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Overview

Howard J. Markman is affiliated with the University of Denver in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, and Demography.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Marriage and Sexual Relationships
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Gender, Feminism, and Media

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Howard J. Markman include:

  • "Helping Couples in the Shadow of COVID-19," 2020, Family Process
  • "Helping couples achieve relationship success: A decade of progress in couple relationship education research and practice, 2010-2019," 2021, Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
  • "Watching Pornography Alone or Together: Longitudinal Associations With Romantic Relationship Quality," 2020, Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy
  • "Having a Baby: Impact on Married and Cohabiting Parents' Relationships," 2020, Family Process
  • "Supporting Romantic Relationships During COVID-19 Using Virtual Couple Therapy," 2021, Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Scott M. Stanley
  • Galena K. Rhoades
  • Steffany J. Fredman
  • Maggie O'Reilly Treter
  • Shelby B. Scott

Howard J. Markman's work has been published multiple times in these venues:

  • Family Process
  • Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
  • Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
  • Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy
  • Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

Best Publications

  • The Science of Prevention: A Conceptual Framework and Some Directions for a National Research Program

    John D. Coie;Norman F. Watt;Stephen G. West;J. David Hawkins

  • Assessing commitment in personal relationships.

    Scott M. Stanley;Howard J. Markman

  • The effect of the transition to parenthood on relationship quality: an 8-year prospective study.

    Brian D. Doss;Galena K. Rhoades;Scott M. Stanley;Howard J. Markman

  • Preventing marital distress through communication and conflict management training : a 4- and 5-year follow-up

    Howard J. Markman;Mari Jo Renick;Frank J. Floyd;Scott M. Stanley

  • Communication, Conflict, and Commitment: Insights on the Foundations of Relationship Success from a National Survey

    Scott M. Stanley;Howard J. Markman;Sarah W. Whitton

  • Fighting for Your Marriage: Positive Steps for Preventing Divorce and Preserving a Lasting Love

    Howard Markman;Scott M. Stanley;Susan L. Blumberg

  • The topography of marital conflict: A sequential analysis of verbal and nonverbal behavior.

    John Gottman;Howard Markman;Cliff Notarius

  • Sliding Versus Deciding: Inertia and the Premarital Cohabitation Effect.

    Scott M. Stanley;Galena Kline Rhoades;Howard J. Markman

  • Prevention of marital distress: a longitudinal investigation.

    Howard J. Markman;Frank J. Floyd;Scott M. Stanley;Ragnar D. Storaasli

  • Best practice in couple relationship education.

    W. Kim Halford;Howard J. Markman;Galena H. Kline;Scott M. Stanley

  • Effectiveness of behavioral marital therapy: empirical status of behavioral techniques in preventing and alleviating marital distress.

    Kurt Hahlweg;Howard J. Markman

  • Premarital education, marital quality, and marital stability: findings from a large, random household survey.

    Scott M. Stanley;Paul R. Amato;Christine A. Johnson;Howard J. Markman

  • Maybe I Do: Interpersonal Commitment and Premarital or Nonmarital Cohabitation

    Scott M. Stanley;Sarah W. Whitton;Howard J. Markman

  • Hitting home: relationships between recent deployment, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and marital functioning for Army couples.

    Elizabeth S. Allen;Galena K. Rhoades;Scott M. Stanley;Howard J. Markman

  • The Premarital Communication Roots of Marital Distress and Divorce: The First Five Years of Marriage

    Howard J. Markman;Galena K. Rhoades;Scott M. Stanley;Erica P. Ragan

  • Marital quality and child functioning: a longitudinal investigation.

    Paul Howes;Howard J. Markman

  • The prediction and prevention of marital distress: an international perspective☆

    Howard J. Markman;Kurt Hahlweg

  • Prevention of marital distress: Results of a German prospective longitudinal study.

    Kurt Hahlweg;Howard J. Markman;Franz Thurmaier;Jochen Engl

  • Breaking up is hard to do: the impact of unmarried relationship dissolution on mental health and life satisfaction

    Galena K. Rhoades;Claire M. Kamp Dush;David C. Atkins;Scott M. Stanley

  • Social Support and Social Networks as Determinants of Individual and Marital Outcomes

    Danielle Julien;Howard J. Markman

  • Prediction of marital distress: a 5-year follow-up.

    Howard J. Markman

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott M. Stanley
Scott M. Stanley University of Denver
Galena K. Rhoades
Galena K. Rhoades University of Denver
Sarah W. Whitton
Sarah W. Whitton University of Cincinnati
Martha E. Wadsworth
Martha E. Wadsworth Pennsylvania State University
W. Kim Halford
W. Kim Halford University of Queensland
Jesse Owen
Jesse Owen University of Denver
Frank D. Fincham
Frank D. Fincham Florida State University
Kurt Hahlweg
Kurt Hahlweg Technische Universität Braunschweig
Alan J. Hawkins
Alan J. Hawkins Brigham Young University
Brian D. Doss
Brian D. Doss University of Miami

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