Chapter Outline

FOUNDATIONS OF INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS

• Friendship
• Love
• Sexuality

NONMARITAL LIFESTYLES

• Single Life
• Homosexual Relationships
• Cohabitation

MARITAL AND POSTMARITAL LIFESTYLES

• Marriage
• Divorce and Remarriage
• What Makes Marriages Succeed?

FAMILY LIFE

• Changing family Structures
• Parenthood Today
• Parenthood as a Developmental Experience
• When Children Leave: The "Empty Nest"
• Parenthood Role Changes and Marital Satisfaction
• Remaining Childless