- Editorial Advisory Board
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Development in the Transition to Adulthood
- Chapter 2 Adolescence: On the Neural Path to Adulthood
- Chapter 3 Risk-Taking Behaviors across the Transition from Adolescence to Young Adulthood
- Chapter 4 Impact of Childhood Mental Health Problems
- Chapter 5 College and Career
- Chapter 6 Gender Issues
- Chapter 7 Cultural and Ethnic Considerations in Young Adult Mental Health
- Chapter 8 Body Image
- Chapter 9 Coping with Stress and Trauma in Young Adulthood
- Chapter 10 Intimate Romantic Relationships in Young Adulthood
- Chapter 11 Marriage in Young Adulthood
- Chapter 12 Developmental Pathways to Parenting
- Chapter 13 Barriers to Mental Health Service Use in Young Adulthood
- Chapter 14 Psychiatric Disorders in Young Adults
- Chapter 15 Anxiety Disorders
- Chapter 16 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Young Adults
- Chapter 17 Tobacco Use and Nicotine Dependence
- Chapter 18 Alcohol Use Disorders in Young Adulthood
- Chapter 19 Drug Use Disorders among Young Adults
- Chapter 20 Impulse Control Disorders
- Chapter 21 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Young Adults
- Chapter 22 Schizophrenia in Adolescents and Young Adults
- Chapter 23 Bipolar Disorder in Early Adulthood
- Chapter 24 Eating Disorders in Young Adults
- Chapter 25 Pervasive Developmental Disorders
- Chapter 26 Personality Disorders
- Index
(p. 169) Marriage in Young Adulthood
- Chapter:
- (p. 169) Marriage in Young Adulthood
- Author(s):
Hui Liu
, Sinikka Elliott
, and Debra J. Umberson
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med:psych/9780195332711.003.0011
This chapter focuses on the predictors and consequencesof marriage in young adulthood,defined as the period from age 18 to 30, and reviews contemporarydebates and important directions for research onthe topic of marriage in young adulthood.
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- Editorial Advisory Board
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Development in the Transition to Adulthood
- Chapter 2 Adolescence: On the Neural Path to Adulthood
- Chapter 3 Risk-Taking Behaviors across the Transition from Adolescence to Young Adulthood
- Chapter 4 Impact of Childhood Mental Health Problems
- Chapter 5 College and Career
- Chapter 6 Gender Issues
- Chapter 7 Cultural and Ethnic Considerations in Young Adult Mental Health
- Chapter 8 Body Image
- Chapter 9 Coping with Stress and Trauma in Young Adulthood
- Chapter 10 Intimate Romantic Relationships in Young Adulthood
- Chapter 11 Marriage in Young Adulthood
- Chapter 12 Developmental Pathways to Parenting
- Chapter 13 Barriers to Mental Health Service Use in Young Adulthood
- Chapter 14 Psychiatric Disorders in Young Adults
- Chapter 15 Anxiety Disorders
- Chapter 16 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Young Adults
- Chapter 17 Tobacco Use and Nicotine Dependence
- Chapter 18 Alcohol Use Disorders in Young Adulthood
- Chapter 19 Drug Use Disorders among Young Adults
- Chapter 20 Impulse Control Disorders
- Chapter 21 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Young Adults
- Chapter 22 Schizophrenia in Adolescents and Young Adults
- Chapter 23 Bipolar Disorder in Early Adulthood
- Chapter 24 Eating Disorders in Young Adults
- Chapter 25 Pervasive Developmental Disorders
- Chapter 26 Personality Disorders
- Index