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Intimate Relationships, Marriages, and Families Cover Image
Intimate Relationships, Marriages, and Families, 5/e
Mary K. DeGenova
Philip F. Rice
Marital Relationships Over the Family Life Cycle

Multiple Choice

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1

Which of the following has been found to be the most severe problem for widowers following the death of their spouse?
A)loneliness
B)acceptance of loss
C)going places/doing things alone
D)domestic tasks
2

Which of the following was NOT found in Aldous's study of the relationships between 124 older couples in their sixties and their adult children?
A)Contacts between parents and their adult children were infrequent.
B)Some disagreement was reported by both mothers and fathers with their adult children.
C)Parents and adult children helped one another.
D)Parents were most in touch with their adult children who were most in need.
3

Most research studies indicate an overall increase in marital satisfaction:
A)following the birth of the first child.
B)after the children are past the school-age/teenage years.
C)prior to retirement.
D)both b and c
4

Which of the following does NOT fit in with the definition of marital adjustment?
A)the process of modifying individual and couple patterns of behavior
B)a means to an end
C)becoming adjusted to each other but still being unhappy and dissatisfied with the relationship
D)a process that is completed early in marriage
5

Why does marital satisfaction appear to be at a low point when children are of school age?
A)role strain and role discrepancy
B)financial pressures
C)both a and b
D)neither a nor b
6

What did Laird find to be an important way in which gay and lesbian families differ from other family forms?
A)They must establish boundaries between themselves and the outside world.
B)They are often not recognized as being a family.
C)They face possibilities for conflict over divisions of labor and dominance and subordination.
D)All of the above
7

Today's generation of young adults has been referred to as the "__________ Kids" since they may return home and leave several times.
A)Sandwich
B)Upside-down
C)Good-bye
D)Boomerang
8

According to a longitudinal study of 131 couples conducted by Storaasliand Markman (1990) during three early stages of their relationship, which of the following was a big problem prior to marriage but declined thereafter?
A)jealousy
B)money
C)relatives
D)communication








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