PSYC 334 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Longitudinal Study

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 334
• Professor: Dylan Selterman

Document Summary

Barriers- legal and social pressures, religious and moral constraints, finances that make it hard to leave. Reminds us of deterrents but not how ineffective they can be in marital misery: karney and bradbery"s vulnerability-stress-adaptation model. Stressful events: require partners to provide support to one another, extended periods of dissatisfaction cause marital problems. Any frustrations we experience individually can cause stress spillover where we bring bad mood home and take it out on partner. 13 years only 45 percent are happy still. Reasons marriages fail: enduring dynamics model (spouses bring to their marriages problems, incompatibilities, and vulnerabilities that later surface) emergent distress model (problematic behavior develops after marriage: results from the pair project. Disillusionment model (couples began marriage as unrealistically positive) each model suggests a way to improve marriage. Best predictor according to study is disillusionment then enduring dynamics. Most affectionate couples in beginning ended with divorce.