CNM/LGBTQ Relationships
Power/IPV
Break up & Divorce
Relationship Repair
100

What percentage of the North American population are currently participating in CNM relationships?

5%

100

When one has control over a partner's outcomes, no matter what the partner does, one exercises a form of power known as

Fate control

100

What is the average length of marriage in the United States?

Just over 18 years

100

Relationship skills courses such as PREP are

effective for high-risk couples

200

What is a sense of self-derived from viewing a relationship as part of oneself?

Relationship identity 

200

According to the _______, the person in a partnership who has a smaller stake in continuing and maintaining the relationship has more power in that partnership.

Principle of lesser interest
200

In a sample of divorced parents in the Midwestern U.S., __________ had amicable relationships and _________ had distressed relationships with ex-spouses. (Hint: it's percentages)

50%; 50%

200

Most people divorce 

without consulting a marital therapist

300

Polyamory is where partners 

have both sexual and romantic relationships with more than one person

300

In the Schokkenbroek et al. (2023) article, what are the categories in the relationship maintenance section of the technology-facilitated harm and abuse in intimate relationships figure. 

Partner phubbing

Cyber dating abuse

Online infidelity

300

What factor accounts for the finding that children do worse following a divorce if one parent moves some distance away?

Parental loss

300

In the Lavner et al. article, they reported that the federal government allocated money for relationship education programs. What are those two programs?

Building Strong Families (BSF)

Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM)

400

What are the four types of negotiation of identities in LGBTQ+ relationships?

Racial/ethnic identities

Gender identities

Sexual identities

Social class

400

Impulsive violence that is tied to specific arguments and that erupts when a heated conflict gets out of hand is called

Situational couple violence

400

In the context of the Processes of Adaptation in Intimate Relationships (PAIR) project, which of then following models suggests that marriages that are headed for divorce are weaker than others from the very beginning?

The enduring dynamics model
400

What type of therapy is likely to primarily focus on the sentiments partners experiences as they seek to fulfill their attachment needs?

Emotionally focused couple therapy

500

What are the perceived benefits of monogamy?

Sexual frequency and desire

Sexual health benefits: STI avoidance

Relationship satisfaction

Less jealousy

Having children

500

_________ influences make it more likely that partners will experience violent impulses; _________ influences encourage partners to refrain from acting on those impulses.

Impelling; inhibiting

500

According to research by Steve Duck, the stage that occurs first in the dissolution of most relationships is called the

Personal phase
500

Insight-oriented couple therapy puts a greater emphasis on _________ than other types of couple therapy. 

partners' individual vulnerabilities