bims-chumac 2020-04-12 papers

Issue of 2020–04–12
two papers selected by
Jay Dixit, Storytelling.NYC

Emerg Adulthood. 2020 Apr;8(2): 118-132

Will I Stay Married? Exploring Predictors of Expectations to Divorce in Unmarried Young Adults.

Expectations that one may eventually divorce may predict behavior in young adulthood and beyond, but studies that have looked at individuals' assessments of their divorce likelihood have been limited. Guided by the expectancy-value theory of achievement motivation, we tested five categories of potential predictors of divorce expectations in a sample of 1,610 unmarried young adults from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics Transition to Adulthood study. Predictors were tested separately by gender and partnership status. Results suggested that some predictors mattered more for some groups than others, such as employment for single men, or certainty of marriage for partnered women. Consistent with prior research, caregiver divorce was significantly associated with expectations to divorce, but was only one of many factors found to predict these expectations. Socioeconomic factors and experiences and expectations of other relationships consistently predicted expectations. Expectations to divorce are multifaceted and complex.

Keywords: marital expectations; marriage; motivation; romantic relationships; transitions to adulthood

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2167696818790826

J Sex Res. 2020 Apr 06. 1-13

The Webs We Weave: Predicting Infidelity Motivations and Extradyadic Relationship Satisfaction.

Jana Hackathorn, Brien K Ashdown.

The current study examined relationships between sociosexual constructs and motivations for infidelity in a currently cheating sample. Members of the AshleyMadison.com website who were actively using the website to search for and/or engage in infidelity completed a brief anonymous online survey. Our findings supported previous research regarding emotional and sexual motivations for infidelity. However, we also found that various individual differences were connected to each type of motive. For example, sexual motivations for infidelity were best predicted by being male, having an unrestricted sociosexual orientation, experiencing less sex guilt, having greater Christian identification, and being less satisfied with the primary partner. Importantly, these were not the same patterns for each type of motivation (e.g., anger). Finally, participants' satisfaction with their secondary (i.e., infidelity) partners was not consistently predicted by the motivations for infidelity. This suggests that an individual-differences approach to predicting issues related to infidelity is an important approach for future research.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2020.1746954