Study Of Relationships Case Study

Study of Relationships

Ariana Murrieta

Ms. Gill

Sociology

November 11, 2015

Study of Relationships There are many instances in life where people get married or become boyfriend and girlfriend, and are unable to maintain their relationship. At times, couples have the ability to reach the highest stress and strain levels and ultimately reach a point of no return. Sometimes, that point of no return may come from a loss of desire or, it could even come from witnessing new attraction. There are many widespread effects that can take a toll on a relationship. Some factors may be due to personal issues or cultural influences. Loss is devastating and heartbreaks hurt, but some people simply cannot move past the

The divorce rate has reached a much higher percentage than it has in the past, and in the United States, there are about half as many divorces as marriages each year (Miller, 2012). This means that most marriages will have a fifty percent chance of ending in separation. Unfortunately, the same feelings that sparked the relationship aren’t guaranteed to last forever, leaving people with a fifty-fifty chance of breaking up. Statistically, only about sixty-four percent of married couples will stay together for only ten years (Miller, 2012). In my opinion, divorce rates will continue to stay high. Younger couples that are getting married do not fully have the true understanding of commitment. It is almost as if marriage and divorce has become a trend, but hopefully that disheartening statement starts to turn around sometime

Divorce used to be viewed as a very negative idea because it was shameful and considered as a failure (Miller, 2012). Divorce can be seen as a personal failure, but now that people are cohabiting more, it gives people an idea of what marriage is actually like so they do not actually have to go through the legal form of marriage. It is safe to say that premarital quality plays a big factor in weather a marriage will last or not. If we want to know the couples that are most likely to divorce, all we have to do is look at the ones who are the most troubled. According to a study done by the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, those who cohabit or have a child before marriage have higher characteristics of being weakly committed, have poorer problem solving skills, and lower self-efficiency (Tach & Halpern-Meekin, 2012). Those that are male cohabiters are less likely to stay committed to their future wives. (Tach & Halpern-Meekin, 2012). This makes sense, because if anything were to go wrong in their relationship, either one of them could easily give up or walk out, due to the fact that they are not even married. The more they walk out on each other, the more problems they are going to cause in their relationship. If the couple that is constantly walking out on each other does end up getting married, it will still have a great effect on the