Catherine L Cohan
Biographic Data
| ID | 126649 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catherine L Cohan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catherine L |
| FAMILY NAME | Cohan |
| SIGNATURE | COHAN C L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pennsylvania State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 238 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Divorce following the September 11 terrorist attacks
We investigated the effect of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on marital stability. Previous research showed rates of divorce changed in opposite directions following natural disaster versus terrorist disaster. Using a prospective, longitudinal design and time series analysis, we examined rates of divorces filed by month, with respect to the World Trade Center attack in New York City (NYC). To examine whether effects radiated beyond NYC a…
Marriage and Cohabitation ‐ by Arland Thornton, William G. Axinn, and Yu Xie
Victim Help Seeking: Differences Between Intimate Terrorism and Situational Couple Violence
Research indicates that two major forms of partner violence exist, intimate terrorism (IT) and situational couple violence (SCV). The current study ( N = 389) used a subgroup of women who responded to the Chicago Women’s Health Risk Study to examine whether type of violence experienced is differentially related to formal (e.g., police, medical agencies, counseling) and informal (e.g., family, friends/neighbors) help seeking. IT victims were more …
Problem-Solving Skills and Affective Expressions as Predictors of Change in Marital Satisfaction.
Specific skills and affective expressions coded from the problem-solving interactions of 172 newlywed couples were examined in relation to 8-wave, 4-year trajectories of marital satisfaction. Effects varied as a function of whether husbands' versus wives' topics were under discussion and whether husbands' versus wives' satisfaction was predicted, but results indicate that skills, affect, and their statistical interaction account for unique varian…
Marital transitions among Vietnam-era repatriated prisoners of war
We examined (i) whether marital outcomes in the 20 years following repatriation for 98 former Vietnam War prisoners of war (POW) differed from a matched comparison group of 98 Vietnam-era Navy aviators who did not experience captivity, and (ii) individual differences that contributed to vulnerability for divorce among the POWs and 56 of their wives. POWs had a higher divorce rate than the comparison sample, particularly in the 2 years following r…
Consequences of Male Partner Violence for Low-Income Minority Women
The current study used a random sample of 563 low-income women to test Johnson's (1995) theory that there are two major forms of male-partner violence, situational couple violence and intimate terrorism, which are distinguished in terms of their embeddedness in a general pattern of control. The study examined the associations between type of violence experienced and respondents' physical health, psychological distress, and economic well-being. An…
The Relationship Between Cohabitation and Marital Quality and Stability: Change Across Cohorts
The relationship between premarital cohabitation and marital dysfunction was examined with a total sample of 1,425 spouses in two U.S. marriage cohorts: those married between 1964 and 1980 (when cohabitation was less common) and those married between 1981 and 1997 (when cohabitation was more common). Spouses in both cohorts who cohabited prior to marriage reported poorer marital quality and greater marital instability. When selection factors for …
Life course transitions and natural disaster: Marriage, birth, and divorce following Hurricane Hugo.
Change in marriage, birth, and divorce rates following Hurricane Hugo in 1989 were examined prospectively from 1975 to 1997 for all counties in South Carolina. Stress research and research on economic circumstances suggested that marriages and births would decline and divorces would increase in affected counties after the hurricane. Attachment theory suggested that marriages and births would increase and divorces would decline after the hurricane…
Toward a Greater Understanding of the Cohabitation Effect: Premarital Cohabitation and Marital Communication
The goal of the present study was to examine the relationship between premarital cohabitation experience and marital communication in an effort to understand the robust finding known as the cohabitation effect, whereby couples who cohabit before marriage have greater marital instability than couples who do not cohabit. Observed marital problem solving and social support behavior were examined as a function of premarital cohabitation experience in…
Dysphoria and social interaction: An integration of behavioral confirmation and interpersonal perspectives
To investigate the process by which dysphoric persons are rejected by others, authors integrated behavioral confirmation and interpersonal theories of depression. The expectations of nondysphoric perceiver participants (college students) were manipulated, such that half expected to interact with a same-sex dysphoric target and half expected to interact with a same-sex nondysphoric target. The targets' actual mood status was consistent or inconsis…
Marital functioning and depressive symptoms: Evidence for a stress generation model
The present study applied C.L. Hammen's (1991) stress generation model to depressive symptoms in the context of marriage. The authors predicted that depressive symptoms would lead to increased marital stress, which would in turn lead to increased depressive symptoms. Social support processes were hypothesized to function as a mechanism by which dysphoric spouses generate stress. Hypotheses were tested in a sample of 154 newlywed couples. Depressi…
Negative life events, marital interaction, and the longitudinal course of newlywed marriage
Life events and problem-solving behavior were examined relative to longitudinal change in depressive symptoms and marital adjustment over 18 months in 60 newlywed couples. Spouses' problem-solving behavior moderated, but did not mediate, the relationship between life events and adjustment. Some behaviors contributed to spouses being more resilient to life events, and some behaviors made spouses more vulnerable. In particular, wives' anger facilit…
Pregnancy decision making as a significant life event: A commitment approach
A value-laden basis for commitment to goals and the behavioral and affective sequelae of commitment were examined in the context of a stressful life event. Fifty-seven women who were interviewed during a clinic visit for a pregnancy test (Time 1 [T1]) subsequently received positive test results and were then interviewed 2 days later (Time 2 [T2]) and a month later (Time 3 [T3]). The intentionality and the meaning of the pregnancy were associated …
An Empirical Investigation of Sampling Strategies in Marital Research
Benjamin R. Karney, Joanne Davila, Catherine L. Cohan, Kieran T. Sullivan, Matthew D. Johnson, Thomas N. Bradbury, An Empirical Investigation of Sampling Strategies in Marital Research, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 57, No. 4 (Nov., 1995), pp. 909-920
Pregnancy Decision Making: Predictors of Early Stress and Adjustment
Pregnancy decision making was examined among pregnant and nonpregnant women seeking pregnancy testing. The majority of women had decided upon and were certain of a decision to either abort or carry a possible pregnancy before learning the pregnancy-test results. Adjustment to pregnancy decision making was examined longitudinally among the women who tested positive for pregnancy. Pregnant participants were interviewed about their decisions to carr…
The Relationship Between Cohabitation and Marital Quality and Stability: Change Across Cohorts
The relationship between premarital cohabitation and marital dysfunction was examined with a total sample of 1,425 spouses in two U.S. marriage cohorts: those married between 1964 and 1980 (when cohabitation was less common) and those married between 1981 and 1997 (when cohabitation was more common). Spouses in both cohorts who cohabited prior to marriage reported poorer marital quality and greater marital instability. When selection factors for …
Marital functioning and depressive symptoms: Evidence for a stress generation model
The present study applied C.L. Hammen's (1991) stress generation model to depressive symptoms in the context of marriage. The authors predicted that depressive symptoms would lead to increased marital stress, which would in turn lead to increased depressive symptoms. Social support processes were hypothesized to function as a mechanism by which dysphoric spouses generate stress. Hypotheses were tested in a sample of 154 newlywed couples. Depressi…
Negative life events, marital interaction, and the longitudinal course of newlywed marriage
Life events and problem-solving behavior were examined relative to longitudinal change in depressive symptoms and marital adjustment over 18 months in 60 newlywed couples. Spouses' problem-solving behavior moderated, but did not mediate, the relationship between life events and adjustment. Some behaviors contributed to spouses being more resilient to life events, and some behaviors made spouses more vulnerable. In particular, wives' anger facilit…
Toward a Greater Understanding of the Cohabitation Effect: Premarital Cohabitation and Marital Communication
The goal of the present study was to examine the relationship between premarital cohabitation experience and marital communication in an effort to understand the robust finding known as the cohabitation effect, whereby couples who cohabit before marriage have greater marital instability than couples who do not cohabit. Observed marital problem solving and social support behavior were examined as a function of premarital cohabitation experience in…
Consequences of Male Partner Violence for Low-Income Minority Women
The current study used a random sample of 563 low-income women to test Johnson's (1995) theory that there are two major forms of male-partner violence, situational couple violence and intimate terrorism, which are distinguished in terms of their embeddedness in a general pattern of control. The study examined the associations between type of violence experienced and respondents' physical health, psychological distress, and economic well-being. An…
An Empirical Investigation of Sampling Strategies in Marital Research
Benjamin R. Karney, Joanne Davila, Catherine L. Cohan, Kieran T. Sullivan, Matthew D. Johnson, Thomas N. Bradbury, An Empirical Investigation of Sampling Strategies in Marital Research, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 57, No. 4 (Nov., 1995), pp. 909-920
Divorce following the September 11 terrorist attacks
We investigated the effect of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on marital stability. Previous research showed rates of divorce changed in opposite directions following natural disaster versus terrorist disaster. Using a prospective, longitudinal design and time series analysis, we examined rates of divorces filed by month, with respect to the World Trade Center attack in New York City (NYC). To examine whether effects radiated beyond NYC a…
Marital transitions among Vietnam-era repatriated prisoners of war
We examined (i) whether marital outcomes in the 20 years following repatriation for 98 former Vietnam War prisoners of war (POW) differed from a matched comparison group of 98 Vietnam-era Navy aviators who did not experience captivity, and (ii) individual differences that contributed to vulnerability for divorce among the POWs and 56 of their wives. POWs had a higher divorce rate than the comparison sample, particularly in the 2 years following r…
Pregnancy Decision Making: Predictors of Early Stress and Adjustment
Pregnancy decision making was examined among pregnant and nonpregnant women seeking pregnancy testing. The majority of women had decided upon and were certain of a decision to either abort or carry a possible pregnancy before learning the pregnancy-test results. Adjustment to pregnancy decision making was examined longitudinally among the women who tested positive for pregnancy. Pregnant participants were interviewed about their decisions to carr…
Dysphoria and social interaction: An integration of behavioral confirmation and interpersonal perspectives
To investigate the process by which dysphoric persons are rejected by others, authors integrated behavioral confirmation and interpersonal theories of depression. The expectations of nondysphoric perceiver participants (college students) were manipulated, such that half expected to interact with a same-sex dysphoric target and half expected to interact with a same-sex nondysphoric target. The targets' actual mood status was consistent or inconsis…
Pregnancy decision making as a significant life event: A commitment approach
A value-laden basis for commitment to goals and the behavioral and affective sequelae of commitment were examined in the context of a stressful life event. Fifty-seven women who were interviewed during a clinic visit for a pregnancy test (Time 1 [T1]) subsequently received positive test results and were then interviewed 2 days later (Time 2 [T2]) and a month later (Time 3 [T3]). The intentionality and the meaning of the pregnancy were associated …
Pregnancy Decision Making: Predictors of Early Stress and Adjustment
Pregnancy decision making was examined among pregnant and nonpregnant women seeking pregnancy testing. The majority of women had decided upon and were certain of a decision to either abort or carry a possible pregnancy before learning the pregnancy-test results. Adjustment to pregnancy decision making was examined longitudinally among the women who tested positive for pregnancy. Pregnant participants were interviewed about their decisions to carr…
An Empirical Investigation of Sampling Strategies in Marital Research
Benjamin R. Karney, Joanne Davila, Catherine L. Cohan, Kieran T. Sullivan, Matthew D. Johnson, Thomas N. Bradbury, An Empirical Investigation of Sampling Strategies in Marital Research, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 57, No. 4 (Nov., 1995), pp. 909-920
Pregnancy decision making as a significant life event: A commitment approach
A value-laden basis for commitment to goals and the behavioral and affective sequelae of commitment were examined in the context of a stressful life event. Fifty-seven women who were interviewed during a clinic visit for a pregnancy test (Time 1 [T1]) subsequently received positive test results and were then interviewed 2 days later (Time 2 [T2]) and a month later (Time 3 [T3]). The intentionality and the meaning of the pregnancy were associated …
Marital functioning and depressive symptoms: Evidence for a stress generation model
The present study applied C.L. Hammen's (1991) stress generation model to depressive symptoms in the context of marriage. The authors predicted that depressive symptoms would lead to increased marital stress, which would in turn lead to increased depressive symptoms. Social support processes were hypothesized to function as a mechanism by which dysphoric spouses generate stress. Hypotheses were tested in a sample of 154 newlywed couples. Depressi…
Negative life events, marital interaction, and the longitudinal course of newlywed marriage
Life events and problem-solving behavior were examined relative to longitudinal change in depressive symptoms and marital adjustment over 18 months in 60 newlywed couples. Spouses' problem-solving behavior moderated, but did not mediate, the relationship between life events and adjustment. Some behaviors contributed to spouses being more resilient to life events, and some behaviors made spouses more vulnerable. In particular, wives' anger facilit…
Dysphoria and social interaction: An integration of behavioral confirmation and interpersonal perspectives
To investigate the process by which dysphoric persons are rejected by others, authors integrated behavioral confirmation and interpersonal theories of depression. The expectations of nondysphoric perceiver participants (college students) were manipulated, such that half expected to interact with a same-sex dysphoric target and half expected to interact with a same-sex nondysphoric target. The targets' actual mood status was consistent or inconsis…
Life course transitions and natural disaster: Marriage, birth, and divorce following Hurricane Hugo.
Change in marriage, birth, and divorce rates following Hurricane Hugo in 1989 were examined prospectively from 1975 to 1997 for all counties in South Carolina. Stress research and research on economic circumstances suggested that marriages and births would decline and divorces would increase in affected counties after the hurricane. Attachment theory suggested that marriages and births would increase and divorces would decline after the hurricane…
Toward a Greater Understanding of the Cohabitation Effect: Premarital Cohabitation and Marital Communication
The goal of the present study was to examine the relationship between premarital cohabitation experience and marital communication in an effort to understand the robust finding known as the cohabitation effect, whereby couples who cohabit before marriage have greater marital instability than couples who do not cohabit. Observed marital problem solving and social support behavior were examined as a function of premarital cohabitation experience in…
The Relationship Between Cohabitation and Marital Quality and Stability: Change Across Cohorts
The relationship between premarital cohabitation and marital dysfunction was examined with a total sample of 1,425 spouses in two U.S. marriage cohorts: those married between 1964 and 1980 (when cohabitation was less common) and those married between 1981 and 1997 (when cohabitation was more common). Spouses in both cohorts who cohabited prior to marriage reported poorer marital quality and greater marital instability. When selection factors for …
Consequences of Male Partner Violence for Low-Income Minority Women
The current study used a random sample of 563 low-income women to test Johnson's (1995) theory that there are two major forms of male-partner violence, situational couple violence and intimate terrorism, which are distinguished in terms of their embeddedness in a general pattern of control. The study examined the associations between type of violence experienced and respondents' physical health, psychological distress, and economic well-being. An…
Problem-Solving Skills and Affective Expressions as Predictors of Change in Marital Satisfaction.
Specific skills and affective expressions coded from the problem-solving interactions of 172 newlywed couples were examined in relation to 8-wave, 4-year trajectories of marital satisfaction. Effects varied as a function of whether husbands' versus wives' topics were under discussion and whether husbands' versus wives' satisfaction was predicted, but results indicate that skills, affect, and their statistical interaction account for unique varian…
Marital transitions among Vietnam-era repatriated prisoners of war
We examined (i) whether marital outcomes in the 20 years following repatriation for 98 former Vietnam War prisoners of war (POW) differed from a matched comparison group of 98 Vietnam-era Navy aviators who did not experience captivity, and (ii) individual differences that contributed to vulnerability for divorce among the POWs and 56 of their wives. POWs had a higher divorce rate than the comparison sample, particularly in the 2 years following r…
Victim Help Seeking: Differences Between Intimate Terrorism and Situational Couple Violence
Research indicates that two major forms of partner violence exist, intimate terrorism (IT) and situational couple violence (SCV). The current study ( N = 389) used a subgroup of women who responded to the Chicago Women’s Health Risk Study to examine whether type of violence experienced is differentially related to formal (e.g., police, medical agencies, counseling) and informal (e.g., family, friends/neighbors) help seeking. IT victims were more …
Marriage and Cohabitation ‐ by Arland Thornton, William G. Axinn, and Yu Xie
Divorce following the September 11 terrorist attacks
We investigated the effect of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on marital stability. Previous research showed rates of divorce changed in opposite directions following natural disaster versus terrorist disaster. Using a prospective, longitudinal design and time series analysis, we examined rates of divorces filed by month, with respect to the World Trade Center attack in New York City (NYC). To examine whether effects radiated beyond NYC a…
Psychology (14 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (8 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (5 works) · Medicine (5 works)