Relationships
Mutual relationship in which those involved influence one another's behaviors and beliefs.
What is Friendship
A relationship that becomes violent or in which one person becomes aggressive toward a partner
What is Abusive Relationship
An umbrella term referring to any marital outcome
What is Marital Success
The most common form of family in Western societies
What is the Nuclear Family
These situations contribute to the high divorce rate
What are Ethnicity and Social Norms
Levinson's ABCDE stages of friendship.
What is Acquaintanceship, Buildup, Continuation, Deterioration, and Ending
Occurs when a woman believes that she cannot leave an abusive situation
What is Battered woman syndrome
The degree to which a husband and wife accommodate to each other over a certain period of time
What is Marital Adjustment
Type of family style in which grandparents and other relatives live with parents and children
What is the Extended Family
This type of marriage expands the marriage contract to a lifelong commitment between partners within a supportive community
What is a Covenant Marriage
The most important factor with online friendships
What is Trust
Violence against women worldwide reflects, traditions, beliefs, and values of patriarchal societies.
What is Culture
A subjective evaluation of the couple's relationship on a number of different dimensions
What is Marital Quality
These individuals are generally more at ease being parents, are more affectionate, sensitive and supportive
What are Older Parents
This situation takes a high psychological toll and the transition is often difficult
What is Divorce Hangover
The basic components of Love relationships
What is Passion, Intimacy and Commitment
When two people in a committed, intimate, sexual relationship live together but are not married
What is Cohabitation
A global assessment of one's marriage
What is Marital Satisfaction
This population of parents are more likely to help with household chores and childcare
What are African-American Husbands
A contractually based alternative dispute resolution process for couples
What is a Collaborative Divorce
People select mates based on their similarity to each other.
What is Assortative Mating
This is more important than differences in sexual orientation amongst gay and lesbian couples
What are Gender differences
The similarity of values and interests a couple shares
What is Homogamy
The idea that the well-being of family takes precedence over the concerns of individual family members.
What is Familism
The group of individuals whose parents divorce experience a great deal of emotional vulnerability and stress
What is Young Adults