What Predicts Divorce?: The Relationship Between Marital Processes and Marital Outcomes

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Psychology Press, Mar 5, 2014 - Psychology - 544 pages
This book details years of research involving questionnaires and observations of married couples in pursuit of the determinants of both marital happiness and divorce. It will be of interest to family and clinical psychologists and methodologists.
 

Contents

Preface
INTRODUCTION
WHAT MAKES SOME MARRIAGES MAGICAL AND SOME MISERABLE? RAISING THE QUESTIONS
TERMANS QUESTION WHAT MAKES FOR MARITAL HAPPINESS? THE VIEW FROM OBSERVATIONAL METHODS
LONGITUDINAL CHANGE IN MARITAL HAPPINESS OBSERVING PHYSIOLOGY AS WELL AS MARITAL INTERACTION
MARITAL PROCESSES THAT PREDICT DISSOLUTION
IN WHAT SENSE ARE REGULATED COUPLES REGULATED?
IS CONFLICT AVOIDANCE DYSFUNCTIONAL?
MALE WITHDRAWAL FROM MARITAL CONFLICT
REPLICATION AND EXTENSION
PHYSIOLOGY DURING MARITAL INTERACTION
TOWARD A COMPREHENSIVE THEORY OF MARITAL STABILITY
EIGHTYEAR LONGITUDINAL FOLLOWUP STUDY
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A STABLE MARRIAGE
EPILOGUE
THE OBSERVATIONAL CODING SYSTEMS

CONFLICT AVOIDANCE AND THE BEHAVIOR OF THE LISTENER TOWARD A TYPOLOGY OF MARRIAGE
THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF CONFLICT ENGAGERS
A BALANCE THEORY OF MARRIAGE
THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF NONREGULATED COUPLES
References
Author Index
Subject Index
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John Mordechai Gottman

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