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Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce

Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce

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    New MAST Center Brief on Trends in Relationship Formation and Stability

    Posted on June 2, 2020 in Members In The News
    Experts: Karen Guzzo

    The Marriage Strengthening Research & Dissemination Center (MAST) recently released a new research brief, “Trends in Relationship Formation and Stability in the United States: Dating, Cohabitation, Marriage, and Divorce.” Co-authored by CCF expert Dr. Karen Benjamin Guzzo, the brief is the first in a series aiming to provide an overview of the current state of […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Marriage & Divorce / Singles & Dating
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    Challenges Facing Cohabiting Couples Differ from those of Married Couples in this Crisis

    Posted on May 4, 2020 in Brief Reports, CCF News
    Experts: Amanda Miller / Sharon Sassler

    Challenges Facing Cohabiting Couples Differ from those of Married Couples in this Crisis A briefing paper prepared by Amanda Miller, University of Indianapolis, and Sharon Sassler, Cornell University, for the Council on Contemporary Families. Much has been written about the challenges couples face as they adjust to “shelter in place” policies triggered by the coronavirus. […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Division of Labor in Families / Domestic Violence & Child Abuse / Economic Inequality / Marriage & Divorce / Public Policy / Trauma and Disaster
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    CCF’s Stephanie Coontz for The New York Times: What Can Different-Sex Couples Learn From Same-Sex Couples?

    Posted on February 18, 2020 in CCF News, Members In The News
    Experts: Amanda Miller / Daniel Carlson / Debra Umberson / Joanna Pepin / Kristi Williams / Sharon Sassler / Stephanie Coontz / Virginia Rutter

    Five years after marriage equality, CCF Director of Research and Public Education Stephanie Coontz asks: What can different-sex couples learn from same-sex couples? Featuring research by CCF experts Joanna Pepin, Dan Carlson, Virginia Rutter, Amanda Miller, Deb Umberson, Kristi Williams, Sharon Sassler and many more, Coontz highlights the role of gender expectations in shaping marital dynamics […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Division of Labor in Families / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / LGBTQ Partnering & Families / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood
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    National Spouses Day Is This Sunday…. Feeling Any Pressure?

    Posted on January 23, 2020 in Fact Sheets
    Experts: Daniel Carlson / Stephanie Coontz

    National Spouses Day Is This Sunday…. Feeling Any Pressure? A Fact Sheet on Prospects for Marriage in Contemporary America Prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Daniel L. Carlson, University of Utah, and Stephanie Coontz, The Evergreen State College — January 26 is National Spouses Day, and Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Singles & Dating
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    Cohabitating Couples With Lower Education Levels Marry Less. Is This Because They Do Not Want To?

    Posted on May 15, 2018 in Brief Reports


    A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series   Kelly Raley Introduction Today, nearly two-thirds of first marriages are preceded by cohabitation, but even as living together has increasingly become part of the marriage process, fewer cohabitating couples get married and an increasing proportion break up within […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Economic Inequality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life
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    Josh Coleman and Barbara Risman weigh-in on the nation’s obsession with other peoples’ romances

    Posted on January 28, 2016 in CCF News, Members In The News
    Experts: Barbara Risman / Joshua Coleman

    In his New York Times opinion piece, Americans Put Too Much Weight in Romantic Love, CCF Board member Josh Colemen comments on the nation’s obsession with romantic relationships – reflecting on examples from the Clinton presidency and referencing fellow CCF-er Barbara Risman along the way.

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    Topics of Expertise: Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Gender & Sexuality
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    Host of CCF members dissect divorce in Hopes&Fears

    Posted on November 13, 2015 in CCF News, Members In The News
    Experts: Arielle Kuperberg / Constance Ahrons / Jennifer Glass / Stephanie Coontz

    CCF Director Jennifer Glass and Board member Stephanie Coontz join CCF members Ariel Kuperberg and Constance Ahrons in commenting on divorce for Hopes & Fears’s Is Divorce Really That Bad? .

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    Topics of Expertise: Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce
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    What Happens When Couples Marry after the First Baby?

    Posted on September 16, 2015 in Brief Reports, CCF News
    Experts: Kelly Musick

    What Happens When Couples Marry after the First Baby?   A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Kelly Musick, Cornell University and Katherine Michelmore, University of Michigan September 16, 2015 One of the consistent findings of sociological research in recent decades has been that couples who had a child before getting […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce
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    The Tricky Business of Sorting Out Sexual Assault: An Introduction to The CCF Symposium On Intimate Partner Violence

    Posted on April 20, 2015 in Brief Reports, Online Symposia, Publications
    Experts: Stephanie Coontz

    THE TRICKY BUSINESS OF SORTING OUT SEXUAL ASSAULT: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CCF SYMPOSIUM ON INTIMATE VIOLENCE by Stephanie Coontz , Director of Research and Public Education, Council on Contemporary Families, and Faculty Member in History, The Evergreen State College; coontzs@msn.com April 20, 2015 Violent crime has been falling Many people do not realize that violent […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Gender & Sexuality / Sexual Abuse & Misconduct
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    Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage Matter to Americans (and Data Matters, Too)

    Posted on December 5, 2014 in CCF News


    American families are diversifying in ways that are more complicated than ever, creating distinct patterns in different parts of the country and subgroups of the population. That’s why policy-makers and community leaders need detailed, locally-specific census data about family formation, marriage trends, divorce, and widowhood. This information is essential in order to accurately assess everything from population growth patterns to the special educational and social needs of different neighborhoods. Yet the Census Bureau has announced plans to cut from the American Community Survey several questions that provide such crucial information to researchers, planners, journalists, and the general public.

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    Constance Ahrons

    Professor Emerita, University of Southern California

    Anne Bernstein

    Professor, The Wright Institute

    Dawn O. Braithwaite

    Willa Cather Professor & Chair of Communication Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

    Kelly Campbell

    Professor of Psychology, California State University, San Bernardino

    Deborah Carr

    Professor of Sociology, Boston University

    Andrew Cherlin

    Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, Johns Hopkins University

    Marilyn Coleman

    Curators' Professor Emerita of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Missouri

    Joshua Coleman

    Psychologist

    Carolyn Cowan

    Professor Emerita, University of California, Berkeley

    Philip Cowan

    Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley

    Robert Emery

    Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia

    Paula England

    Silver Professor of Sociology, New York University

    Paul Florsheim

    Professor, Community & Behavioral Health Promotion, School of Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

    Frank Furstenberg

    Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania

    Connie Gager

    Associate Professor, Department of Family Science & Human Development, Montclair State University

    Susan Gamache

    Psychologist & Marriage and Family Therapist

    Lawrence Ganong

    PhD Professor and Co-Chair of the College of Environmental Science, University of Missouri

    Pilar Gonalons-Pons

    Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania

    Natalie Hengstebeck

    Postdoctoral Fellow, Scholars Strategy Network, Duke University

    Jacqueline Hudak

    Clinical Director, Perelman School of Medicine, Dept of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania

    Clare Huntington

    Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Fordham Law School

    Arielle Kuperberg

    Associate Professor of Sociology, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

    Christina Paxman

    Assistant Professor of Communication and Department Coordinator, Minot State University

    Michael Rosenfeld

    Professor of Sociology, Stanford University

    Luke Russell

    Assistant Professor, Illinois State University

    Virginia Rutter

    Professor of Sociology, Framingham State University

    Liana Sayer

    Professor of Sociology, Maryland Population Research Center

    Judith Siegel

    Professor, Silver School of Social Work, New York University

    Pamela J. Smock

    Professor, Department of Sociology & Population Studies Center, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

    Vikki Stark

    Director of Sedona Counselling Centre of Montreal, Psychotherapist, Author, Divorce Recovery Expert

    Betsey Stevenson

    Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan

    Susan Stewart

    Professor of Sociology, Iowa State University

    David Trimble

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University Medical School; Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology, Boston Medical Center; American Family Therapy Academy; Boston Center for Culturally Affirming Practices

    Nicholas Wolfinger

    Professor of Family & Consumer Studies and Adjunct Professor of Sociology, University of Utah

    Robert Wright

    CEO, Wright Foundation

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