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Love is not                                 , which involves maintaining relationships by consistently minimizing one’s own needs while trying to satisfy those of a partner.

The goal of policy makers from the                            perspective is to return to a society more in line with the values and norms of companionate marriage.

                                      is similar to, but more rigid than                                   which is the belief that people tend to marry people of similar race, age, education, religious background, and social class.

Andrew Cherlin (2004) has described the                                      of marriage as the shift from institutional, companionate, to individualized marriage.

Adults with a(n)                                attachment style exhibit possible negative behaviors such as unwarranted jealousy or attempts to control one’s partner due to fear of abandonment.

The level of domestic violence, or intimate partner violence (IPV), among cohabiting couples is                                  .

One of the six love styles proposed by John Alan Lee,                               is characterized by intense emotional attachment and powerful sexual feelings or desires.

British demographer Kathleen Kiernan (2002) has described a society-wide, four-stage process through which cohabitation becomes a socially acceptable living arrangement that is equal in status to marriage. Please identify the correct order of these four stages.

Please match the following definitions with their appropriate terms.

                            is a more destructive form of                            .