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What is it with men and commitment, Anyway? Article on Cohabitation: The Inertia Hypothesis Stanley et al APPAM paper on working with Lower Income Populations Overview of PREP Preventing Marital Distress, A 4 and 5 Year Follow Up Skating to Where the Puck is Going to Be Smart Marriages 2006 Love, Poverty, and Marriage Smart Marriages 2005 Doing Time Smart Marriages 2005 Dr. Stanley's presentation to ACF Welfare Research Conference June 2005 Adapting Marriage Education Curricula for Low Income Hispanic Families NACFLM Men, Women, Commitment Presentation NACFLM Myths Presentation NACFLM Plenary 2004 Dr. Stanley's Denver Rescue Mission Talk Stanley SM 2008 Plenary Lets Get Real Stanley NACFLM 2008 Plenary Sliding vs. Deciding Stanley SM 2008 Personality and Marriage

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Issues, Facts & References What Really is the Divorce Rate? Updated 8-3-07 Facts about Marital Distress and Divorce References- Smart Marriages 2003 The Effects of Divorce on Children Predicting Divorce What Factors are Associated with Divorce and/or Marital Unhappiness? Marriage in the 90s: A Nationwide Random Phone Survey Referral Document mentioned at Smart Marriages 2003 Can We Predict if a Couple Will Make it or Not? Key References Related to PREP Outcome Research Key References Related to Published Overviews of PREP Key References Related to Cohabitation Big List of Useful References Appendix from Stanley Couple Measurement Paper

Key Scholary Publications on PREP Making a Case for Premarital Education Key References Related to PREP Outcome Research Community-Based Premarital Prevention

Position Statements Prep and Domestic Violence

White Papers Marriage Education and Government Policy Acting on What We Know: The Hope of Prevention