High rates of divorce seem related to low marital satisfaction levels; however, there is still a
lack of a model that can help understand the couple's resilience and fragility throughout the …

We examined emotion regulation strategies as moderators of marital conflict and marital
satisfaction between first-married and remarried couples. Remarried couples with a …

There remains a lack of knowledge on marital satisfaction of African Americans in general
and this is particularly the case for older African Americans. In addition, only a handful of …

Coparenting relationship quality and father involvement are closely linked but few studies
have investigated this relationship using samples of socioeconomically disadvantaged …

The transition to parenthood (TTP) often is associated with declines in couple relationship
satisfaction. The current study evaluated changes in three relationship behaviors, namely …

Prior research has suggested religious participation can promote marital satisfaction and
stability. However, current literature has mainly focused on early life divorce, and used cross …

This study employed a dyadic data analysis approach to examine the association between
partners' empathy and relationship quality among cohabitating couples. Data were collected …

Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) are interpersonal sources of distress negatively
correlated with physical and mental health, as well as maladaptive intimate partner conflict …

Using dyadic data from 961 married couples from the Relationship Evaluation Questionnaire
project, the current study explored the direct association between family of origin climate and …

We examined the trends of quantitative research over the past 10 years in the J ournal of M
arital and F amily T herapy (JMFT). Specifically, within the JMFT, we investigated the types …