title: The psychological tasks of marriage: part 2.
abstract: Findings from a pilot study of intimate relationships of 50 happily married couples show that many had troubled childhoods. Interactions of couples in creating and maintaining their good marriage throughout their lives are analyzed under the rubric of psychological tasks that these couples addressed successfully. Three of these tasks are focused on in this second of a two-part article.
authors.affiliation: Center for the Family in Transition, Corte Madera, Calif., USA.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Wallerstein
mesh_terms: D000786:Anger; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008149:Love; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012725:Sexual Behavior