In this longitudinal study, we followed a large sample of first-time parents (both partners) across the first 2 years of the transition to parenthood. Guided by attachment theory (Bowlby, 1969), we tested several predictions about how attachment anxiety and avoidance are related to the incidence, maintenance, increase, and decline of depressive symptoms in both sexes across the first 2 years of...

OBJECTIVES To identify factors associated with the initiation continuation, transition and cessation of substance abuse in Zahedan, Iran. METHODS The retrospective study reviewed the profile of 536 addicts admitted to both public and private outpatient treatment centres in the study area. For each individual, data were collected on sociodemographic characteristics, initiation and patterns of ...

This study examines determinants of father involvement, the parents’ convergence on marital satisfaction, and mothers’ and fathers’ interactive behavior in dual-earner families at the transition to parenthood. Sixty dual-earner Israeli couples and their five-month-old firstborn child were interviewed and videotaped in infant–mother and infant–father interactions. Interactions were coded globall...

The study examined the role of personality traits and value orientations young people (both men women) as factors contributing to transition from an unregistered marriage marital relations. differences in severity importance individual values among partners living registered marriages were revealed. sample included two groups respondents aged 18 35: (cohabitation) - 144 persons (men women 50% e...

We examine the literature on marital discord to identify potential indicators. Welldocumented indicators are found both in the interpersonal and intra-individual realms.Personality factors and other abiding individual difference variables appear to play a rolein the development of marital discord. An integrative model is offered, highlighting thepotential for interpersonal, ...

The authors examined the prospective associations between marital status transitions and changes in fitness in men and women. Between 1987 and 2005, a total of 8,871 adults (6,900 men) aged 45.6 (standard deviation, 9.1) years were examined at the Cooper Clinic, Dallas, Texas; the median follow-up was ∼3 years. Marital transition categories (from single to married, married to divorced, divorced...

Under what conditions do spouses have more “voice” or bargaining power to get what they want from their marriages? The objective of this research project is to explore how spouses’ economic resources affect marital bargains and outcomes. The main hypothesis is that spouses with more resources are able to strike bargains about marital roles that they perceive to be more fair and that lead to mor...

This paper compares the non-marital birth pattern in France and West Germany. Since the beginning of the eighties, France witnessed a steady increase in non-marital birth rates, while in West Germany non-marital birth rates have remained at a relatively low level. We attribute these differences to the institutional and legal constraints from both sides of the Rhine which hamper or foster childb...