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D'Onofrio, Brian M.; Turkheimer, Eric; Emery, Robert E.; Harden, K. Paige; Slutske, Wendy S.; Heath, Andrew C.; Madden, Pamela A. F.; Martin, Nicholas G. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2007
Environmental or genetic influences, or both could account for the increased risk of divorce among the offspring of separated parents. Previous studies have used covariates to statistically control for confounds, but the present research is the first genetically informed study of the topic. The investigation used the Children of Twins Design with…
Descriptors: Marital Instability, Genetics, Divorce, Twins
Wolcott, Ilene; Glezer, Helen – 1989
A study was conducted of the effectiveness of marriage counseling with respect to marital status and the long-term stability of relationships. Data were gathered from clients of approved Australian marriage counseling agencies (n=540) who took a pre-counseling survey during a 4-week period in October-November 1987 and a post-counseling survey 8…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Services, Family Problems, Foreign Countries