PS270 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Spurn, Robert Sternberg
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Comparing their unsatisfying relationship w the support and affect they imagine is available elsewhere. In canada and us, one of every 2 marriages end in divorce. Individualistic cultures have more divorce than communal cultures. Individualists expect more passion and personal fulfillment in a marriage which puts greater pressure on the relationship. Keeping romance alive is rated as important by 78% of american women and 29% of japanese women. In western society, those who enter relationships w a long term orientation and intention to persist experience healthier, less turbulent, and more durable partnerships. Enduring relationships rooted in enduring love and satisfaction but also in fear of termination cost, sense of moral obligation, and inattention to possible alternative partners. Those who fear being single are likely to persist in unsatisfying relationships. People in the following situations usually stay married: Both grew up in stable, two parent homes. Live in a small town or on a farm.
