The Honeymoon Effect: Does It Exist and Can It Be Predicted?

Prevention Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 550-559

  Lorber, Michael F ^a   Erlanger, Ann C Eckardt ^a   Heyman, Richard E ^a   O’Leary, K Daniel ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Longitudinal; Marital satisfaction; Newlywed; Prevention; Trajectory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SPOUSE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEW YORK; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 85027956782     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-014-0480-4     Document Type: Article

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