Exam 11: Being With Others: Forming Relationships in Young and Middle Adulthood.

The factor that is most related to a marriage ending in a later divorce is​

Studies have found that in multi-ethnic families, ____ are the key to helping children establish their ethnic identities.​

For middle-aged women, divorce represents an especially difficult financial hardship.

____ divorce is a voluntary, contract-based alternative to traditional court-resolved divorce. It involves negotiation and resolution of the end of a marriage rather than having a ruling imposed on the couple.​

​A relative strength of online friendships involves the ability of the user to

Which statement BEST reflects the principle of assortative mating?

Parents of multiracial children tend to ____ than parents of single-race children.​

Shayla has been divorced for just six months, but she is certain that she has found the new love of her life. She is already talking to her friends about getting remarried. Her friends want to be supportive and share in her happiness, but they also warn her to avoid the rebound effect. What research findings should Shayla share?​

When all is said and done, the most important thing to predicting the long-term success of a marriage is ____.​

The rates of abuse against women tend to be higher in cultures where all but which of the following are emphasized?​

Thirty-six-year-old Alexander and 25-year-old Jonathan are typical first-time fathers. We would expect that​

Ryan has several good friendships with people to whom he feels very close. Two of those relationships have lasted for several years, ever since childhood, and he regularly spends time with these important people in his life. As a result of these good friendships, Ryan is most likely to​

Why do your authors suggest that younger divorced people are less likely to remarry than older divorced people?​

In the U.S. today, the odds of a couple who got married between the ages of 20 and 24 getting divorced are around 60%.

Couples who live together before they get married (that is, those who cohabitate) have a significantly lower divorce rate than those who chose not to do so.

Mary decides to go to a speed dating event, because she has not been meeting many women in whom she has a romantic interest lately. If the people at this event are similar to those at most speed dating parties, Mary will be most interested in women who have all but which of the following qualities?​

The vulnerability-stress-____ model sees marital quality as a dynamic process resulting from the couple's ability to handle stressful events in the context of their particular vulnerabilities and resources.​

Stephanie and Zach are about to have their first baby, a little girl who they are going to name Nora. If Stephanie is like the average mother in the United States, she is about ____ years old.

O'Leary (1993) presents a continuum of aggressive behavior in abusive relationships anchored by ____ on one end and ____ on the other end.​

Couple violence is a complex issue. Provide some insight into this topic by discussing some causes of aggressive behaviors and by the role that culture plays in violence in relationships.