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An introduction to a research paper that aims to test the theory that married couples have a higher level of satisfaction compared to dating and cohabiting couples. The author discusses the changing societal norms and the impact on marriage and relationship satisfaction. The paper also explores various factors that influence relationship satisfaction, such as communication skills, commitment, and love.
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Chun Pong Ho PSY 303 Lab- Intro. part 7/28/ In the past, many studies have shown that married couples have a higher level of satisfaction compared to dating and co-inhabiting couples. However, in today’s society, couples are more likely to live together before or instead of getting married, causing many people to believe that the correlation between high satisfaction and marriage no longer exists. This can be explained by the high divorce rate within the society. Inconsiderate decision making regarding marriages highly affected the rate of divorce, and most likely the satisfaction within those relationships. Decision making on rather or not to be dating or co- inhabiting instead of getting married affected the society, especially the society structure. Traditionally, marriage represents a strong commitment. It gives a couple a protective and reliable relationships due to the protection of laws given to marriages. However, as time passed by, people in today’s society are scared of commitment. Many people do not want to get married simply due to the fact that a law-protected relationship can be reliable but yet a burden. There are a lot of responsibilities between a husband and wife under the law, such as being responsible for their next generations. Because of this reason, it highly affects a couple’s willingness to get married. When a couple chooses not to be married, the relationship will then not be protected by laws, it would become unreliable and uncontrollable. They will have fewer responsibilities towards the relationships and also their partners. It turns out that people would give up each other easily. [I’m not really sure what you’re trying to say in the paragraph above- remember that you are arguing that one group will be more satisfied than another. Do you believe that people in marriages will be happier because they have a commitment? Or unhappier because they enter the commitment too soon, leading to dissatisfaction? Are people content to be in non-
committed relationships (cohabiting or dating), causing their satisfaction to be higher than in the past? Try to come up with one argument for what’s going on in relationships- if you focus on commitment, decide whether commitment makes people happier or not, and then decide who should be most satisfied in their relationship, based on that decision. In addition to the disruption of social structure, another effect on society would be the change of meaning of marriages. Many people no longer see marriages as a consecrated way of showing their willingness of taking responsibilities and commitments to their partners. It has become a casual process which can take place anytime, anywhere and simply be broken by a signature on a document. Although many people think that marriages are no longer reliable, and it will not give a higher level of satisfaction than dating and co-inhabiting couples. This paper aims to show the readers that the pervious research is not out-of-date. The theory is that married couples have a higher level of satisfaction compared to dating and co- inhabiting couples, a statement which past studies have supported. Although there might not be a huge difference between the three different groups, married couples should have a slightly higher satisfaction out of the three. [why?] In this study, one examines the different levels of satisfaction for three different categories of couples: married, dating, and co-inhabiting. The focus of this study is to compare the level of satisfaction in three statuses of relationship. This study is to testify whether or not married couples have a higher level of satisfaction out of the three groups. There are many different factors that would affect the level of satisfaction in a relationship: expectations, willingness to make a commitment, forgiveness, beliefs, communication skills, personalities, and love. Those partners who have a positive model of self and of others are more likely to forgive partner transgressions, and this is related to relationship satisfaction (Lorig, Fincham, & Davila, 2004). In the early phase of a relationship, partners tend to
however, he also found that the length of time a couple spend together would not affect the satisfaction. Different stages of relationships should have some association with different levels of satisfaction. Although there are no significant differences on level of satisfaction within the three groups, married couples comparatively should have a slightly higher lever of satisfaction. The reason for that is simply due to the length of time the couples have been together. The longer they have been together, the more stable the relationship is, which then result in a higher level of satisfaction. [this is exactly what you should be arguing throughout the paper. This is a very logical statement, and a good hypothesis. Try to tie in everything you’ve written above to this argument.] Whether or not the relationship is in long or short term status, and partners’ willingness to make a commitment highly affects the level of satisfaction in a relationship. It is because couples who have been living together long enough tend to have a better communication skills. A good communication skill can increase the stabilities of a relationship. In addition to that, couples who are willing to make a commitment, such as marriage, will also have a more stable relationship. The hypothesis of this study is that married couples will have a slightly higher level of satisfaction out of the three different categories of relationships due to the fact that they have more stable relationships. Good hypothesis. Try to keep information from other sections (methods, results) out of the introduction. A bit more structure would help, too- look at the outline and try to fit everything where it belongs. If you have questions, feel free to ask. 39/