ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
Do Communication Deficits Explain Negative Marital Outcomes Among Newlyweds with Children?
- Justin Lavner
University of Georgia - Hannah Williamson
University of Texas at Austin - Benjamin Karney
University of California, Los Angeles - Thomas Bradbury
University of California, Los Angeles
Abstract
This study examined communication, marital satisfaction, and divorce among newlywed couples entering marriage with children. Parent newlyweds had less positive, more negative, and less effective communication than nonparent newlyweds. However, communication did not explain between-group differences in marital satisfaction or dissolution over 4.5 years, or predict marital outcomes among parents.
Families/Parenting
