PSYC 7 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Nuclear Family, Glass Ceiling
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The median age at which couples marry has been rising for the past several. Women who marry under the age 20 are: 3 times more likely to divorce than women who marry in their 20s. Six times more likely to divorce than those who marry in their 30s. Both contribute the same - doesn"t mean they have to. Couples are honest and committed, they trust and consult each other, and they make decisions jointly. Changes in average marital and cohabital satisfaction based on major life events. Satisfaction starts off high and starts to decrease and during kid. 1. a. i. 1. growth adolescence, it will lower to the bottom. Marital satisfaction will rise when the kids start to go out of the. Vulnerability-stress adaptation model: marital satisfaction is a function of the. 1. b. couple"s ability to deal with stress, given its vulnerabilities and resources at each particular point in time. External stressors (big things like losing a job)
