NNSD Spouse and Partner Interviews Underway

We have begun asking some participants for permission to contact their spouses or romantic partners for an NNSD telephone interview. The following is from the 2005 newsletter:

This year our annual telephone interview has a new twist:  We will be asking some participants for permission to contact spouses or romantic partners. Currently, we ask many questions about romantic relationships in our interviews, including questions about how partners met, relationship satisfaction, and problems in romantic relationships.Your answers to these questions give us a wealth of information about your romantic relationship style and how you approach relationships.

We will be asking your partner or spouse the same questions in order to see how similar or different you are in  romantic relationship style, as well as in other areas such as religious beliefs and long term goals. The results of these interviews may help us to understand what factors underlie attraction and success or failure in romantic relationships. As always, your participation, and the participation of your partner or spouse should you both agree to participate, is completely voluntary and confidential.

Once we have enough partner participation, we look forward to sharing the results of this interesting addition to the interview with you. If you have any questions about the NNSD Partner interview,or your participation, please contact us.