Chapter Twelve: Mutual Marital Scripts
Introduction
Derivation of the Term “Happiness”
One might be happy in the absence of a problem.
A Problem: A wide gap between one’s expectations and one’s perceived positions with respect to those expectations.
Unrealistic expectations can lead to problems, thus unhappiness
Correlates of Happiness: Use MicroCase Analysis System
PPT Slide
Marital Happiness is One Indicator of Marital Quality
Effect of Having Children on Marital Happiness--Next Page
Effect of Having Children on Marital Happiness
Effect of Age on Marital Happiness--Next Slide
Effect of Having a Divorce on Subsequent Marital Happiness--Next slide
Cohabitation and Marriage
Cohabitation and Marriage (Cont.)
Concept of Power
Conjugal Power
Resource-Based Theory of Conjugal Power
Evaluation of Blood and Wolfe’s Resource Theory of Power
End Chapter 12
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