In Studies Comparing Middle-Aged and Older Married Couples,______________

question 4

Multiple Choice

In studies comparing middle-aged and older married couples,______________.

• A)disagreements about adult children were a greater source of conflict among the older couples than among the middle-aged couples
• B)when conversing about topics on which they disagreed,older speakers displayed more emotion than middle-aged speakers did
• C)wives were more expressive than husbands,whereas husbands were more restrained when they were speaking about topics about which there was conflict
• D)among the couples who reported a low level of marital satisfaction,the older couples were more likely than the middle-aged couples to express negative affect and escalate the level of conflict as they interacted

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