Elizabeth Douvan

Marital Instability: A Social and Behavioral Study of the Early Years

Preface Introduction Premarital Factors in Marital Instability The First Year of Marriage: Interpersonal Attitudes, Perceptions, and Interactions The First Year of Marriage: External Factors The First Year of Marriage: Intergrative Marital Feelings The Second Year of Marriage: Stressors, Interference, and Integrative Feelings The Third Year of Marriage The Fourth Year of Marriage A Summing Up: Major Factors Affecting Instability Across the First Years of Marriage References Index