Together through Thick and Thin: A Multinational Picture of Long-Term Marriages by Shlomo Sharlin, Florence Whiteman Kaslow, Helga Hammerschmidt

From the Publisher

Together Through Thick and Thin: A Multinational Picture of Long-Term Marriage reports a landmark study of long-term satisfaction in marriage. Instead of relying on conjecture or unproven clinical hunches, the authors studied more than 400 couples who had been happily married for between 25 and 45 years, living in eight countries around the world. What qualities and attitudes do happily married couples share? What keeps a marriage together in times of crisis? How important is love? Building on existing documented literature on marriage, Together Through Thick and Thin provides psychologists, family therapists, and couples counselors with the solid data they need to guide couples in crisis toward greater intimacy, commitment, and joy together.

With the increasing concern about the state of marriage, this book is AN EXCITING AND REMARKABLE CONTRIBUTION to our understanding of what works. . . . Provides a framework that assists all of us working with couples. Its power lies not only in the information it provides us about long-term marriages, but that it compares these variables across cultures and national identity. It HELPS US CONSIDER WHAT IS ESSENTIAL IN ALL COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS that provide stability and satisfaction over the long run. (Barry G. Ginsberg, PhD, Director, Center of Relationship Enhancement, Doylestown, Pennsylvania)

Booknews

Psychotherapists from Israel, Florida, and Germany specializing in families report on 400 couples in eight countries who have stayed together between 25 and 45 years, showing how they have changed their relationship to weather the social and technological changes since the Great Depression, World War II, and the Holocaust. They find more significance in the 50-80% of marriages that are long-lasting than the 20-50% that end in divorce. Their study could be used by other therapists and counsellors. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Product Details

• ISBN: 0789004933
  
• ISBN-13: 9780789004932
• Format: Paperback, 1pp
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
• Pub. Date: August 2000
• Series: Haworth Marriage and the Family Series

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