This paper explores some social, situational, and personal factors associated with remarriage in old age, and focuses on role changes associated with remarriage. The findings were obtained through in-depth interviews with 24 remarried elderly couples. Remarriage is seen as a viable option in old age, deserving attention and encouragement. (Author)

The results of this research indicate that persons with a history of premarital cohabitation do not describe their marriages differently from persons without a history of cohabitation. The authors conclude that premarital cohabitation may not provide types of learning experiences that significantly alter an individual's success in marriage.…

Couples who were married 50 or more years were interviewed about what they felt were the most important factors in happy marriage. Their marital satisfactions were assessed over the stages of the family life cycle. Indices of their marital adjustment and personality were examined using a self-perceived, other comparison technique. (Author)

Tested the hypothesis that practice has a positive effect on several kinds of student learning in a functional marriage course. The major finding in the data was that a workbook type of practice had a significant and important short-term and long-term effect on students' ability to apply abstract ideas. (Author)

A simple test is described that has proven highly effective when used by married couples. It can be self-administered. Couples who use it can learn a great deal about their relationship and do so in terms of positive insights which they can then use to promote mutual growth. (Author)

This study ascertains: (a) two-thirds of Mormons living in Northern Florida had married a non-Mormon; (b) Mormon females married non-Mormons more frequently than Mormon males; (c) one-third of the non-Mormon spouses later converted to Mormonism; and (d) there were distinct social differences between endogamous and exogamous Mormons. (Author)

Quality of marriage of students at a midwestern university is assessed in relation to sources of financial support and certain demographic characteristics. Quality of marriage was significantly lower if the wife only was enrolled or if the couple depended on her earnings as a major source of income. (Author)

This study investigated an increasing social phenomenon--newspaper advertising for dating or marital partners--in terms of the bargaining process involved. Content analysis of personal ads in a popular "respectable" singles newspaper revealed a pattern of offers and requests reminiscent of a heterosexual stock market. (Author)

This paper analyzes singlehood as a positive choice made by adults. In-depth interviews with single men and women (N=20) reveal a complex set of experiences surrounding the decision to remain single. The growth of interpersonal support structures for singles and an emergent ideology of singlehood are identified. (Author)

The 380 upper-middle class respondents in this exploratory study are involved in Intimate Friendship (IF): otherwise traditional friendship in which sexual intimacy is considered appropriate behavior; IF appears to be an outgrowth of practicing sexually open marriage over an extended period of time. Positive and negative aspects of this practice…

Dating is experienced by most adolescents in our society as a prelude to mate selection. White and black youth (N=354) were studied to measure their dating-mating choices. Implications for teachers and practitioners, based on racial and gender differences, as well as perceived peer group influences are discussed. (Author)

This paper considers the nature of couple and parent-child relationships when family space is public rather than private, and others are present as audiences, claimants on the intimate territory, and sources of alternative ties. Research on 35 urban communal households found an initial shift in the locus of social control. (Author)

Urban ninth-grade adolescents' views of maternal employment as a threat to marital happiness were assessed in 1963 and 1973. It was found that adolescents in 1973 felt maternal employment was less threatening than did those in 1963, and this was especially true among female respondents. (Author)