Middle Years of Marriage

Vince Waldron (Ph.D., Ohio State) is Professor of Communication at Arizona State University. He is an author or editor of six books on personal and work relationships, including the award-winning Communicating Forgiveness. His work is currently funded by the U.S. National Institute on Aging.

• Acknowledgments – Alex Zautra: Preface – Section I Foundations – What Do We Know About Midlife Marriage? – Creating the Marriages at Midlife Archive (MaMA) – Section II What the Couples Say – Amy Przytula Vynalek/Catalina Cayetano/Dayna N. Kloeber/Amanda Tuholsky: Midlife Changes and Challenges – Protecting – Coping – Growing – Section III Theory, Methods, and Measures – Gary A. Beck: Theorizing Relational Resilience at Midlife – Methods and Measures – Index.

“Vince Waldron’s book provides a fresh and inspiring lens for understanding how women and men sustain and transform their midlife relationships. Using the communicative construction of resilience, Waldron provides rich, vivid, and thoughtful treatment of a relatively neglected topic. Chapters draw upon different data and analyses to present couples’ insights into how they viewed and shaped their marriages over time and in spaces marked by personal struggles, external disruptions, and family challenges. Through these couples’ courage, compassion, and affection for each other, we develop insights into how we might incorporate their pragmatic strategies and our resources into our own lives.”—Patrice M. Buzzanell, Distinguished University Professor, Purdue University