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{"title":"Correlates and Patterns of Adolescents' First Romantic Relationships in Three Low- and Middle-Income Countries.","authors":"Melissa Alcaraz, Sarah R Hayford, Natalie D Eggum","doi":"10.1111/jomf.70111","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jomf.70111","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study characterizes adolescent romantic relationships in three low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with varied and evolving family systems.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Adolescent relationships matter for young people's future outcomes and development. These relationships vary widely, from short-term, casual relationships to more sustained and emotionally engaged relationships. They can also serve as precursors to family formation as young people approach adulthood, particularly in contexts where companionate marriage is normative and where the age at marriage and childbearing has increased. However, there is limited empirical research focused on adolescent romantic relationships outside of high-income countries in North America and Western Europe.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Using data from the FAMELO project, we examine the covariates and characteristics of adolescents' first romantic relationships in Jalisco, Mexico; Gaza province, Mozambique; and Chitwan Valley, Nepal. We use logistic regressions to examine the likelihood of adolescents reporting relationship experience and latent class analysis (LCA) to characterize adolescent romantic relationship types.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Compared to peers without relationship experience, adolescents who engage in romantic relationships are more likely to be older, male, feel more like adults, and report lower caregiver supervision. LCA results show substantial variation in the prevalence and types of romantic relationships that adolescents experience in distinct international contexts.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our findings highlight the importance of studying variation in adolescent romantic relationships, particularly in LMIC contexts, for more fully understanding shifting family formation trends.</p>","PeriodicalId":48440,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Marriage and Family","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13618987/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149076308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Parental Divorce and Children's Partnership Dynamics","authors":"Ruth Eva Jørgensen,&nbsp;Arno Van Hootegem,&nbsp;Torkild H. Lyngstad","doi":"10.1111/jomf.70050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.70050","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study investigates the consequences of parental divorce on offspring's likelihood of entering and dissolving marital or cohabiting partnerships, assessing whether intergenerational associations are driven by causal processes, selection factors, or both.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Children of divorced parents tend to enter partnerships earlier, are less likely to marry, and are more likely to dissolve their partnership. While environmental explanations often presume a causal impact of parental divorce, intergenerational transmission may also arise from selection factors, such as shared traits within families. Ignoring such confounding could overestimate intergenerational associations.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Using longitudinal Norwegian population register data, this study triangulates two research designs. First, the adoption design compares relationship outcomes of adopted children (<i>N</i> = 2152) to a matched sample of Norwegian-born peers (<i>N</i> = 2152). Second, the children-of-twins design (<i>N</i> = 28,535) contrasts outcomes among offspring of monozygotic and dizygotic twins, leveraging variation in divorce status between and within twin pairs.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Parental divorce has minimal influence on offspring's partnership formation but increases their risk of partnership dissolution. Both designs reveal selectivity in who experiences dissolution. The Children-of-Twin analysis provides evidence for a causal intergenerational transmission of partnership dissolution, while results from the adoption analysis do not provide clear support for a significant causal effect.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Parental divorce affects offspring's family behavior through both environmental and genetic pathways, contributing to the intergenerational transmission of divorce. Future research should specify and test the diverse causal mechanisms linking parental divorce to family dynamics.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48440,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Marriage and Family","volume":"88 4","pages":"903-914"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148522871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What Happened to the Marriage Alternatives? Same-Sex Couples in the United States and the Distinctiveness of Marriage","authors":"Michael J. Rosenfeld,&nbsp;Alisa Feldman","doi":"10.1111/jomf.70054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.70054","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objectives</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Our goal is to understand if US adults with same-sex partners viewed marriage and domestic partnership differently, and if so why.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The retreat from marriage in the United States is a fundamental preoccupation of American social science. In a classic 2004 essay, Andrew Cherlin argued that marriage in the United States was in a process of deinstitutionalization, in part because the distinctiveness of marriage (compared to cohabitation) was shrinking. Marriage itself was controversial in gay rights circles, so it was not clear if and how same-sex couples would embrace marriage once they earned the right to marry.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We compare marriage to a domestic partnership institution that was created to offer a set of state rights similar to marriage. This is a conservative test of marriage's distinctiveness. We examine marriage and domestic partnership through the eyes of same-sex couples in the United States, who until recently were excluded from marriage. We use administrative data on California domestic partnerships and American Community Survey data on marriages to compare same-sex couples' uptake of domestic partnerships and marriages when both were freely available starting in late June 2013. We use data from the nationally representative How Couples Meet and Stay Together survey of 2022 to examine the relative preference of adults with same-sex partners for marriage or domestic partnership, and how they justified their preferences.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Given the choice between marriage and domestic partnership, California same-sex couples overwhelmingly chose marriage. Same-sex couples were very attentive to the regulative, normative, and cultural advantages of marriage over domestic partnership.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Marriage in the United States remains distinct from the relevant alternatives, and by this measure marriage as an institution remains strong.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48440,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Marriage and Family","volume":"88 4","pages":"1039-1051"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148532603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Redoing Family After Estrangement","authors":"Rin Reczek","doi":"10.1111/jomf.70065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.70065","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study theorizes estrangement as a catalyst for redoing family through a dynamic process of rebuilding kinship's meaning, structure, and content.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Research on family estrangement has overwhelmingly focused on its emotional, social, and financial consequences, overlooking how estrangement holistically reshapes the meaning, structure, and content of family itself.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In-depth interviews with 68 adults estranged from at least one family of origin member.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Findings reveal that family meaning was redone by rejecting biology and emphasizing choice as an organizing logic of kin, as well as by cultivating symbolic family with ancestors. Family structure and content were redone in concert in three ways: (a) the cultivation of safe and trustworthy connections with same-age friends, housemates, and community members as well as younger children; (b) the reliance on unconditionally supportive surrogate elder coworkers, community members, and friends' parents; and (c) the re-prioritization of sustained presence with non-estranged extended kin.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>By applying redoing family theory to in-depth interviews on family estrangement, this study adds to the ongoing theorizing of family as a mediated practice rather than a static institution.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Implications</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Findings move beyond deficit narratives of estrangement by highlighting the specific way estranged people rewrite family life; this prompts future research on the redoing of family in other contexts.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48440,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Marriage and Family","volume":"88 4","pages":"932-945"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jomf.70065","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148533165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sexual Flourishing: An Expanded Vision of Sexual Quality","authors":"Nathan D. Leonhardt,&nbsp;Dean M. Busby,&nbsp;Jason S. Carroll,&nbsp;Chelom E. Leavitt,&nbsp;Emily A. Impett","doi":"10.1111/jomf.70068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.70068","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Expand the vision of high-quality sexuality with a measure of sexual flourishing.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Research has consistently shown that the quality of a couple's sexual relationship is an important part of their overall relationship, as sexual interactions are a fundamental part of intimacy. Moving beyond a focus on sexual satisfaction to focus on sexual flourishing, a richer, more holistic concept that includes growth, belonging, meaning, and engagement in sexuality could expand understanding of sexual quality.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The Sexual Flourishing Scale (SFS) was developed through two large-scale surveys (Study 1, <i>n</i> = 1479; Study 2, <i>n</i> = 1579) and a daily diary study (Study 3, <i>n</i> = 127). Factor analysis, item response theory, regression, and multilevel path analysis, demonstrated that the SFS is both valid and distinct from traditional measures of sexual satisfaction.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Those who scored high on the SFS were more likely to see sex as a way to deepen their relationship and were motivated to meet their partner's sexual needs. In contrast, people who scored high on sexual satisfaction were more likely to view sex primarily as a source of physical pleasure and have more consistent orgasms.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The SFS can encourage couples, therapists, and educators to adopt a broader perspective on what it means to have a healthy, fulfilling sex life.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48440,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Marriage and Family","volume":"88 4","pages":"1085-1099"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148533677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reconfiguring Functional Solidarity: Typologies of Intergenerational Support in Contemporary China","authors":"Yanjun Zhang,&nbsp;Chengbin Liu,&nbsp;Wenhao Yu,&nbsp;Litao Zhao","doi":"10.1111/jomf.70069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.70069","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study provides an updated typology of intergenerational support between parents and adult children in contemporary China.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A growing body of research has documented the diversity of intergenerational relationships among Chinese families, yet existing studies often lack granularity in capturing functional solidarity—particularly in distinguishing the type and direction of support flows—and rarely consider how these patterns vary systematically by gender and across age groups.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Using 2022 China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) data (<i>N</i> = 8084 adult children aged 18–59), latent class analysis (LCA) identified distinct intergenerational support configurations. Multinomial regression analyzed associations between support types and offspring gender, age, socioeconomic characteristics, and parental characteristics.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Six support configurations have emerged: (1) bidirectional (15.6%), (2) upward instrumental-financial (11.3%), (3) upward financial (15.1%), (4) downward financial (13.1%), (5) downward instrumental (11.7%), and (6) no exchange (33.2%). Sons are more likely to be in reciprocal or support-receiving types, while daughters are more often in non-reciprocal or detached types. These gendered patterns persist across age groups, though downward support declines with age, particularly after midlife.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Intergenerational support in China is highly diverse, with the no exchange type emerging as the most prevalent. Patrilineal norms help explain sons' concentration in reciprocal and support-receiving types, while alternative logics—such as altruism and self-interest—contribute to daughters' overrepresentation in non-reciprocal and detached configurations.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48440,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Marriage and Family","volume":"88 4","pages":"990-1003"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jomf.70069","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148533847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Differently Educated US Couples and Their Work-Family Arrangements, 1968–2023","authors":"Léa Pessin,&nbsp;Federica Querin","doi":"10.1111/jomf.70057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.70057","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This brief report examines how couples' education pairings relate to their work-family arrangements in the United States from 1968 to 2023, focusing on differently educated couples.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The reversal of the gender gap in education has increased couples where women have more education than their male partners, with implications for how couples divide paid and unpaid labor; yet research on historical trends in work-family arrangements has often overlooked the gendered nature of educational resources within couples.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (1968–2023), we categorize couples into six work-family arrangements and analyze the changing associations between education pairings and work-family arrangements over time using multinomial logistic regression models.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Work-family arrangements are stratified by gender and education. Hypogamous couples show a higher likelihood of her-second-shift and egalitarian arrangements with a declining probability of male-breadwinner arrangements. Hypergamous couples maintain the highest male-breadwinner probability and are underrepresented where women's labor market participation equals or exceeds men's. Hypogamous and hypergamous patterns appear across all educational levels but are most pronounced at completion thresholds, particularly college graduation. Among egalitarian and her-second-shift arrangements, educational gradients are stronger and more continuous across levels among hypogamous than hypergamous couples.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Implications</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Educational resources operate distinctly by gender within couples, underscoring the importance of distinguishing between differently educated couples rather than using gender-neutral measures of couple-level education when studying work-family dynamics.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48440,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Marriage and Family","volume":"88 4","pages":"1132-1143"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jomf.70057","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148534241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Role of Personality in Dyadic Associations Between Stress and Relationship Satisfaction: Findings From the German Cohort Study DREAM","authors":"Saskia Baumgardt,&nbsp;Tilmann von Soest,&nbsp;Susan Garthus-Niegel,&nbsp;Eva Asselmann","doi":"10.1111/jomf.70064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.70064","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study investigated whether the associations of own and partner intra- and extradyadic stress with relationship satisfaction vary based on both partners' Big Five personality traits among parents.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Previous research has shown that relationship satisfaction during parenthood often decreases, and increased stress is linked to lower relationship satisfaction; yet these associations differ widely between individuals. Personality traits may explain such individual differences. However, research is scarce on how they interact with intra- and extradyadic stress, especially during critical periods such as parenthood, and how these dynamics affect both parents' relationship satisfaction.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model, this study examined prospective associations between own and partner intra- and extradyadic stress and relationship satisfaction and whether the Big Five personality traits moderate these associations. Data were drawn from the German cohort study DREAM and included 1961 mothers and 1485 fathers, corresponding to 2021 couples in total, with data from both partners available for 1455 couples.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Higher levels of own and partner intradyadic stress were associated with lower own relationship satisfaction. The negative association between own intradyadic stress and own relationship satisfaction was stronger among more conscientious parents and weaker among parents with more open partners. Likewise, partner intradyadic stress was less strongly associated with lower own relationship satisfaction among more open parents. In contrast, partner extradyadic stress predicted higher own relationship satisfaction only among open parents.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Our results highlight the need to consider both partners' personalities in parenting stress management interventions as well as the specific contextual factors of stress parents face.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48440,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Marriage and Family","volume":"88 4","pages":"1067-1084"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jomf.70064","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148534217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Couple Mobility and Employment Patterns. A Gender Perspective in Six European Countries","authors":"Nazareno Panichella,&nbsp;Antonina Zhelenkova,&nbsp;Hanne Gaukel,&nbsp;Roberto Impicciatore","doi":"10.1111/jomf.70063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.70063","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study investigates how different couple-based geographical mobility strategies affect employment probabilities for men and women in six European countries from a gender perspective.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Although geographical mobility is often linked to improved labor market outcomes, women tend to face social and economic disadvantages compared to men. This discrepancy is frequently attributed to family migration dynamics, yet the specific effects of distinct couple mobility patterns remain underexplored.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Using retrospective life-history data from the SHARELIFE survey (Waves 3 and 7), this study analyzes the probability of employment among 24,780 individuals aged 50+ across Sweden, Poland, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain. Linear probability panel models with fixed effects are employed to examine changes in employment before and after relocation across various couple mobility configurations, stratified by education level.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Men consistently gain higher employment probabilities due to geographical mobility regardless of strategy. In contrast, women's employment probabilities show more diverse patterns: single movers and those with higher education tend to experience higher chances of employment, whereas those with medium or low education, particularly when following a partner's move, are more likely to face reduced employment opportunities. These patterns are consistent across countries and tend to accumulate over the life course.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Couple mobility strategies yield gendered labor market outcomes, reinforcing inequalities in access to employment, particularly for less-educated women.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48440,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Marriage and Family","volume":"88 4","pages":"1100-1116"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jomf.70063","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148522819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Why Parenthood Strains Relationships: Investigating the Mechanisms Behind Declining Relationship Satisfaction","authors":"Matthias Pollmann-Schult","doi":"10.1111/jomf.70059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.70059","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study examines three key pathways in the association between the transition to parenthood and declining relationship satisfaction.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The decline in relationship satisfaction among new parents is well documented, yet research on the underlying mechanisms remains limited. This study investigated three commonly proposed pathways: gendered shifts in household labor and resulting perceptions of unfairness, increases in negative couple behaviors (relationship conflict), and decreases in positive couple interactions (emotional intimacy and appreciation).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The study used data on 4108 respondents of the German Family Panel (pairfam), a nationally representative survey conducted annually between 2008 and 2022. Fixed effects multiple mediation regression models were used to explore the mediating factors linking the transition to parenthood to declining relationship satisfaction.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Following the transition to parenthood, relationship satisfaction declined persistently among both men and women. These declines were largely attributed to increases in negative couple behaviors as well as decreases in positive couple interactions. Among women, but not men, these declines were also linked to increases in household labor.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>These findings highlight the pivotal role of both positive and negative couple interactions and behaviors in shaping relationship satisfaction following the transition to parenthood.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48440,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Marriage and Family","volume":"88 4","pages":"1144-1158"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jomf.70059","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148522776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}