caa a22 4500 606153632 CHVBK 20210128100554.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11121-014-0480-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11121-014-0480-4 The Honeymoon Effect: Does It Exist and Can It Be Predicted? [Elektronische Daten] [Michael Lorber, Ann Erlanger, Richard Heyman, K. O'Leary] The population-level decrease over time in newlyweds' marital satisfaction is well established. Yet decreasing marital satisfaction does not occur for all spouses to the same extent, if at all. In the present article, we test for the presence and predictability of a "honeymoon effect”—initially high, but rapidly decreasing, marital satisfaction in newlywed couples. Community couples (N = 395) were studied from 1month prior through 2.5years after marriage. A supermajority of couples showed initially high marital satisfaction that either slowly decreased (women: 86%) or remained steady (men: 78%). Smaller groups of men and women showed initially high (men) and moderately high (women), rapidly decreasing marital satisfaction or steady, low levels of marital satisfaction. Membership in these latter less optimal, classes was most consistently predicted by spouses' own intimate partner violence (IPV) and depression, as well as by their partners' marital satisfaction, IPV, and depression. The findings suggest that men at risk for the honeymoon effect (~14%) can be identified for selective prevention based on such predictors. Women at risk for decreasing marital satisfaction (~10%) can also be identified based on risk factors, but may also exhibit somewhat attenuated marital satisfaction at engagement. Society for Prevention Research, 2014 Marital satisfaction nationallicence Newlywed nationallicence Trajectory nationallicence Longitudinal nationallicence Prevention nationallicence Lorber Michael New York University, New York, NY, USA aut Erlanger Ann New York University, New York, NY, USA aut Heyman Richard New York University, New York, NY, USA aut O'Leary K. Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA aut Prevention Science Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 16/4(2015-05-01), 550-559 1389-4986 16:4<550 2015 16 11121 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-014-0480-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-014-0480-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lorber Michael New York University, New York, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Erlanger Ann New York University, New York, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Heyman Richard New York University, New York, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- O'Leary K. Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Prevention Science Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 16/4(2015-05-01), 550-559 1389-4986 16:4<550 2015 16 11121