Sentences with phrase «reported declines in marital satisfaction»

Sixty seven percent of women who became mothers reported declines in marital satisfaction after the birth of a child.

A staggering 67 % of couples reported a decline in marital satisfaction after the arrival of the baby.

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Researchers at Northwestern University found couples that wrote regular reports about their relationship maintained their marital satisfaction, while couples that didn't write reports noted a decline in their marital satisfaction.

Indeed, individuals in arranged marriages tend to enjoy love and satisfaction levels that are comparable to those in love - based marriages.4, 5 Considering that marital quality typically declines over time in love - based marriages6 and that individuals generally report low levels of love during the early stages of arranged marriages, 7 it seems that those in arranged marriages often learn to cherish their partners over time.

Marriage research shows that 67 percent of couples report a significant decline in marital satisfaction after the birth of a baby.

For example, Levy - Shiff (1994) reported that husbands who view themselves as nurturing, caring and protecting experienced less of a decline in marital satisfaction than their counterparts.

In these terms, it is a critical period for marital satisfaction, which goes through a small but reliable decline, persisting at least until the preschool age as reported by several studies on dyadic satisfaction (Belsky et al., 1983; Terry et al., 1991; Favez et al., 2012; Kohn et al., 2012; Trillingsgaard et al., 2014).