For Most Couples, Marital Satisfaction Improves After Children Leave Home

question 22

True/False

For most couples, marital satisfaction improves after children leave home, a state called the stress reduction stage.

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Definitions:

Agoraphobia

A type of anxiety disorder characterized by an intense fear of being in situations where escape might be difficult or help would not be available in the event of a panic attack or panic-like symptoms.

Marketplace

An economic term describing a space or system where goods and services are exchanged between buyers and sellers.

Closed Places

Refers to confined or restricted spatial areas that may induce feelings of entrapment or claustrophobia.

Blood-Injection-Injury Type Phobias

Extreme fears of seeing blood or an injury or of receiving an injection or another invasive medical procedure, which cause a drop in heart rate and blood pressure and fainting.