Jankowiak, Barbara2014-02-242014-02-242013Studia Edukacyjne, nr 26, 2013, s. 155-170978-83-232-2658-11233-6688http://hdl.handle.net/10593/10104This thesis presents the characteristics of alternative forms of marriage and family life with special consideration of cohabitation and homosexual relations. These untraditional kinds of partnership relations are more and more common and become new socialization patterns. An analysis was carried out of the satisfaction and stability of informal same- and different sex relations and a comparison of these relations was made to the intimate relations of marriages in order to establish whether functioning in relations of this kind is as valuable as being married. Polish and foreign studies so far prove that many relation characteristics such as love, happiness, stability, quality, or communication are not very different for various sexual orientation relations. Simultaneously, a greater stability of formal relationships as compared to common law ones was indicated.plhomosexual relationshipscohabitation relationsmarriagesrelationship qualityrelationship stabilityArtykuł