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Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Webinar for Dibble Institute: Recording now available

I did a webinar for the Dibble Institute on January 12, 2020. It is available online: 

https://www.dibbleinstitute.org/event/webinar-sliding-vs-deciding-commitment-ambiguity-and-relationship-formation/

I also wrote detailed responses to questions asked during the webinar that were not covered during it. That is available here: 

https://www.dibbleinstitute.org/wp-new/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Stanley-Q-A-Dibble-Webinar.pdf

Below, I have placed links to a bunch of posts on themes covered in the webinar. 


A 2018 post on trends in cohabitation based on new data from the CDC released at that time.

https://slidingvsdeciding.blogspot.com/2018/07/cohabitation-is-common-update-on-trends.html


An overview of the inertia hypothesis and why living together before marriage may not provide the benefits that most people expect. 

http://slidingvsdeciding.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-mystery-why-isnt-living-together.html


A post reviewing the inertia theory with scores of links related to the idea that cohabitation increases inertia, which, for some couples, makes it harder to leave before they had worked out a commitment to the future together. 

https://slidingvsdeciding.blogspot.com/2018/03/citations-for-tests-of-inertia_26.html


A fun, engaging video from the team at PREP on inertia. 

On YouTube: Relationship DUI

https://youtu.be/yPOSG5l_bY4


Two articles on the research by Rosenfeld and Roesler that shook up the assumption that cohabitation before marriage no longer leads to increased risk in marriage. 

https://ifstudies.org/blog/premarital-cohabitation-is-still-associated-with-greater-odds-of-divorce

https://ifstudies.org/blog/is-cohabitation-still-linked-to-greater-odds-of-divorce


dMotivated Ambiguity: Is this a date or not?

http://slidingvsdeciding.blogspot.com/2014/01/motivated-ambiguity.html


Weak and Strong Links: Asymmetrical Commitment in Unmarried Relationships

https://ifstudies.org/blog/weak-and-strong-links-asymmetrical-commitment-in-unmarried-relationships


Links to papers and articles related to asymmetrical commitment

https://slidingvsdeciding.blogspot.com/2019/01/some-links-about-asymmetrical-commitment.html

 

You can lower your risk of divorce. Advice to singles

http://slidingvsdeciding.blogspot.com/2015/03/you-can-lower-your-risk-of-divorce.html

 

Searching for "The One": Mate Selection in this Modern World

http://slidingvsdeciding.blogspot.com/2016/05/searching-for-one-mate-selection-in.html


Attachment and the Perfect Storm. A piece speculating about the difficulties for forming attachment in an ambiguous relationship world.

http://slidingvsdeciding.blogspot.com/2012/03/attachment-and-perfect-storm.html