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Lifespan Psy Ch 11

Lifespan Psychology Chapter 11

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abusive relationship relationships in which one person becomes aggressive toward the partner
assortative mating theory stating that people find partners based on the similarity to each other
batter woman syndrome situation occuring when a woman believes that she cannot leave the abusive situation and may even go so far as to kill her abuser
cohabitation people in committed, intimate, sexual relationships who live together but are not married
collaborative divorce a voluntary, contracually bas+ed alternative dispute resolution of their situation rather than having a ruling imposed upon them by a court or arbitrator
covenant marriage expands the marriage contract to a lifelong commitment between the partners within a supportive community
exhange theory realtionship, such as marriage, based on each partner contributing something to teh relationship that the other would be hard pressed to provide
extended family most common form of family around the world; one in which grandparents and other relatives live with the parents and children
familism the idea that the family's well-being takes precedence over the concerns of individual family members
homogamy similarity of values and intersts
marital adjustment the degree to wich a husband and wife accommodate to each other over a certain period of time
marital quality a subjective evaluation of the couple's relationship on a number of different dimensions
marital satisfaction a global assessment of one's marriage
marital success an umbrella term referring to any marital outcome
marriage education the idea that the more couples are prepared for marriage, the better the relationship will survive over the long run
nuclear family most common form of family in Western societies, consisting only of parent(s) and child(ren)
vulnerability-stress-adaption model model taht proposes that marital quality is a dynamic process resulting from the couple's ability to handle stressful events in the context of their particular vulnerabilites and resources
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