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Hanson, Sandra L.; Tuch, Steven A. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1984
Notes the inconsistent findings that characterize research on marital instability and proposes several potential methodological sources of these inconsistencies. Presents an illustrative application to data from two recent national representative probability samples. (JAC)
Descriptors: Etiology, Marital Instability, Models, Predictor Variables

Leigh, Geoffrey K. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1982
Identified several possible explanations and methodological problems in previous research about the relationship between family life span and kinship interaction. Developed three hypotheses to resolve ambiguity. Used two data sets to test these hypotheses. Findings indicated the family life span variable has no effect on amount of interaction.…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Distance, Extended Family, Family Relationship