THE EARLY YEARS OF MARRIAGE PROJECT

 

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Publications

Tsapelas, I., Aron, A., & Orbuch, T. (2009-forthcoming). Marital Boredom Now Predicts Less Satisfaction Nine Years Later.

Psychological Science.

 

Brown, E., Orbuch, T.L., & Maharaj A. (2009- forthcoming). Social Networks and Marital Stability Among Black American and White American Couples. In an Edited Volume called Support Processes in Intimate Relationships, Edited by J. Davila & K. Sullivan, Oxford Press.

 

Veroff, J., & Orbuch, T.L. (2009). Studying Marital Relationships. In an edited volume called Research Methodologies in African American Communities, Edited by J. Jackson & C. Howard (Eds.), Sage Publications.

 

Brown, E., Orbuch, T.L., Bauermeister, J. (2008). Religiosity and Marital Stability Among Black American and White American Couples, Family Relations, 57, 186-197

Custer, L., Holmberg, D., Blair, K., & Orbuch, T.L. (2007). So How Did You Two Meet?: Narratives of relationship initiation. In the Handbook of Relationship Initiation. Edited by Sprecher, Wenzel & Harvey (Eds.) Erlbuam Publications.

 

Orbuch, T. (2007). Interpersonal Relationships, in The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, G. Ritzer (Ed.), (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing), 2390-2393.

 

Orbuch, T. L., & Brown, E. (2006). Divorce in the context of being African American. In M. Fine & J. Harvey (Eds.), Handbook of Divorce and Dissolution of Romantic Relationships, (pp. 481-198). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.

 

Holmberg, D. Orbuch, T. L., & Veroff, J. (2004). Thrice-told tales: Married couples tell their stories. Mahwah, NJ, US: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.

 

Oggins, J. (2004). Attrition biases in a study of Euro-American and African-American marriages. Psychological Reports, 94, 1051-1057.

 

Goodwin, P. Y. (2003). African American and European American women's marital well-being. Journal of Marriage & Family, 65(3), 550-560.

 

Oggins, J. (2003). Topics of marital disagreement among African-American and Euro-American newlyweds. Psychological Reports, 92(2), 419-425.

 

Orbuch, T. L., & Fine, M. (2003). The context of race/ethnicity in interpersonal relationships: Crossing the chasm. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 20(2), 147-152.

 

Orbuch, T. L., & Sprecher, S. (2003). Attraction and interpersonal relationships. In J. Delmater (Ed.), Handbook of Social Psychology, (pp. 339-362). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum, Publishers.

 

Veroff, J. & Orbuch, T. L. (2003). Studying marital relationships. In J. Jackson & C. Howard (Eds.), Research Methodologies in African American Communities. Sage Publications.

 

Orbuch, T. L., & Veroff, J. (2002). A programmatic review: Building a two-way bridge between social psychology and the study of the early years of marriage. Journal of Social & Personal Relationships, 19(4), 549-568.

 

Orbuch, T.L., Veroff, J., Hassan, H., & Horrocks, J. (2002). Who will divorce: A 14-year longitudinal study of black couples and white couples. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 19(2), 179-202.

 

Orbuch, T.L., & Timmer S.G. (2001). Differences in his and her marriage. Gender Mosaics: Social Perspectives

 

Timmer, S. G., & Orbuch, T. L. (2001). The links between premarital parenthood, meanings of marriage, and marital outcomes. Family Relations, 50(2) 178-185.

 

Timmer, S. G., & Veroff, J. (2000). Family ties and the discontinuity of divorce in black and white newlywed couples. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 62, 349-362.

 

Orbuch, T. L., Veroff, J., & Hunter, A. G. (1999). Black couples, white couples: The early years of marriage. In E.M. Hetherington (Ed.), Coping with Divorce, Single-Parenting and Remarriage (pp. 23-46). Hillsdale, NJ. Erlbaum.

 

Veroff, J. (1999). Marital commitment in the early years of marriage. In W.H. Jones & J.M. Adams (Eds.), Handbook of Interpersonal Commitment and Relationship Stability. (pp. 149-162). New York: Plenum.

 

Veroff, J., Douvan, E., Orbuch, T., & Acitelli, L. (1999). Happiness in stable marriages: The early years. In T. N. Bradbury (Ed.), The Developmental Course of Marital Dysfunction (pp. 152-179). New York: Cambridge University Press.

 

Chadiha, L., Veroff, J., & Leber, D. (1998). Newlyweds' narrative themes: Meaning in the first year of marriage for african american and white couples. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 115-130.

 

Acitelli, L.K., Douvan, E., & Veroff, J. (1997). The changing influence of interpersonal perceptions on marital well-being among black and white couples. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 14, 291-304.

 

Orbuch, T. L. (1997). People's accounts count: The sociology of accounts. Annual Review of Sociology, 455-78.

 

Orbuch, T. L., & Eyster, S. (1997). Division of household labor among black couples and white couples. Social Forces, 76, 301-322.

 

Ruvolo, A., & Veroff, J. (1997). For better or for worse: Real-ideal discrepancies and the marital well-being of newlyweds. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 14, 232-242.

 

Veroff, J., Young, A., & Coon, H. (1997). The early years of marriage. Handbook of personal relationships: Theory, research and interventions, 2, 431-450.

 

Crohan, S. E. (1996). Marital quality and conflict across the transition to parenthood in African-American and white couples. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 58, 933-944.

 

Holmberg, D., & Veroff, J. (1996). Rewriting relationship memories: The effects of courtship and wedding scripts. In G. Fletcher & J. Fitness (Eds.), Knowledge structure in close relationships: A social psychological approach, (pp. 345-368). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

 

Timmer, S. G., Veroff, J., & Hatchett, S. (1996). Family ties and marital happiness: The different marital experiences of black and white newlywed couples. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 13, 335-59.

 

Hatchett, S., Veroff, J., & Douvan, E. (1995). Marital instability among black and white couples in early marriage. In M.B. Tucker & C. Mitchell-Kernan (Eds.), The decline in marriage among African-Americans: Causes, consequences, and policy implications, (pp. 1-50). New York: Russell Sage.

 

Holmberg, D., & Holmes, J. G. (1995). Reconstruction of relationship memories: A mental models approach. In N. Schwartz & S. Sudman (Eds.), Autobiographical memory and the validity of retrospective reports, (pp.1-34). New York: Springer Verlag.

 

Orbuch, T. L., & Custer, L. (1995). The social context of married women's work and its impact on black husbands and white husbands. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 57, 333-45

 

Veroff, J., Douvan, E., & Hatchett, S. (1995). Marital instability: A social and behavioral study of the early years. Westport, CN: Praeger.

 

Henderson-King, D., & Veroff, J. (1994). Sexual satisfaction and marital well-being in the first years of marriage. Journal of Social & Personal Relationships, 11(4), 509-534.

 

Veroff, J., & Henderson-King, D. (1994). Sexual satisfaction and marital well-being in the first years of marriage. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 11 (4), 509-34.

 

Acitelli, L. K., Douvan, E., & Veroff, J. (1993). Perceptions of conflict in the first year of marriage: How important are similarity and understanding? Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 10, 5-19.

 

Oggins, J., Veroff, J., & Leber, D. (1993). Perceptions of marital interaction among black and white newlyweds. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 495-511.

 

Oggins, J., Veroff, J., & Leber, D. (1993). Race and gender differences in black and white newlyweds' perceptions of sexual and marital relations. Journal of Sex Research, 30 (2), 152-60.

 

Orbuch, T., Veroff, J., & Holmberg, D. (1993). Becoming a married couple: The emergence of meaning in the first years of marriage. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 55, 815-26.

 

Veroff, J., Chadiha, L., Leber, D., & Sutherland, L. (1993). Affects and interactions in newlyweds' narratives: Black and white couples compared. Journal of Narrative and Life History, 3(4), 361-90.

 

Veroff, J., Douvan, E., & Hatchett, S. (1993). Marital interaction and marital quality in the first year of marriage. In W. Jones & D. Perlman (Eds.), Advances in Personal Relationships. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

 

Veroff, J., Sutherland, L., Chadiha, L., & Ortega, R. (1993a). Newlyweds tell their stories: A narrative method for assessing marital experiences. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 10 (3), 437-57.

 

Veroff, J., Sutherland, L., Chadiha, L., & Ortega, R. (1993b). Predicting marital quality with narrative assessments of marital experience. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 55, 326-37.

 

Chadiha, L. (1992). Black newlywed husbands' economic problems and resiliency during the transition to marriage. Families in Society, 73 (9), 542-552.

 

Crohan, S. E. (1992). Marital happiness and spousal consensus on beliefs about marital conflicts: A longitudinal investigation. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 9, 89-102.

 

Veroff, J., Hatchett, S., & Douvan, E. (1992). Consequences of participating in a longitudinal study of marriage. Public Opinion Quarterly, 56 (3), 315-27.

 

Crohan, S. E., & Veroff, J. (1989). Dimensions of marital well-being among white and black newlyweds. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 51, 373-83.