CONFIGURATION OF COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS AND MARITAL CONFLICT.

One of the most well-known marital typologies in the study of lasting marriages was developed by John Cuber and Peggy Harroff (1965), which is used as the main theoretical framework in the present analysis. I collected data using the technique of the individual, semi-structured, face-toface interview and participatory, uncontrolled, hidden observation. This paper highlights some specific features of marital conflicts in different types of marital relationships. I also underline that marital partners, to a different extent, focus either on the pragmatic or the emotional benefits of marriage and this priority influences their behaviours during their conflictual situations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]