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  • 8 - History and Cohort Effects in Romantic Relationships

  • Edited by Brian G. Ogolsky, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • Book:
    The Sociocultural Context of Romantic Relationships
    Published online:
    19 October 2023
    Print publication:
    02 November 2023, pp 135-150
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  • Summary

    Romantic relationships occur within a larger social, political, and historic context. Although family historians have attended to the changing social meaning and role of romantic partnering across historical time, few scholars have considered that the psychosocial meanings individuals attribute to historic events may shape romantic relationships dynamics. In this chapter, we consider how linkages between historic events and shifts in the socio-political environment of the United States may influence romantic relationships. We begin by reviewing the work of family historians before discussing theories and concepts relevant to examining romantic partnering within a historical context. We provide illustrative examples to highlight the overlap between cohort and historic effects across relationship initiation, maintenance, and dissolution. We conclude by reflecting on the conceptual and empirical challenges and possibilities associated with examining relationships from a historical perspective.