ArticleSocial psychological and personality science2020
Trajectories of Marital Satisfaction in Diverse Newlywed Couples.
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- Marital satisfaction in Iranian infertile women: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- The mental health and wellbeing of spouses, partners and children of emergency responders: A systematic review.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- Different trajectories of relationship satisfaction among rural Black couples following preventive relationship intervention.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2024Trial
- Residential moves in the early years of marriage: Stressor or normative transition?Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2026Article
- The Role of Communication in Romantic Attachment and Relationship Satisfaction: A Dyadic Longitudinal Study.Journal of marital and family therapy · 2026Article
- Contextualizing marital dissatisfaction: examining profiles of discordant spouses across life domains.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Cohort profile: A prospective cohort study on newlywed couples in rural and poor urban Bangladesh.PloS one · 2025Article
- How Relationship Satisfaction and Negative Communication Trajectories Change in Emerging Adults' Dating Relationships: A Group-Based Dual Trajectory Analysis.Emerging adulthood (Print) · 2023Article
- Transition to Parenthood and Marital Satisfaction: A Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Latent profiles of sleep quality, financial management behaviors, and sexual satisfaction in emerging adult newlywed couples and longitudinal connections with marital satisfaction.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Three tests of the Vulnerability-Stress-Adaptation Model: Independent prediction, mediation, and generalizability.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Socioeconomic Status and Intimate Relationships.Annual review of psychology · 2021Review
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Abstract
Couples' marital satisfaction is thought to decline over the newlywed years, but recent research indicates that the majority of spouses have high, stable trajectories during this period and significant declines occur only among initially dissatisfied spouses. These findings are drawn from predominantly White, middle-class samples, however, which may over-estimate marital stability compared to samples with higher levels of sociodemographic risk. Accordingly, the current study tested the generalizability of newlyweds' marital stability by examining satisfaction trajectories among 431 ethnically diverse newlywed couples living in low-income neighborhoods. Consistent with previous work, most spouses had high levels of satisfaction, substantial declines were limited to spouses with lower initial levels of satisfaction, and divorce significantly differed between groups. Wives with higher levels of sociodemographic risk started marriage less satisfied and declined more in satisfaction. Overall, these findings reveal risky and resilient relationships among disadvantaged couples, with considerable stability during the newlywed years.
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