Panelists discuss Latent Profiles of Time Adequacy for Work, Parenting, and Partner Roles ; Sense of Entitlement in Couple Relationships ; Couple Intimacy and Relationship Satisfaction in Long-term Marriages: A Longitudinal Study ; Use of Computer Mediated Communication in Romantic Relationships and Adult Attachment ; Romantic Relationships Mediated by Technology
Panelists discuss Conflict Management Across Eight Situations: Actor-partner Interdependence Model ; Sexual Self-disclosure and Communication Among Swinger Couples ; The Relational Effects of Same-sex Marriage in Iowa ; Emotional Congruence Within Couple Interaction: The Role of Attachment Avoidance
Relationship violence is linked with a host of negative outcomes for women and men. Child Trends' latest research brief, Relationship Violence Among Young Adult Couples, used data collected in 2001 from both women and men to examine physical relationship violence and threats of physical violence among heterosexual young adult couples in the U.S. Specifically, our researchers analyzed reports from both partners in married, cohabiting, and longer-term dating relationships to identify relationship characteristics that are linked to violence among young adults.
Generally, spending more time on the job is associated with an increase in work-spouse conflict which, in turn, is associated with less marital satisfaction. This is especially so when people are working more hours than they desire. People report increased conflict when they are working more hours than their spouses would prefer. Still, research findings on the effects of increased work hours are mixed. So it may be important to consider whether it is husbands' or wives' work hours that is at issue to understand the relationship between increased work hours and marriage. Also, differences in findings may reflect differences in approaches taken in studies.
Kevin Zimmerman, a doctoral student of Human Development and Family Studies at Iowa State University, is doing his dissertation research on commitment in mixed-orientation relationships (non-heterosexual man partnered with a heterosexual woman).
