Free to stay, free to leave: Insights from Poland into the meaning of cohabitation

Development and Validation of a Polish-Language Version of the Satisfaction with Relationship Status Scale (ReSta)

“…The above-mentioned assumptions are justified in light of the suggestions made by Hertel et al (2007), who also speculated that young people who have less experience (including also less problems) in the domain of relationships may have some illusions about marriage or just hold a very positive view of intimate relationships, as opposed to individuals who are likely to gain more experience with age (the positive experience of forming a relationship as well as the negative experience of a relationship breaking up). Therefore, regarding the possibility that young people, as opposed to older people, may hold more positive notions of being in a relationship and marriage and that Polish young adults hold a view of marriage as an important life goal and recognize marriage as an appropriate context for childbearing (Mynarska et al 2014), we might explain the lack in the current sample of single individuals who would never prefer the alternate relationship status as well as the lack of partnered individuals who would often/always prefer the alternate relationship status. Additionally, the positive views of being in a relationship and marriage may at the same time help to understand the lack of differences in the level of status satisfaction between partnered individuals representing different preferences for the alternate relationship status as well as a similar lack of differences in regard to perceiving marriage as a life goal or not.…”

The Rise in Divorce and Cohabitation: Is There a Link?

“…), Florence, Italy (Vignoli and Salvini ), Rotterdam, the Netherlands (Hiekel and Keizer ), Oslo, Norway (Lappegård and Noack ), Warsaw, Poland (Mynarska et al. ), Moscow, Russia (Isupova ), Southampton, United Kingdom (Berrington et al. ), and Rostock and Lubeck, Germany (Klärner ).…”

Exploring social norms around cohabitation: The life course, individualization, and culture

“…The Polish article explored several dimensions of freedom in order to better understand the open nature of cohabitation (Mynarska, Baranowska-Rataj, and Matysiak 2014). These dimensions include the ability to "pack a suitcase and go", the fidelity and loyalty of the partners, and the ability to maintain independence in everyday life, especially for women.…”

“…This Special Collection presents the results of this project in medium-sized cities in eight European countries: Vienna, Austria (Berghammer, Fliegenschnee, and Schmidt 2014); Florence, Italy (Vignoli and Salvini 2014); Rotterdam, the Netherlands (Hiekel and Keizer 2015); Oslo, Norway (Lappegard and Noack 2015); Warsaw, Poland (Mynarska, Baranowska-Rataj, and Matysiak 2014); Moscow, Russia (Isupova 2015); Southampton, the United Kingdom (Berrington, Perelli-Harris, and Trevena 2015); and Rostock, Germany (Klärner 2015). (For brevity, we refer throughout this introduction to the countries rather than the cities or authors).…”