Toward a Greater Understanding of the Cohabitation Effect: Premarital Cohabitation and Marital Communication

By C. Cohan, S. Kleinbaum. 2002

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Sliding Versus Deciding: Inertia and the Premarital Cohabitation Effect. (2006, background): “…associated with poorer marital communication quality, lower marital satisfaction, higher levels of domestic violence, and greater probability of divorce in U.S. samples (e.g., Cohan & Kleinbaum, 2002; Kamp Dush, Cohan, & Amato, 2003; Kline et al., 2004; Stafford, Kline, & Rankin, 2004).”
The content of relational uncertainty within marriage (2008, background): “On the other hand, heterosexual or homosexual couples who have moved in together without a formal commitment may grapple with doubts more akin to dating partners (e.g., Cohan & Kleinbaum, 2002; Stanley, Rhoades, & Markman, 2006).”
Serial Cohabitation and the Marital Life Course (2008, unknown): “A recent study suggests that poor communication skills are a mechanism that links marriages with prior cohabitation histories to higher divorce rates (Cohan & Kleinbaum, 2002).”