Fifty-four premarital couples were interviewed in an attempt to:
(a) delineate pathways of premarital involvement; (b) investigate
differences in the relationships of individuals who follow different
pathways; and (c) examine which background variables predispose individuals
to follow a specific pathway. Four sexual pathway types were
established using a cluster analytic...
It has been proposed that individuals develop models
of premarital relationships based on their preferred ways of
experiencing love with another person. This study attempted
to operationalize the concept of relationship models to
determine if individuals differ in how they expect their
feelings of love to develop over the course...
The purpose of the present study was to describe the process of
premarital relationship dissolution. This description entailed
typologizing relationships on the basis of their trajectories to
involvement and eventual dissolution. One hundred individuals who had
been involved in a serious relationship that had broken up within the
past 12...
The purpose of the present study was to describe the process
of marital dissolution. This description entailed collecting information
about the process itself and then typologizing divorces
on the basis of their trajectories to dissolution. One hundred
and seven divorced individuals were interviewed. This interview
consisted of three parts. First,...
Over the past 10 years there has been much research
on various aspects of gender-role orientation.
Specifically, many studies have explored gender-role
orientation as a predictor of psychological adjustment.
Findings suggest that masculine and androgynous
individuals are high on psychological adjustment whereas,
feminine and undifferentiated individuals score lower on
adjustment....
Ninety-six couples were studied during the transition to parenthood in order to assess a) relative contributions of equity and traditionality in sex role attitudes to marital satisfaction prior to parenthood, b) changes in marital satisfaction and equity after the birth of the infant and c) contributions of traditionality, equity, father...