Contents: Introduction. What Makes Some Marriages Magical and Some
Miserable? Raising the Questions. Terman's Question: What Makes for Marital
Happiness? The View From Observational Methods. Longitudinal Change in
Marital Happiness: Observing Physiology as Well as Marital Interaction.
Marital Processes That Predict Dissolution. In What Sense Are Regulated
Couples Regulated? Is Conflict Avoidance Dysfunctional? Conflict Avoidance
and the Behavior of the Listener: Toward a Typology of Marriage. There Are
Two Types of Conflict Engagers. A Balance Theory of Marriage. There Are Two
Types of Nonregulated Couples. Male Withdrawal From Marital Conflict.
Replication and Extension. Physiology During Marital Interaction. Toward a
Comprehensive Theory of Marital Stability. Eight-Year Longitudinal
Follow-Up Study. Recommendations for a Stable Marriage. Epilogue.
Appendix: The Observational Coding Systems.
