Describes Family Employment Program (FEP), program initiated in 1987 by Oregon State University to meet needs of dual-career couples. Describes origins and development of FEP and discusses FEP goals and organization and how program works. Three couple client profiles are included. (NB)

Discusses the need for the availability of measures of variables which assess marital quality, reviews the history of measurement in this area, identifies some conceptual and methodological issues of relevance, and then focuses most specifically on the Dyadic Adjustment Scale developed by Spanier. (Author)

Reports on the effect of the legal process in Pennsylvania on adjustment to marital separation. The data suggest that, although the majority of respondents found fault or encountered difficulty with the legal system, these problems did not necessarily result in reported poorer adjustment following the separation. (Author)

Presents a demographic analysis of the paths to remarriage--the extent and timing of remarriage, social factors associated with remarriage, and the impact of the event which preceded remarriage (divorce or widowhood). (Author)

Examined data from a longitudinal study of divorce and remarriage to ascertain whether remarriage is helpful in enhancing one's well-being following marital separation. Concluded that remarriage after divorce is not associated with enhanced well-being. Moreover, no other variables were identified which appear to predict well-being following…

Evaluated the dyadic adjustment scale by reconsidering the factor structure of the scale and its subscales using a maximum likelihood, confirmatory factor-analysis procedure. Studied a new sample from the same geographical area. High reliability was confirmed for the overall scale. (Author)

Adults living with unrelated adults of the opposite sex are contrasted with married couples living together. Couples living together without marriage are most likely to be residing in large metropolitan areas, and are characterized by relatively low income levels and high unemployment. The increase in adults living with an unrelated person of the…

Examined the circumstances surrounding marriage termination in relation to the aftermath of marital separation. Collected data from a nonprobability sample of 205 individuals. Multiple regression analysis demonstrated that 41 percent of the variance in acceptance of marital termination can be explained by marital history variables. (Author/RC)

The decade of the 70s saw more husbands in samples, more attention to couples, use of observational data collection techniques, greater attention to methodological and measurement issues, biases in the portrayal of sex roles, attempts to build theory and synthesize the literature, growing interest in "dyads," and more international research.…

Studied separation, divorce, and the postponement of marriage which have nearly doubled the number of adults who keep up a home without a spouse since 1970. Assesses teenage marriages as particularly unstable. Discusses other variables including children's sex, mother's education level, custody, and remarriage. (Author/JAC)