As time goes on and stresses increase, marital satisfaction goes down. For many couples, the reason for this drop is having children. However, which of the following statements provides evidence that it is not simply having children that causes this decline? a. Lack of homogamy is a key predictor of marital dissatisfactionb. The fussier the child, the more marital satisfaction declinesc. Younger married couples tend to be more emotionally negative and express fewer positive emotionsd. Child-free couples experience a decline in marital satisfaction over time

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As time goes on and stresses increase, marital satisfaction goes down. For many couples, the reason for this drop is having children. However, which of the following statements provides evidence that it is not simply having children that causes this decline? a. Lack of homogamy is a key predictor of marital dissatisfactionb. The fussier the child, the more marital satisfaction declinesc. Younger married couples tend to be more emotionally negative and express fewer positive emotionsd. Child-free couples experience a decline in marital satisfaction over time

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Elliott Solomon · Answer 1

The correct answer is d. Child-free couples experience a decline in marital satisfaction over time

Explanation:

Having children is scary for many reasons: money, time, capacity, happy life as a couple.

On average, couples' satisfaction with their marriage decreases during the first years of marriage and, if the decline is particularly pronounced, they can continue the divorce.

For more than 30 years, researchers have studied how having a child affects a marriage, and the results are conclusive: the relationship between the spouses suffers once the children arrive.