While marriage used to be about day to day survival, today we look for so much more. As our expectations have changed, divorce rates have climbed. At the same time, the best marriages today are the best marriages that the world has ever known. Not your grandmother's marriage.
'The All or Nothing Marriage' author Eli J. Finkel shares insight.
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Eli Finkel, who earned his BA from Northwestern University in 1997 and a PhD from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2001, is a professor of psychology and professor of management and organizations at Northwestern. His research explores romantic attraction, conflict and forgiveness.
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Eli Finkel is a professor of Psychology at Northwestern University. He earned his BA degree in Psychology from Northwestern (1997) and his MA and PhD degrees in Social Psychology from UNC-Chapel Hill (1999 and 2001). His research, which is funded by the National Science Foundation, investigates initial romantic attraction, conflict-resolution in established relationships, and the ways in which other people influence one's goal achievement.