Thinking about Moving in Together? Reasons for Cohabitation are Associated with Relationship Outcomes Over Time.

ABSTRACT: Romantic couples moving in together (i.e., cohabitation) is a normative stage of romantic relationships, and people report different reasons for moving in together. Few studies have examined whether reasons for cohabitation have implications for relationship functioning over time. This study investigated how three commonly endorsed reasons for cohabitation (i.e., to spend time together, to test the relationship, and out of convenience) were associated with relationship outcomes (relationship functioning and dissolution) over time. In a five-year longitudinal study (from 2007 to 2012), adults (N=485) who were in opposite-sex relationships and moved in with their partner were surveyed on their reasons for cohabitation (closest in time to moving in together), and their relationship sta

SUBMITTER: Chapman CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12636531 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature