strategy
Testing couple compatibility before marriage
Synonyms:
Predicting risk of divorce Description:
Using a specially-developed questionnaire to elicit responses of couples on subjects such as communication, conflict resolution, personality, finances, religion, parenting, family and friends, sex and egalitarian roles. Implementation:
A 125-question test developed by the University of Minnesota claims to predict with 80 to 85% accuracy which couples will divorce. More than 20,000 counsellors and members of the clergy, including USA military chaplains, now encourage or require couples to take the test before they marry. Claim:
Marriages are made in heaven. But, again, so are thunder, lightning, tornadoes and hail (Mae West). Broader:
TestingUndertaking social surveysEducating for marriage and family lifeApplying social restrictions to courtship Constrains:
Divorcing Constrained by:
Embracing romantic love Facilitates:
PredictingEmpowering marriage contractRecovering marriage covenantReconciling sexual incompatibility Facilitated by:
Studying marriage breakdownUsing truthful consciousness Problems:
Atrial fibrillationConfusion over sex roles
Differences in sexual activity
Discontented marriages
Incompatibility
Marital instability
Naive approach to the marriage covenant
Psychological impediments to marriage
Vulnerability of marriage as an institution
Subjects:
Society → MarriageSocietal Problems → Hazards
Research, Standards → Inspection, tests
Research, Standards → Quality unification
Policy-making → Future
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
