Premarital Prediction of Marital Quality or Breakup: Research, Theory, and Practice

Dedication. Associates. Preface. 1. Premarital Factors and Later Marital Quality and Stability; T.B. Holman, S.T. Linford. 2. Assumptions and Methods; T.B. Holman, S.T. Linford. 3. Breaking up Before And After Marriage; D.B. Meredith, T.B. Holman. 4. Family of Origin Structures and Processes and Adult Children's Marital Quality; T.B. Holman, P.J. Birch. 5. Individual Characteristics Influencing Marital Quality; T.B. Holman, et al. 6. Social Contexts Influencing Marital Quality; C. Doxey, T.B. Holman. 7. Premarital Couple Interactional Processes and Later Marital Quality; J.S. Carroll, T.B. Holman. 8. Putting it All Together: Four Longitudinal, Multivariate Models of Premarital Prediction of Marital Quality; T.B. Holman, et al. 9. General Principles, Implications, and Future Directions; T.B. Holman, et al. 10. Epilogue and Invitation; T.B. Holman. Appendix A: PREParation for Marriage (PREP-M); T.B. Holman, et al. Appendix B: The Relationship Quality Follow-up Study; T.B. Holman, S.T. Linford. Appendix C: A Century-end Comprehensive Review of Premarital Predictors of Marital Quality and Stability; S.T. Linford, J.S. Carroll.