Stevie Lebanion  | In the last several years, research has picked up in the field of online infidelity. There have been many studies done on the reasons behind internet infidelity, the consequences and how it affects women and men. In this paper, five studies will be discussed. The studies give insight into how women and men react to online infidelity, why people are partaking in online infidelity and ways found to prevent online infidelity or how to rebuild a relationship after the infidelity has been committed. This research is important because the internet, its uses and the consequences of how it is being used is growing in interest and usefulness for interpersonal relationships.
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Amy VanBenschoten  | This literature review answers the question as to why divorce has become more common in the 21st century. It focuses on the factors that cause divorce in relationships by observing different points of view such as gender, culture, or religious affiliation. Each study is current and up to date. Toni Watt (2008) completed a study that focuses on observing factors that cause divorce by gender differences. Watt (2008) observes the differences in the reasoning for divorce based upon whether the person taking part is male or female. Alan Hawkins, Brian Willoughby, and William Doherty (2012) completed the second study by observing the causes for divorce in marriages within the United States. This study focuses specifically on the causes of why the people who participated in this study got divorced. Masuda Akter and Roquia Begum (2012), completed a study that includes the point of view of divorce from specifically women in Bangladesh. This small study includes factors such as extramarital affairs, substance abuse, or physical abuse (Akter & Begum, 2012). The final study looks at causes of divorce between Jewish couples in Israel. This study suggests that the main cause for divorce between these Israeli couples is problems in the relationship that were from the beginning and could not be overcome (Cohen & Finzi-Dottan, 2012)
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Samuel Janes  | There are many factors that play an important role within a healthy, functional marriage relationship. While faith, honesty, trust, and cooperation are all important concepts that spouses should hold accountable to each other, flirting is an important marital form of expression that has been proven to strengthen the bond between married couples. Research has shown that marriage relationships that incorporate a high-level of flirting within their day-to-day lives are more faithful and satisfying compared to ones that did not use flirting. This paper reviews research conducted by communication specialists who have sought to find how the process of flirting works within marriage relationships, different types of flirting and their corresponding motives, differences in flirting between the opposite sex, and the benefits it provides to spouses.
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Sarah Widy  | The following paper goes into depth on many peer-review articles based on the topic of infidelity in marriages. Several themes come to light while exploring the different research over marriage infidelity, as well as different interpersonal communication concepts that can either be related or used as an aid in infidelity occurrences. The first theme that surfaces is the motivations and influences behind infidelity in marriages, what causes a spouse to cheat? Another theme that will be explored is gender differences in committing infidelity. The last theme that will be discussed is the attributions that follow an infidelity in marriage. A discussion about limitations and room for future research of marriage infidelities will then be discussed.
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Kaylee Ratliff  | It has been researched that cohabitation before marriage results in unsuccessful marriages. Popenoe and Barbara Dafoe have found in their studies that the man and the woman found themselves describing their personalities very differently. In a study by Popenoe and Whitehead it was found that if one would consider a few suggestions such as talking about not cohabiting at all before marriage, shorten the amount of cohabitation time if possible, and be considerate if children are involved. For the twenty first century, it seems as though cohabiting before marriage is not a big ordeal, but in the in the early 1900s it was actually against the law to live together without being married. Married couples who did not live together communicated more, devoted and committed themselves completely to their significant other and overall found themselves with a happier, healthier relationship.
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