorced women, those with high incomes, and those who were together for over ten years, had very low rates of violence. Suggests cohabitation should not be seen as a unitary phenomenon. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aggression, Comparative Testing, Interpersonal Relationship

Gottlieb, Allison Stokes – Family Relations, 1997
Utilizes self-report questionnaires to assess the impact of employment status and a nonspousal partner on the well-being of 148 single mothers of children with developmental disabilities. Although generally multiple roles were associated with greater well-being, the quality of the roles was more predictive. (Author/MKA)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Developmental Disabilities, Employed Parents