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Cohab NCFR Sliding vs. Deciding June 2009 Living with Cohabitation; Stanley & Rhoades, Smart Marriages 2009 Stanley NACFLM 2008 Plenary Sliding vs. Deciding Overview of PREP

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Issues, Facts & References What Really is the Divorce Rate? Updated 8-3-07 Facts about Marital Distress and Divorce References- Smart Marriages 2003 The Effects of Divorce on Children Predicting Divorce What Factors are Associated with Divorce and/or Marital Unhappiness? Marriage in the 90s: A Nationwide Random Phone Survey Referral Document mentioned at Smart Marriages 2003 Can We Predict if a Couple Will Make it or Not? Key References Related to PREP Outcome Research Key References Related to Published Overviews of PREP Key References Related to Cohabitation Big List of Useful References Appendix from Stanley Couple Measurement Paper

Key Scholary Publications on PREP Preventing Marital Distress, A 4 and 5 Year Follow Up Making a Case for Premarital Education What is it with men and commitment, Anyway? Article on Cohabitation: The Inertia Hypothesis Key References Related to PREP Outcome Research Community-Based Premarital Prevention

Position Statements Prep and Domestic Violence

Presentations Stanley SM 2008 Personality and Marriage Stanley SM 2008 Plenary Lets Get Real Dr. Stanley's presentation to ACF Welfare Research Conference June 2005 Adapting Marriage Education Curricula for Low Income Hispanic Families

White Papers Marriage Education and Government Policy Acting on What We Know: The Hope of Prevention