Abstract Relationship stability represents a major economic interest not only to Florida, but to every state in the nation. The cumulative expenses related to relationship dissolution (including litigation costs, foregone tax revenues, and federal assistance programs such as Medicaid, child welfare SCHIP, TANF, WIC and SNAP) are estimated to cost taxpayers billions annually. Overall detriments are also higher when considering longitudinal impacts of family instability on affected couples and children in terms of lost productivity and psychosocial impact. This study endeavors to better understand threats to family instability, relationship quality and contextual factors via data collected from a sample of Florida homeowners in three types of cohabiting relationships. Analysis shows that roughly 60% of the variability in relationship quality is accounted for by negative interaction and consensus scores. High measures of negative interaction among dyadic couples indicate that cohabiting relationships in Florida are significantly distressed. Implications for how residents of Florida and other states could benefit both economically and psychosocially from implementation of couple and relationship education (CRE) programs are discussed.

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我们工会的现状：探索二对夫妇房主之间的关系质量

摘要关系稳定不仅代表佛罗里达，而且代表美国每个州的主要经济利益。据估计，与关系解除相关的累积费用（包括诉讼费用，已放弃的税收收入以及联邦援助计划，如医疗补助，儿童福利SCHIP，TANF，WIC和SNAP）每年将使纳税人损失数十亿美元。考虑到家庭不稳定对受影响的夫妇和孩子的纵向影响，从生产力损失和社会心理影响方面来看，总体损害也更大。这项研究旨在通过从三种同居关系的佛罗里达州房主样本中收集的数据，更好地了解家庭不稳定，关系质量和背景因素的威胁。分析表明，关系质量的大约60％的变化是由负面互动和共识得分造成的。二进对夫妇之间负面互动的高度衡量表明，佛罗里达的同居关系严重困扰。讨论了佛罗里达州和其他州的居民如何从实施夫妻关系教育（CRE）计划中获得的经济和心理收益。