Galena K Rhoades
Biographic Data
| ID | 161097 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Galena K Rhoades |
| GIVEN NAMES | Galena K |
| FAMILY NAME | Rhoades |
| SIGNATURE | RHOADES G K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Denver |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3514-8139 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 53 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 432 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 53 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 11 |
Perceived Helpfulness and Affirmingness of Different Sources of Sex and Relationship Education among Sexual Minority Men
Sexual minority men face considerable challenges in accessing relevant learning about sex and romantic relationships, and emerging research links their having more inclusive learning experiences with better mental and sexual health outcomes. Little is known about how helpful and affirming sexual minority men perceive different sources of information to be. Sexual minority men (N = 283) in romantic relationships indicated whether each of ten sourc…
Wired for Cognitive Jealousy? Unveiling the Stability Within and Fluctuations Between Relationships
Cognitive jealousy, which involves thoughts and suspicions of a partner's infidelity, is linked to various negative outcomes. Yet, little is known about how it fluctuates over time or across different relationships. This longitudinal study examined 891 young, unmarried adults in romantic relationships over 5 years (11 assessment points), capturing 1507 total relationships. About 42% of participants reported being in more than one relationship dur…
Change in relationship status and internalizing symptoms among adolescents: Testing bidirectionality and moderation by sexual orientation, gender, and age
Adolescent romantic experiences are socially normative and serve important social and developmental functions. Despite the well-established concurrent link between romantic involvement and internalizing symptoms in heterosexual adolescents, limited and mixed evidence exists on the directionality of this association. Research on this topic in sexually diverse adolescents is scarce. We sought to clarify how changes in relationship status and intern…
A closer look at the demographics of same‐sex marriage in the United States: Implications for research, practice, and policy
In 2015, the United States Supreme Court legalized same‐sex marriage nationwide, setting in motion a sweeping social change for sexual minority people and their romantic relationships. The United States Census Bureau collects demographic data on same‐sex couple households, offering an opportunity to better understand the demographic makeup of same‐sex marriage today. This knowledge is essential for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers who…
After Obergefell: Legally married status is associated with lower depressive symptoms among cisgender sexual minority couples
Gender differences-or the lack thereof-in the prediction of relationship dissolution among unmarried mixed-gender couples from the United States
This study examines gender differences in the degree to which men's and women's views of their relationship predict eventual dissolution among mixed-gender couples. We analyzed data from a national sample of 314 unmarried mixed-gender couples from the United States that were surveyed across four years to test gender differences in associations between baseline levels of perceived likelihood of breaking up, relationship satisfaction, commitment, a…
The Stable Low‐Conflict Index: A policy‐relevant outcome in government‐funded relationship education efforts
Impact evaluation of the family expectations program and moderation by sociodemographic disadvantage
The federal government, through the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), has funded community‐based relationship education programs for couples, individuals, and families, with a strong focus on serving economically disadvantaged and racially diverse families. This study evaluated the impact of a 36‐hour, workshop‐based couple relationship education program that was funded by ACF using a randomized controlled trial (RCT) design and int…
Longitudinal Associations Among Adolescents’ Sexual Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors
Does income moderate basic relationship processes
Objective: This study explores whether household income moderates the predictive association from adaptive processes (positive and negative interactions and commitment), enduring vulnerabilities (psychological distress), and stressors (financial strain) to future relationship satisfaction? Background: Theory and research have long conceptualized socioeconomic status as a predictor of couple relations, but recent work questions whether socioeconom…
Differences by sexual orientation in romantic relationship attitudes and skills among adolescents
Objective This study examined differences by sexual orientation in romantic relationship and marriage attitudes, and relationship skills, among a large, diverse sample of high school youth. Background The romantic relationships of sexual minority youth have been understudied, particularly factors related to their relationship quality, such as attitudes and skills. Sweeping changes in social and legal equality (e.g., same‐sex marriage) have promot…
Within-Couple Associations Between Communication and Relationship Satisfaction Over Time
Relationship science contends that the quality of couples’ communication predicts relationship satisfaction over time. Most studies testing these links have examined between-person associations, yet couple dynamics are also theorized at the within-person level: For a given couple, worsened communication is presumed to predict deteriorations in future relationship satisfaction. We examined within-couple associations between satisfaction and commun…
Relationship education for women during pregnancy: The impact of MotherWise on birth outcomes
The field of relationship science has called for more research on the impact of relationship education on child outcomes, yet studies in this area remain sparse, particularly regarding maternal and infant health at birth. Research on group prenatal care demonstrates that individual‐oriented group interventions have a positive impact on infant birth outcomes, suggesting the need to consider the impacts of other forms of group programming for women…
Impact and implementation findings from a cluster randomized trial of a youth relationship education curriculum
The current study presents implementation and impact data from a cluster randomized trial of a youth relationship education curriculum. High school students ( n = 1,135) were randomized at the school level to receive curricula‐as‐usual or a healthy relationships program delivered by facilitators who were not employed by the high schools. Program evaluators reported high engagement and students indicated high satisfaction with the program, but mul…
Online relationship education for help‐seeking low‐income couples: A Bayesian replication and extension of the OurRelationship and ePREP programs
Low‐income couples are at increased risk for relationship instability and divorce. In response, online relationship education programs such as ePREP and OurRelationship have been developed to more easily reach this population. A previous trial indicated that these programs promote relationship functioning (Doss et al., 2020) and individual well‐being (Roddy et al., 2020a). However, given that these effects were notably larger than previous studie…
Parent–Child Relationship Quality in the Family of Origin and Later Romantic Relationship Functioning: A Systematic Review
A large and diverse literature has shown that parent–child relationship quality shapes development to affect later romantic relationship functioning. Guided by the developmental psychopathology framework, the current systematic review aimed to characterize the links between two major subtypes of parent–child relationship quality (parent–child attachment security and interaction quality) and several romantic relationship outcomes (i.e., adjustment…
Introduction to special section: Federally funded, community‐based healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood program impact studies
The focus of this special section is impact studies that were conducted as part of the Administration for Children and Families' Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood initiative. This initiative has led to more than 2 million people receiving relationship education and fatherhood programs across the United States over the last two decades. Community organizations develop these programs, select their curricula and content, and run these prog…
Associations of Adolescents’ Pornography Viewing with their Romantic Relationship Skills and Behaviors
Research into adolescent pornography use has identified numerous individual-level behavioral and attitudinal correlates. However, associations between adolescents' pornography viewing and their romantic relationships remain understudied. Furthermore, very little is known about adolescents' watching pornography with their romantic partners (i.e., joint pornography use). The present study of adolescents ( n = 755, 59.9% girls, M age = 15.72 years o…
Having a Baby: Impact on Married and Cohabiting Parents’ Relationships
The current study evaluates the effects of having a baby on relationship quality and stability, contrasting married and unmarried cohabiting parents ( N = 179; 38% unmarried cohabiting). Participants provided several waves of data, including time points before, during, and after pregnancy. Results indicated that cohabiting parents broke up at a significantly higher rate after having a baby compared to married parents. In terms of relationship qua…
A Closer Examination of Relational Outcomes from a Pilot Study of Abbreviated, Intensive, Multi‐Couple Group Cognitive‐Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for PTSD with Military Dyads
Cognitive‐behavioral conjoint therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (CBCT for PTSD) is associated with improvements in patients’ PTSD symptoms, partners’ psychological distress, and relationship satisfaction. However, little is known about whether CBCT for PTSD is associated with changes in other relationship domains that have theoretical and clinical relevance to the relational context of PTSD. The current study is a secondary analysis of re…
Romantic alternative monitoring increases ahead of infidelity and break-up
Monitoring alternative partners may be associated with engaging in behaviors that undermine relationship fidelity and/or stability. For example, paying attention to romantic alternatives has been shown to be associated with lower relationship quality. Studies have investigated the association between alternative monitoring and relationship outcomes, but with significant methodological limitations. This study aims to longitudinally explore whether…
Machine learning uncovers the most robust self-report predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies
Significance What predicts how happy people are with their romantic relationships? Relationship science—an interdisciplinary field spanning psychology, sociology, economics, family studies, and communication—has identified hundreds of variables that purportedly shape romantic relationship quality. The current project used machine learning to directly quantify and compare the predictive power of many such variables among 11,196 romantic couples. P…
“Will you complete this survey too?” Differences between individual versus dyadic samples in relationship research.
This study examines the ways in which collecting data from individuals versus couples affects the characteristics of the resulting sample in basic research studies of romantic relationships. From a nationally representative sample of 1,294 individuals in a serious romantic relationship, approximately half of whom were randomly selected to invite their partner to participate in the study, we compare relationship, individual, and demographic charac…
Best Practices in Relationship Education Focused on Intimate Relationships
Relationship education is widely used to help people develop and sustain healthy romantic relationships. We first provide a review on the current state of evidence and key issues in the field, laying a foundation for suggesting specific best practices in relationship education. We focus on services provided to couples but also address the burgeoning field of relationship education with individuals. Although there are many gaps in the knowledge in…
Partner Assisted Smoking Cessation Treatment: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Background: Partner Assisted Smoking Cessation Treatment (PACT) was designed to improve smoking abstinence rates by integrating evidence-based relationship education strategies to build effective couple support into standard cognitive behavioral smoking cessation treatment (CBT). Methods: This small randomized clinical trial examined the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of PACT versus CBT in improving couple support processes and smoking …
The effect of the transition to parenthood on relationship quality: An 8-year prospective study
This longitudinal study examined the effect of the birth of the 1st child on relationship functioning using data from 218 couples (436 individuals) over the course of the first 8 years of marriage. Compared with prebirth levels and trajectories, parents showed sudden deterioration following birth on observed and self-reported measures of positive and negative aspects of relationship functioning. The deterioration in these variables was small to m…
Hooking Up” Among College Students: Demographic and Psychosocial Correlates
Commitment: Functions, Formation, and the Securing of Romantic Attachment
In this theoretical paper, we review central concepts in the psychological literature on relationship commitment to provide a foundation to discuss two themes related to long-term romantic relationships and marriages. First, we describe and discuss the role that commitment plays in stabilizing romantic attachment. Second, we use empirical research on cohabitation to highlight how the formation of commitment can be undermined by what are now commo…
Couples' Reasons for Cohabitation: Associations With Individual Well-Being and Relationship Quality
This study uses a new measure to examine how different types of reasons for cohabitation are associated with individual well-being and relationship quality in a sample of 120 cohabiting heterosexual couples ( N = 240). Spending more time together and convenience are the most strongly endorsed reasons. The degree to which individuals report cohabiting to test their relationships is associated with more negative couple communication and more physic…
Viewing Sexually-Explicit Materials Alone or Together: Associations with Relationship Quality
Predictors of Extradyadic Sexual Involvement in Unmarried Opposite-Sex Relationships
Using a sample of unmarried individuals in opposite-sex romantic relationships that was representative of the United States (N = 933), the current study prospectively evaluated predictors of extradyadic sexual involvement (ESI) over 20 months (from 2007-2010). Data were collected with self-report questionnaires via U.S. mail. Participants were 18 to 35 years old, and 34.9% were male. Variables tested as predictors included involved-partner factor…
The Revised Commitment Inventory: Psychometrics and Use With Unmarried Couples
The Commitment Inventory measures interpersonal commitment (dedication) and constraint commitment. Since it was first published, substantial revisions have been made, but there are no published data on the psychometric properties of the new version. Furthermore, little information is available on measuring commitment for unmarried couples. This study examined the psychometric properties of the Commitment Inventory in 320 premarital or cohabiting …
The Timing of Cohabitation and Engagement: Impact on First and Second Marriages
Using a multistate sample of marriages that took place in the 1990s, this study examined associations between premarital cohabitation history and marital quality in first (N = 437) and second marriages (N = 200) and marital instability in first marriages (intact N = 521, divorced N = 124). For first marriages, cohabiting with the spouse without first being engaged or married was associated with more negative interaction, higher self-reported divo…
A Longitudinal Investigation of Commitment Dynamics in Cohabiting Relationships
This longitudinal study followed 120 cohabiting, opposite-sex couples over 8 months to test hypotheses derived from commitment theory about how two types of commitment (dedication and constraint) operate during cohabitation. In nearly half the couples, there were large differences between partners in terms of dedication. These differences were associated with lower relationship adjustment, even controlling for overall level of dedication. Further…
Asymmetrically committed relationships
This study compared romantic relationships in which there was a substantial difference (>1 SD) in the commitment levels of the two partners to those with more equal levels. These asymmetrically committed relationships (ACRs) were studied in a national, longitudinal sample of unmarried, opposite-sex romantic relationships ( N = 315 couples); 64.8% ( n = 204) of relationships were categorized as non-ACRs, 22.8% were ACRs in which the male partner w…
Family Emotional Processes and Adolescents' Adjustment
This study examined associations between parents' emotion coaching and emotional expressiveness, and adolescents' internalizing and externalizing symptoms. The sample included 131 16‐year‐olds and their mothers and fathers. Adolescents completed an open‐ended interview about their parents' emotion coaching. Adolescents rated parents' negative emotional expressiveness, and parents and adolescents reported on adolescents' adjustment. Results indica…
Changes in the Sexual Relationship and Relationship Adjustment Precede Extradyadic Sexual Involvement
Within- and Between-Family Associations of Marital Functioning and Child Well-being
This study clarifies within-family and between-family links between marital functioning and child well-being. Expanding on existing prospective research, this study tests whether changes in parents' marital functioning are associated with corresponding changes in their children's well-being, independent from associations that exist when comparing different families. Participants (N = 1,033) were members of married, opposite-sex couples with child…
Stuck on you: How dedication moderates the way constraints feel
Theorists agree that commitment has different components, but the interaction between two fundamental aspects of commitment-dedication (interpersonal commitment) and constraint (external pressures to stay together)-has not been examined to our knowledge. The effects of the interaction between dedication and constraint on several measures of discomfort were examined among adults in opposite-sex dating relationships ( N = 1,294). In the context of …
"Defining the relationship" in adolescent and young adult romantic relationships
Defining the relationship" (DTR) conversations are a topic of interest among lay people, yet have been the focus of little empirical research, leaving a gap in the psychological literature on romantic relationship development. This article presents descriptive data from two studies about the characteristics and correlates of DTR talks in adolescents' and emerging adults' romantic relationships. In Study 1, DTR talks were found to occur in over ha…
Sexuality Within Female Same-Gender Couples: Definitions of Sex, Sexual Frequency Norms, and Factors Associated with Sexual Satisfaction
Romantic alternative monitoring increases ahead of infidelity and break-up
Monitoring alternative partners may be associated with engaging in behaviors that undermine relationship fidelity and/or stability. For example, paying attention to romantic alternatives has been shown to be associated with lower relationship quality. Studies have investigated the association between alternative monitoring and relationship outcomes, but with significant methodological limitations. This study aims to longitudinally explore whether…
Once a Cheater, Always a Cheater? Serial Infidelity Across Subsequent Relationships
Positive Interactions and Avoidant and Anxious Representations in Relationships with Parents, Friends, and Romantic Partners
We examined associations between positive interactions and avoidant and anxious representations in relationships with parents, friends, and romantic partners. Two hundred adolescents completed questionnaires, observations, and attachment interviews. From a between-person perspective, those adolescents with more positive interactions overall had less avoidant representations. Within persons, more positive interactions were relative to one's own av…
Premarital Cohabitation, Husbands' Commitment, and Wives' Satisfaction with the Division of Household Contributions
Recent research suggests that cohabiting men with plans to marry do more housework than those without plans to marry. Building on mis finding and drawing from commitment theory, we asked whether premarital cohabitation history and husbands' commitment were associated with satisfaction with the division of household contributions in marriage (N = 171 couples). There were no significant effects of cohabitation history (i.e., whether the couple star…
Gender differences-or the lack thereof-in the prediction of relationship dissolution among unmarried mixed-gender couples from the United States
This study examines gender differences in the degree to which men's and women's views of their relationship predict eventual dissolution among mixed-gender couples. We analyzed data from a national sample of 314 unmarried mixed-gender couples from the United States that were surveyed across four years to test gender differences in associations between baseline levels of perceived likelihood of breaking up, relationship satisfaction, commitment, a…
Associations of Adolescents’ Pornography Viewing with their Romantic Relationship Skills and Behaviors
Research into adolescent pornography use has identified numerous individual-level behavioral and attitudinal correlates. However, associations between adolescents' pornography viewing and their romantic relationships remain understudied. Furthermore, very little is known about adolescents' watching pornography with their romantic partners (i.e., joint pornography use). The present study of adolescents ( n = 755, 59.9% girls, M age = 15.72 years o…
Sliding Versus Deciding: Inertia and the Premarital Cohabitation Effect
Premarital cohabitation has consistently been found to be associated with increased risk for divorce and marital distress in the United States. Two explanations for this “cohabitation effect” are discussed: selection and experience. We present an empirically based view of how the experience of cohabitation may increase risk for relationship distress or divorce for some people beyond what is accounted for by selection. Specifically, using a commit…
Premarital Cohabitation, Husbands' Commitment, and Wives' Satisfaction with the Division of Household Contributions
Recent research suggests that cohabiting men with plans to marry do more housework than those without plans to marry. Building on mis finding and drawing from commitment theory, we asked whether premarital cohabitation history and husbands' commitment were associated with satisfaction with the division of household contributions in marriage (N = 171 couples). There were no significant effects of cohabitation history (i.e., whether the couple star…
Family Emotional Processes and Adolescents' Adjustment
This study examined associations between parents' emotion coaching and emotional expressiveness, and adolescents' internalizing and externalizing symptoms. The sample included 131 16‐year‐olds and their mothers and fathers. Adolescents completed an open‐ended interview about their parents' emotion coaching. Adolescents rated parents' negative emotional expressiveness, and parents and adolescents reported on adolescents' adjustment. Results indica…
The effect of the transition to parenthood on relationship quality: An 8-year prospective study
This longitudinal study examined the effect of the birth of the 1st child on relationship functioning using data from 218 couples (436 individuals) over the course of the first 8 years of marriage. Compared with prebirth levels and trajectories, parents showed sudden deterioration following birth on observed and self-reported measures of positive and negative aspects of relationship functioning. The deterioration in these variables was small to m…
Couples' Reasons for Cohabitation: Associations With Individual Well-Being and Relationship Quality
This study uses a new measure to examine how different types of reasons for cohabitation are associated with individual well-being and relationship quality in a sample of 120 cohabiting heterosexual couples ( N = 240). Spending more time together and convenience are the most strongly endorsed reasons. The degree to which individuals report cohabiting to test their relationships is associated with more negative couple communication and more physic…
Should I stay or should I go? Predicting dating relationship stability from four aspects of commitment.
Many have argued that it is important to examine different aspects of commitment in romantic relationships, but few studies have done so. Using a large, national sample of unmarried adults in relationships (N = 1184), this study examined four aspects of relationship commitment and their associations with relationship adjustment and stability. We examined dedication (i.e., interpersonal commitment) as well as three types of constraint commitment: …
The premarital communication roots of marital distress and divorce: The first five years of marriage.
Using data from 210 couples who provided data across the first 5 years of marriage, we examined how premarital communication quality was related to divorce and later distress. The results showed that premarital observed negative and positive communication nearly reached significance as predictors of divorce, while self-reported negative communication was significantly associated with divorce. In terms of marital adjustment, we found that both pre…
Commitment: Functions, Formation, and the Securing of Romantic Attachment
In this theoretical paper, we review central concepts in the psychological literature on relationship commitment to provide a foundation to discuss two themes related to long-term romantic relationships and marriages. First, we describe and discuss the role that commitment plays in stabilizing romantic attachment. Second, we use empirical research on cohabitation to highlight how the formation of commitment can be undermined by what are now commo…
Hooking Up” Among College Students: Demographic and Psychosocial Correlates
The Timing of Cohabitation and Engagement: Impact on First and Second Marriages
Using a multistate sample of marriages that took place in the 1990s, this study examined associations between premarital cohabitation history and marital quality in first (N = 437) and second marriages (N = 200) and marital instability in first marriages (intact N = 521, divorced N = 124). For first marriages, cohabiting with the spouse without first being engaged or married was associated with more negative interaction, higher self-reported divo…
Breaking up is hard to do: The impact of unmarried relationship dissolution on mental health and life satisfaction.
This study examined the impact of unmarried relationship break-up on psychological distress and life satisfaction using a within-subjects design. Among unmarried 18- to 35-year olds (N = 1295), 36.5% had one or more break-ups over a 20-month period. Experiencing a break-up was associated with an increase in psychological distress and a decline in life satisfaction (from pre- to postdissolution). In addition, several characteristics of the relatio…
Viewing Sexually-Explicit Materials Alone or Together: Associations with Relationship Quality
The Revised Commitment Inventory: Psychometrics and Use With Unmarried Couples
The Commitment Inventory measures interpersonal commitment (dedication) and constraint commitment. Since it was first published, substantial revisions have been made, but there are no published data on the psychometric properties of the new version. Furthermore, little information is available on measuring commitment for unmarried couples. This study examined the psychometric properties of the Commitment Inventory in 320 premarital or cohabiting …
Relationship Education Research: Current Status and Future Directions
The overarching aim of this article is to review the research on relationship education programs and approaches that has been published or accepted for publication since the last review article in 2003. This article provides a critical overview of the relationship education field and sets an agenda for research and practice for the next decade. A theme weaved throughout the article is the ways in which relationship education is similar and differ…
Parents' Marital Status, Conflict, and Role Modeling: Links With Adult Romantic Relationship Quality
This study investigated three parental marital statuses and relationship quality among unmarried, but dating adults ages 18 to 35 (N = 1153). Those whose parents never married one another tended to report the lowest relationship quality (in terms of relationship adjustment, negative communication, commitment, and physical aggression) compared to those with divorced or married biological parents. In addition, those with divorced parents reported l…
Predictors of Extradyadic Sexual Involvement in Unmarried Opposite-Sex Relationships
Using a sample of unmarried individuals in opposite-sex romantic relationships that was representative of the United States (N = 933), the current study prospectively evaluated predictors of extradyadic sexual involvement (ESI) over 20 months (from 2007-2010). Data were collected with self-report questionnaires via U.S. mail. Participants were 18 to 35 years old, and 34.9% were male. Variables tested as predictors included involved-partner factor…
A Longitudinal Investigation of Commitment Dynamics in Cohabiting Relationships
This longitudinal study followed 120 cohabiting, opposite-sex couples over 8 months to test hypotheses derived from commitment theory about how two types of commitment (dedication and constraint) operate during cohabitation. In nearly half the couples, there were large differences between partners in terms of dedication. These differences were associated with lower relationship adjustment, even controlling for overall level of dedication. Further…
Positive Interactions and Avoidant and Anxious Representations in Relationships with Parents, Friends, and Romantic Partners
We examined associations between positive interactions and avoidant and anxious representations in relationships with parents, friends, and romantic partners. Two hundred adolescents completed questionnaires, observations, and attachment interviews. From a between-person perspective, those adolescents with more positive interactions overall had less avoidant representations. Within persons, more positive interactions were relative to one's own av…
PREP for Strong Bonds: A Review of Outcomes from a Randomized Clinical Trial
Stuck on you: How dedication moderates the way constraints feel
Theorists agree that commitment has different components, but the interaction between two fundamental aspects of commitment-dedication (interpersonal commitment) and constraint (external pressures to stay together)-has not been examined to our knowledge. The effects of the interaction between dedication and constraint on several measures of discomfort were examined among adults in opposite-sex dating relationships ( N = 1,294). In the context of …
The transition to parenthood: Impact on couples’ romantic relationships
Once a Cheater, Always a Cheater? Serial Infidelity Across Subsequent Relationships
Changes in the Sexual Relationship and Relationship Adjustment Precede Extradyadic Sexual Involvement
Asymmetrically committed relationships
This study compared romantic relationships in which there was a substantial difference (>1 SD) in the commitment levels of the two partners to those with more equal levels. These asymmetrically committed relationships (ACRs) were studied in a national, longitudinal sample of unmarried, opposite-sex romantic relationships ( N = 315 couples); 64.8% ( n = 204) of relationships were categorized as non-ACRs, 22.8% were ACRs in which the male partner w…
Within- and Between-Family Associations of Marital Functioning and Child Well-being
This study clarifies within-family and between-family links between marital functioning and child well-being. Expanding on existing prospective research, this study tests whether changes in parents' marital functioning are associated with corresponding changes in their children's well-being, independent from associations that exist when comparing different families. Participants (N = 1,033) were members of married, opposite-sex couples with child…
Psychology (47 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (39 works) · Social Psychology (35 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (31 works) · Developmental psychology (30 works) · Clinical Psychology (22 works) · Romance (15 works) · Medicine (14 works) · Demography (13 works) · Psychiatry (12 works)