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Summary
Married couples may experience tension over the course of marriage. By assessing 355 newlywed couples over 16 years, the study examined the change of marital tension over time and the relationship between marital tension and divorce. Results revealed that the feeling of marital tension was related to the possibility of divorce especially for wives more than husbands.
Citation
Birditt, K. S., Wan, W. H., Orbuch, T. L., Antonucci, T. C. (2017). The Development of Marital Tension: Implications for Divorce Among Married Couples. Developmental Psychology, 53, 1995-2006. doi:10.1037/dev0000379