The Impact of Mothers' Employment on Family Relationships
This paper looks at couples' perceptions of the impact maternal employment has on their relationship with each other and with their children.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation • July 01, 2003

Are Cohabiting Relationships More Violent Than Marriages?
Using data from the National Survey of Families and Households (1987-88 and 1992-93) this paper studies and compares the level of domestic violence ...
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • June 01, 2001

What's Happening to Marriage?
This paper reports on long-term trends that point to the weakening of the institution of marriage.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• The National Marriage Project • 1999

Marriage and Welfare Reform: The Overwhelming Evidence that Marriage Education Works
This article looks at the effects of the 1996 welfare reform law to strengthen and increase the number of two-parent families in the United States.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• The Heritage Foundation • October 25, 2002

Prayer and Marital Intervention: A Conceptual Framework
This article offers a framework which would integrate prayer into marital interventions.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• National Institutes of Health • September 1, 2008

Intrapersonal Processes and Post-Abortion Relationship Challenges:
This report uses data on abortion and intimate relationships to analyse the possible adverse effects of abortion on the quality of an interpersonal relationship.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• The Internet Journal of Mental Health • 2007

Can Kids Get Smart About Marriage? A Veteran Teacher Reviews Some Leading Marriage and Relationship Education Programs
This paper, commissioned by the National Marriage Project, outlines different marriage education programs that are currently in use.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• National Marriage Project • 2000

Do Good Partners Make Good Parents? Relationship Quality and Parenting in Married and Unmarried Families
This study demonstrates that positive mother-father relationships are associated with higher quality parent-child relationships.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • Revised November 2006

Family Religious Involvement and the Quality of Parental Relationships for Families with Early Adolescents
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this report suggests that faith, including personal practices like prayer, is associated with positive markers of husband-wife relationships as reported by 12 to 14 year old children.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• A Research Report of the National Study of Youth and Religion Number 5 • 2003

The Family Law Review
This continuation of the Breakthrough Britain series examines family law in the interest of encouraging a high-commitment culture to marriage and family.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Centre for Social Justice • November 2008

Work/Family Balance: What Do We Really Know?
This paper reviews research on the nature, scope and implications of work/family conflict and endeavours to (1) explain the fundamental causes of the work/family conflict, (2) demonstrate the impacts of this imbalance on families and organizations, (3) discuss the challenges families face, and (4) present possible strategies to improve the situation.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Vanier Institute of the Family • January 15, 2009

The Voice of the Child in Divorce, Custody, and Access Proceedings
This paper suggests ways that the provincial and federal governments can give children a greater voice in divorce, custody and access proceedings.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Department of Justice Canada • 2002

Synthesis of Department of Justice Canada Research Findings on Spousal Assault
This paper is a summary of the Justice Department of Canada's findings on spousal assault, including the effectiveness of the criminal justice system, the attitudes of the victims towards their experiences, and the legal difficulties experienced by women who have been abused.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Department of Justice Canada • March 1998

Husband Abuse: An Overview of Research and Perspectives
This paper examines existing research on the issue of husband abuse and discusses the nature, effects, and societal perception of this crime.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Health Canada • 1999

Stress In America
This survey explored the amount and type of stress Americans experience as well as its effects on their health, work and relationships.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• American Psychological Association • October 24, 2007

Conditions Affecting the Association Between Father Identity and Father Involvement
This study examined how levels of interparental cooperation and indirect conflict moderate the link between father identity and involvement.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Mens Studies Press • January 1, 2005

Policy Responses to Couple Conflict and Domestic Violence: A Framework for Discussion
This document discusses public policy responses to domestic conflict, such as couple education, coparenting education, programs for abusive partners, and responsible fatherhood programs.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Center for Law and Social Policy • February 01, 2002

Divorce Law: Questions and Answers
This brochure provides information on divorce and divorce-related issues in Canada.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Department of Justice Canada • 2006

WHY CONGRESS SHOULD IGNORE RADICAL FEMINIST OPPOSITION TO MARRIAGE
This article provides a historical review of feminism, as well as relevant research on marriage and family, ...
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• The Heritage Foundation • June 16, 2003

Healthy Baby, Healthy Marriage? The Effect of Children’s Health on Divorce
This paper demonstrates that American children with low birthweight are more likely to experience parental divorce than children with a normal birthweight.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Center for Health and Wellbeing • November 11, 2003

The Assets of Canadian Families, 1997
This paper examines families involved with family service agencies, and assesses the positive changes that are occurring as a result of these services.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Canadian Policy Research Networks • April 01, 1999

Making Marriage Matter
This lecture highlights the efforts of Frank Keating (the Governor of Oklahoma) to strengthen families and strengthen marriage in Oklahoma.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• The Heritage Foundation • September 27, 2000

Verbal/Symbolic Aggression in Couples: Incidence Rates and Relationships to Personal Characteristics
This article discusses the prevalence, duration, and causes of verbal and symbolic aggression between intimate partners.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Journal of Marriage and the Family • May 1992

Marriage In Canada
This poll asked 1310 married individuals extensive questions about their interactions with their spouse and satisfaction with their marriage.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Ipsos-Reid • March 01, 2003

Transitions to Caregiving, Marital Disagreement, and Psychological Well-Being
This paper discusses the psychological effects of being a caregiver and how the individual's adjustment to caregiving affects marital discord.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Center for Demography and Ecology • 2003

You Make Me Sick: Marital Quality and Health Over the Life Course
This paper provides evidence that poor marital quality can have a negative effect on men's and women's physical health.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Population Research Center • 2004

Effects of Wives’ Employment on Marital Quality
This paper investigates the effects of women’s employment on marital quality, and examines the degree to which the division of household labour and a wife’s work preferences and characteristics influence marital satisfaction.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Center for Demography and Ecology University of Wisconsin-Madison • October 2000

Does Divorce Make People Happy? Findings from a Study of Unhappy Marriages
This study investigates the assumption that divorced people are happier than those who remain in unhappy marriages.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Institute for American Values • 2002

Economic Pressure in Rural Families: Couple Interactions that Reduce Risk for Emotional Distress and Marital Instability
This research aims to discover potential strategies for reducing the adverse consequences of economic hardship on marriage.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program • August 1995

Divorce in the 1990s
This article provides divorce rate statistics from 1970-1995, with particular attention paid to divorce rates in the 1990s.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Health Canada • Autumn 1997

Theories of Disenchantment
This paper discusses object relations theory, attachment theory, cognitive behavioural theory, and systems theory - four frameworks which have been used to explain conflicts that arise in adult relationships.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• The Lord Chancellor's Department • 1999

Towards Understanding the Reasons for Divorce
This paper investigates the most common causes of divorce in Australia, including infidelity, communication problems, incompatibility, and abuse.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • June 1999

Wife Assault in Canada
This article discusses wife assault, the reporting rates of spousal violence and abuse, and the signs of abuse that police and physicians look for when investigating potential abuse cases.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Canadian Medical Association • August 08, 2000

Statistical Snapshot of Family Law
This report provides detailed legal statistics regarding marriage and divorce in Australia.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Commonwealth of Australia • June 01, 2002

Do Children Make a Marriage Unhappy?
This article critiques the perception that having children decreases marital satisfaction.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Brigham Young University • July 01, 2000

Marriage and Public Policy: What Can Government Do?
This report provides recommendations for government policies and programs that would help to reduce out-of-wedlock childbearing and prevent unnecessary divorce.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Institute for American Values • April 16, 2002

Facilitating or Resisting: Patterns of Satisfaction and Spousal Attitudes in the Family Life of Highly Educated Workers
This paper examines the ways in which longer work hours among highly educated workers affect marital and family satisfaction.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• Center for Working Families • May 01, 2002

Understanding Racial Differences in Marital Disruption: Recent Trends and Explanations
This paper demonstrates that, while divorce rates for white Americans have leveled off since the 1980s, rates for African-Americans continued to increase into the 1990s.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Conflict
• California Center for Population Research • August 12, 2003