The association between marital locus of control and break‐up intentions

Understanding couple instability is a topic of social and economic relevance. This paper investigates how the risk dissolution relates to efforts solve disagreements. We study whether marital locus control (a noncognitive trait that captures individual's perception over problems within couple) associated with prevalence relationship in past. implement list experiment using count-item technique sample current real-life couples elicit truthful answers about break-up intentions past at individual level. find around 44% our has considered end their partner least once The intention more prevalent among those who score low control, males, low-income earners, individuals university studies, without children.