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Which marriage has the best chance to succeed?
Traditional?
At what point in marriage do most couples have many of the necessary relationship negotiations in place?
Most couples have many of these negotiations in place by years 7-10.
What percentage rate of divorce is carelessly thrown around in the media?
It is a myth that 1 in 2 marriages eventually ends in divorce.
Do many countries give same-sex marriage rights to their citizens?
Netherlands granted same-sex marriage rights to its citizens, about six other Western nations have granted same-sex marriage rights. Many countries refuse to give same-sex marriage rights to their citizens.
According to Judith Vallerstein, for how long and in what ways does divorce impact children?
Her conclusions match those of other researchers -- children whose parents divorce are impacted throughout their lives by it in a variety of ways. The same could be said of children whose parents remained married and raised them in a caustic home environment.
What is the impact of cohabitation on marriage duration?
Younger people today wait to marry until their late twenties (Delayed Marriage), while other family forms such as single parenting, cohabiting, and three-generational families have increased in the U.S.
How does the length of a marriage impact the odds of divorce?
The longer couples are married, the less likely they are to get divorced.
What approaches best improve your marital quality, and are far more influential than most other factors leading to divorce?
A proactive and assertive approach to your marital quality is far more influential than most other factors leading to divorce.
What is the entity with power to legalize marriage?
To legally marry in the United States today, one simply goes to the local county or state office and applies for a state marriage license. The state also claims authority in granting divorce rights to couples.
What age group has the highest risk of divorce?
Baby boomer generation.
What are the concepts of Levinger’s Model?
1-10 years of marriage are the highest concentration of divorces.
What is the title given to the group born between 1946 and 1964?
Baby Boomers.
Longevity is often associated with what?
Arrival of children, accumulation of wealth, stablishment of acceptable social status (being married is still highly regarded as a status), and the buffering of many of life's daily stressors
Define: Cohort
A Cohort is a group of people who have some demographic characteristic, typically associated with their birth year or group of birth years. The Baby Boom is a cohort of those born between 1946 and 1964 and represents a never-before and never-after repeated high period of birth rates that yielded about 70 million living Baby Boomers today (i.e., people born 1946-1964).
Define: Equity
Equity is a sense that the interactions are fair to us and fair to others involved by the consequences of our choices.
Define: Divorce
Divorce is the legal dissolution of a previously granted marriage.
Define: Marital Entropy
Marital Entropy as the principle based on the belief that if a marriage does not receive preventative maintenance and upgrades it will move towards decay and break down.
Define: Social Exchange
Marital Entropy as the principle based on the belief that if a marriage does not receive preventative maintenance and upgrades it will move towards decay and break down.
Define: Longevity
Living longer.