Sliding vs Deciding: Scott Stanley's Blog

Sliding vs Deciding: This blog is about romantic relationships and marriage, with insights from relationship science about how relationships develop and what makes or breaks them.

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Friday, May 13, 2011

Does it work? Does Relationship and Marriage Education Work?

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I have long been a believer that solid forms of marriage and relationship education (MRE) can help individuals and couples to have stronger...

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Getting the Girl

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Picking up from my last post, I am going to tell you about one of the most interesting hypotheses that rattles around in my head over the y...

Monday, April 18, 2011

Markets and Sex

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Got your attention? You could be thinking this will be about sex trafficking. Nope. Maybe this will be about the selling of sex, as in pro...

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Results of Federally Funded Study in Oklahoma

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As many of you know, there are a number of ongoing, important studies examining efforts to help couples strengthen their relationships. Th...

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Cohabidating

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Things are changing quickly. If you consider history, the past 30 years would be just a blink, but it’s hard to fathom a period in which m...

Monday, October 18, 2010

Decoding Commitment: When Sally met Harry

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Commitment can be thought of in many ways. As I’ve mentioned before, a basic breakdown can be made between commitment that means dedicatio...

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

First Comes Love, Then Comes . . . What?

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There has been a growing awareness among social scientists that marriage and childbearing have become increasingly disconnected in U. S. so...

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About Me

Scott Stanley, Ph.D.: I am a research professor who conducts studies on marriage and romantic relationships. Along with my colleagues, I also develop materials to help people in their relationships based on research. In addition to academic publications, I have written or co-written a number of books (see below). Together with colleagues Howard Markman and Natalie Jenkins, I head up a team at PREP, Inc. that produces various materials for use in marriage and relationship education. Howard Markman, Galena Rhoades, and I head up our research team at the University of Denver.

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