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tiara099

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As time goes on and stresses increase, marital satisfaction goes down. For many couples, the reason for this drop is having children.
 
  However, which of the following statements provides evidence that it is not simply having children that causes this decline?
  a. The fussier the child, the more marital satisfaction declines.
  b. Child-free couples experience a decline in marital satisfaction over time.
  c. Lack of homogamy is a key predictor of marital dissatisfaction.
  d. Younger married couples tend to be more emotionally negative and express fewer positive emotions.

Question 2

According to research on marital satisfaction in couples with children, the shape of the marital satisfaction curve across time is
 
  a. steadily increasing.
  b. steadily decreasing.
  c. increasing while children are at home and decreasing when children begin leaving home.
  d. decreasing while children are at home and increasing when children begin leaving home.



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CAPTAINAMERICA

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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: b

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: d




tiara099

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Reply 2 on: Aug 23, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

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