Early and current factors associated with poor-quality marriage

Birtchnell, John; Kennard, John H.

doi:10.1007/bf00583859

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“…Research examining the importance of the parent-child relationship on later offspring marital quality and divorce separately for mothers and fathers has been consistent in identifying the importance of the mother-child relationship (e.g., Birtchnell & Kennard, 1984) but has been mixed with regard to the importance of the father-child relationship (Birtchnell & Kennard, 1984;Burns & Dunlop, 1998;Franz et al, 1991;Wamboldt & Reiss, 1989). …”

Section: Parental Marital Status and Offspring Marital Satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Family-of-Origin Predictors of Hostile Conflict in Early Marriage*

2005

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This study used data from 367 married couples to examine the relationship between select family-of-origin variables measured during engagement and hostile marital conflict measured 4-7 years later. Each spouse completed family-of-origin measures from the PREParation for Marriage questionnaire during their engagement. Four to seven years later, they completed a measure of hostile marital conflict involving insults, name calling, unwillingness to listen, and lack of emotional involvement. Wives' mother-child relationship and the quality of parental discipline, as well as the husbands' perceived quality of their parents' marriage, were predictive of wives' perception of hostile conflict in their marriages. Only wives' quality of parental discipline was predictive of husbands' perception of hostile marital conflict. Implications for premarital counseling and marital therapy are discussed.

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Section: Parental Marital Status and Offspring Marital Satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Family-of-Origin Predictors of Hostile Conflict in Early Marriage*

2005

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“…Research on relationship progression typically explores how transitions into marriage are associated with gender equity, sexual satisfaction, commitment, and union stability (Cate, Levin, & Richmond, 2002; Demaris, 2007; Impett & Peplau, 2002; Sprecher, 2002). Slowly developing relationships are often of higher quality than those that developed rapidly (Birtchnell & Kennard, 1984; Grover, Russell, Schumm, & Paff‐Bergen, 1985). Few studies, however, have explored how the speed of entry into sexual relationships affects subsequent marital quality.…”

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The Tempo of Sexual Activity and Later Relationship Quality

Sassler

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Lichter

2012

J of Marriage and Family

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Rapid sexual involvement may have adverse long‐term implications for relationship quality. This study examined the tempo of sexual intimacy and subsequent relationship quality in a sample of married and cohabiting men and women. Data come from the Marital and Relationship Survey, which provides information on nearly 600 low‐ to moderate‐income couples living with minor children. Over one third of respondents became sexually involved within the first month of the relationship. Bivariate results suggested that delaying sexual involvement was associated with higher relationship quality across several dimensions. The multivariate results indicated that the speed of entry into sexual relationships was negatively associated with marital quality, but only among women. The association between relationship tempo and relationship quality was largely driven by cohabitation. Cohabiting may result in poorer quality relationship because rapid sexual involvement early in the romantic relationship is associated with entrance into shared living.

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“…A high rate of depression among those with early loss has, in fact, been found in a study in Walthamstow specially designed to follow up the Camberwell finding . However, this work and also other more recent research has suggested that loss of mother itself may well be only an indicator of a more crucial factor for depression, namely poor parental care (Parker, 1981(Parker, , 1983Harris et al 1986a;Bifulco et al 1986;Kennard & Birtchnell, 1982;Birtchnell & Kennard, 1984). Future studies would therefore do best to concentrate attention on the quality of care following early loss experiences rather than the loss itself as a vulnerability factor, once again moving from the level of specific finding to that of theoretical interpretation.…”

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