Marital Instability Over the Life Course
Bibliography
The list below includes publications based on data from this project.
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Amato, P.R. and A. Booth (1991). "Consequences of Parental Divorce and Marital Unhappiness for Adult Well-Being." Social Forces 69:895-914. |Journal Home Page|
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Amato, P.R. and A. Booth (1996). "A Prospective Study of Divorce and Parent-Child Relationships." Journal of Marriage & the Family 58(2):356-365. |Journal Home Page|
Amato, P.R. and A. Booth (1997). A Generation at Risk: Growing up in an Era of Family Upheaval. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
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Amato, P.R. , A. Booth , D.R. Johnson and S.J. Silver (2007). Alone Together: How Marriage In America is Changing. Harvard University Press. |Abstract| |Publisher Home Page|
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Argue, A. , D.R. Johnson and L.K. White (1999). "Age and Religiosity: Evidence from a Three-Wave Panel Analysis." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 38:423-435. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|
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Booth, A. and P.R. Amato (1994). "Parental Gender Role Nontraditionalism and Offspring Outcomes." Journal of Marriage and the Family 56:865-877. |Journal Home Page|
Booth, A. and P.R. Amato (1994). "Parental Marital Quality, Parental Divorce, and Relations With Parents." Journal of Marriage and the Family 56:21-34. |Journal Home Page|
Booth, A. and P.R. Amato (2001). "Parental Predivorce Relations and Offspring Postdivorce Well-Being." Journal of Marriage and the Family 63(1):197-212. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|
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Johnson, D.R. (1995). "Assessing Marital Quality in Longitudinal and Life Course Studies." In Conoley, J.C. and E.B. Werth (Eds.) , Family Assessment. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.
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Johnson, D.R. and J. Wu (2002). "An Empirical Test of Crisis, Social Selection, and Role Explanations of the Relationship between Marital Disruption and Psychological Distress: A Pooled Time-Series Analysis of Four-Wave Panel Data." Journal of Marriage and Family 64(1):211-224. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|
Johnson, D.R. and L.K. Scheuble (1995). "Marital Naming in Two Generations: A National Study." Journal of Marriage and the Family 57:724-732. |Journal Home Page|
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Johnson, D.R. , T. Amoloza and A. Booth (1992). "Stability and Developmental Change in Marital Quality: A Three-Wave Panel Analysis." Journal of Marriage and the Family 54:582-594. |Journal Home Page|
King, V. (2002). "Parental Divorce and Interpersonal Trust in Adult Offspring." Journal of Marriage and Family 64(3):642-656. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|
Knoester, C. and A. Booth (2000). "Barriers to Divorce: When Are They Effective? When Are They Not?." Journal of Family Issues 21:78-99. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|
Loomis, L.S. and A. Booth (1995). "Multigenerational Caregiving and Well-Being: The Myth of the Beleaguered Sandwich Generation." Journal of Family Issues 16(2):131-148. |Journal Home Page|
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McNeal, C. and P.R. Amato (1998). "Parents' Marital Violence: Long-Term Consequences for Children." Journal of Family Issues 19(2):123-139. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|
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