PSYC 4070 : PSYC4070 Exam4Notes
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30% of couples that remain together are unhappy the wrong reasons to get married. Believing that marriage will make you happy. Believing you"ll get to know them after you marry them. Because you don"t know what else to do with your life. Because they"ll leave you if you don"t get married. To not hurt their feelings above are also reason why divorce happens what makes a successful marriage. Found that dip comes from whether or not couple had kids or not. Compliments, niceties, sharing emotions/feelings/problems happened because kids. Couples with good esteem, education, problem solving tend to stay married. Divorce in us may be higher due to higher expectations. Developmental pattern of divorce financial instability if its both partners. First year- social circle shrinks, loneliness, disequilibrium, Divorce is most likely with addition of neuroticism especially. Gottman- divorce can be predicted by looking at the pattern of positive and negative exchanges.
