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Sun, Baoguang, Xiaofeng Wang, Canmei Zhou, and Yuqin Fan. "Fiber-to-waveguide coupling based on plasmonic devices." International Journal of Modern Physics B 34, no. 25 (September 15, 2020): 2050225. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0217979220502252.
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Due to the large difference in mode size and effective-index mismatch between the optical fiber and the waveguides on the photonic integrated circuits, it is a big challenge to efficiently couple light into thin semiconductor waveguides. In this paper, a taper plasmonic coupler is presented to couple fiber light into an Si waveguide. The taper plasmonic coupler structure is optimized, and the alignment tolerance of the gap, the lateral offset and the vertical offset between coupler and Si waveguide are studied. Numerical simulation shows that the coupler changes the single mode fiber light to multimode light at its input port section, while at its output port section, the coupler turns the multimode light back to a single mode light, and finally couples this light to Si waveguide. The maximum couple efficiency is 86.8% in [Formula: see text] effective coupler length.
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Friedman, Richard C. "Couple Therapy With Gay Couples." Psychiatric Annals 21, no. 8 (August 1, 1991): 485–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/0048-5713-19910801-11.
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Vincent, Christopher. "Illness, Couples and Couple Psychotherapy." British Journal of Psychotherapy 35, no. 4 (November 2019): 628–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjp.12501.
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Ansari, Zohreh, Fariba Naderian, Fatemeh Gol abedini, and Maryam Yavari Kermani. "Comparison of the effectiveness of emotion-oriented couple therapy and structural couple therapy on marital justice and relationship maintenance strategies in conflicting couples." Applied Family Therapy Journal 4, no. 2 (2023): 1–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.61838/kman.aftj.4.2.1.
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Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of emotion-oriented couple therapy and compare it with structural couple therapy on marital justice and relationship maintenance strategies in conflicting couples. Method: The present study was a quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test with a two-month control and follow-up group; The statistical population of the present study was 205 couples referring to counseling centers in Shiraz in the last six months of 1399. After screening with the Sanai Marital Conflict Questionnaire (2008), 60 couples who received more than 150 points from the cut-off point were selected by available means. They answered the Marital Justice Questionnaire and Relationship Strategies (Stafford, Dinton and Haas, 2000) and in the experimental group of emotion-focused couple therapy (10 couples), the experimental group of structural couple therapy (10 couples) and the control group (10 couples) were randomly replaced. Both experimental groups underwent Johnson (2004) emotion-focused couple therapy and Minochin (1974) structural couple therapy intervention for eight 90-minute sessions, and the control group did not receive any intervention. Data were analyzed using repeated measures mixed variance analysis. Results: The results showed that emotion-oriented couple therapy (F = 8.97 and P = 0.005) and structural couple therapy (F = 10.04 and P = 0.003) on increasing marital justice and emotion-oriented couple therapy (0.60). F = 59 and P = 0.001) and structural couple therapy (F = 19.29 and P = 0.001) are effective in maintaining relationship strategies in conflicting couples and this effect was stable in the follow-up phase; The results of post hoc test also showed that the difference between the two groups of emotion-oriented couple therapy and structural couple therapy in marital justice variables and strategies for maintaining the relationship is not significant. Conclusion: The results of the research suggest evidence that the intervention of emotion-oriented couple therapy and structural couple therapy is a suitable method for increasing marital justice and relationship maintenance strategies in spouses suffering from marital conflict
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Cheung, Adam Ka-Lok, and Susanne Yuk-Ping Choi. "Non-Traditional Wives With Traditional Husbands." Violence Against Women 22, no. 14 (July 9, 2016): 1704–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801216632615.
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Feminist scholars have argued that husband gender traditionalism is one of the root causes of spousal violence against women. Using couple-level data from Hong Kong ( N = 871 couples), this article argues that a second mechanism—couple gender value mismatch—also explains husband-to-wife physical assault. Our findings show that a husband’s gender traditionalism is positively associated with husband-to-wife physical assault only when the husband is coupled with a wife who has non-traditional gender attitudes. Similarly, egalitarian gender attitudes in wives are positively associated with husband-to-wife physical assault only when a non-traditional wife is coupled with a traditional husband.
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Kordovani, Shokoufeh, Shahnaz Khaleghi Pour, and Fatemeh Sadat Tabatabaei Nejad. "Comparison of the Effectiveness of Integrated Behavioral Couple Therapy and Schema-Focused Couple Therapy on Conflict Resolution Styles in Conflicting Couples." Applied Family Therapy Journal 5, no. 2 (2024): 68–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.61838/kman.aftj.5.2.8.
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Objective: This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of integrated behavioral couple therapy and schema-focused couple therapy on conflict resolution styles among conflicting couples in Shiraz. Methods: The research employed a quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test, and one-month follow-up. The statistical population included all conflicting couples who visited the Fajr Counseling Center in Shiraz in 2022, from whom 45 couples were selected through convenience sampling and randomly assigned to three groups: integrated behavioral couple therapy, schema-focused couple therapy, and a control group. The Rahim Conflict Resolution Styles Questionnaire was used as the measurement tool. Experimental group one underwent a 16-session program of integrated behavioral couple therapy, and experimental group two a 13-session program of schema-focused couple therapy, while the control group was placed on a waiting list. Data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance. Findings: Results indicated that both interventions, integrated behavioral couple therapy and schema-focused couple therapy, were effective in addressing conflict resolution styles. There was a difference in the effectiveness of integrated behavioral couple therapy and schema-focused couple therapy on conflict resolution styles. Conclusion: Based on the findings, both treatments are effective for couples' conflict resolution styles, but the effectiveness of integrated behavioral couple therapy is reported to be more effective.
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Shi, Jun Xiu, and Jian Hua Liu. "Effects of Surface Oxide Coating on Corrosion Behavior of Ti-1023/LY12 Galvanic Couple." Advanced Materials Research 668 (March 2013): 880–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.668.880.
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Galvanic corrosion behavior of Ti-1023 titanium alloy coupled to LY12 aluminum alloy was investigated in 3.5% NaCl solution. Particular attention was given to the effect of anodized coatings on corrosion behaviors of Ti-1023/LY12 galvanic couple. Galvanic test was conducted on the following couples: Ti-1023/LY12, Ti-1023/anodized LY12 and anodized Ti-1023/anodized LY12, respectively. Corrosion properties including open circuit potential (Eoc) of each material, galvanic corrosion potential (Eg) and galvanic corrosion current (Ig) of the couples were monitored. Corrosion morphology was observed by optical microscope (OM) and corrosion mechanisms were analyzed and discussed. It was showed that anodized coatings significantly decreased Eg and Īg of the couples and provide effective protection of the anode from suffering corrosion attack. Only slight localized corrosion was detected on anodized LY12 alloy in the two anodized couples and the LY12 in anodized Ti-1023/anodized LY12 couple was found to be least susceptible to galvanic corrosion. The LY12 alloy in the bare couple: Ti-1023/LY12, was found to be highly susceptible to galvanic corrosion and suffered severe uniform and localized corrosion attack
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Hadjesfandiari, Ali R. "The Character of Couples and Couple Stresses in Continuum Mechanics." Symmetry 16, no. 8 (August 14, 2024): 1046. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sym16081046.
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In this paper, the concepts of moments and couples in mechanics are examined from a fundamental perspective. Representing a couple by its moment vector is very useful in rigid body mechanics, where the states of internal stresses and deformation are not studied. This is because only the moment of couples appears in the governing equation of moment equilibrium. On the other hand, when considering the state of internal stresses and deformation in continuum mechanics, not only the moment of couples but also the line of action of their constituent parallel opposite forces must be specified. In defining a well-posed problem for a continuum, including the governing equations of moment equilibrium or motion, boundary conditions, and constitutive relations, only the moment of couples (e.g., body couples, couple tractions, couple stresses) appear without specifying the line of action of the constituent parallel forces. Nevertheless, the physical state of stress and deformation in the continuum must be unique and determinate. Therefore, this physical requirement imposes some restrictions on the form of body couples, couple tractions, and couple stresses. Here, the uniqueness of interactions in the continuum is used to establish that the continuum does not support a distribution of body couples or a distribution of surface twisting couple tractions with normal moments. Furthermore, the mechanism of action of the couple traction as a double layer of shear force tractions is established, along with the skew-symmetric character of the couple stress moment tensor.
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Hosseini, Fatemeh, Parivash Vakili, and Khadijeh Abolmaali Alhosseini. "Comparison of the effectiveness of couple therapy based on object relationships and solution-oriented couple therapy on the emotional expression of spouses with marital conflict." Applied Family Therapy Journal 2, no. 1 (2021): 108–25. https://doi.org/10.61838/kman.aftj.2.1.6.
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Aim: This study was aimed to determine the effectiveness of couple therapy based on object relationships and compare it with solution-oriented couple therapy on the emotional expression of spouses with marital conflict. Method: The present study was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test with a two-month control and study groups and a statistical population of 192 couples referring to Hekmat and Saadat Counseling Centers in the first six months of 2019. After screening the subjects with King and Ammons (1990) Emotional Expression Questionnaire, 60 couples who got less than 40 scores from the cut-off point were selected by convenience sampling method and were randomly placed in the Object Relationship Couple Therapy study groups (10 couples), the solution-oriented couple therapy study group (10 couples) and control group (10 couples) . The first study group received eight 90-minute sessions of Donovan Object Relationship Couple Therapy Intervention (2013), and the second study group received the MacDonald Solution Axis Couple Therapy intervention for eight 90-minute sessions (2007), and the control group did not receive any intervention. The data were analyzed using repeated measures mixed variance analysis. Results: The findings showed the effect of object relationship couple therapy intervention on positive emotional expression (F = 114.76, P = 0.001), emotional intimacy expression (F = 228.85, P = 0.001) and negative emotional expression (F = 34.88, P = 0.001). And it showed the effect of solution-oriented couple therapy intervention on positive emotional expression (F = 49.96, P = 0.001), emotional intimacy expression (F = 116.30, P = 0.001), negative emotional expression (F = 16.46, P = 0.004) and the stability of this effect in the follow-up stage. Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that object relations couple therapy intervention and solution-oriented couple therapy are appropriate methods to increase positive emotional expression and emotional intimacy expression and reduce negative emotional expression in spouses with marital conflict.
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Delelis, Gérald, and Mathilde Heuschen. "Dyadic adjustment in couples: How partners' social value within couple and emotional competences predict it." Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships 13, no. 1 (July 19, 2019): 96–113. http://dx.doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v13i1.340.
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Knowing the determinants of couple adjustment is a challenge, both for predicting this adjustment and for helping couples in therapy in the best possible way. We based this study on the Person’s Social Value Theory (Beauvois, J.-L. [1976]. The topic of social conduct evaluation. Connexions, 19, 7-30) which postulates that two dimensions – social utility and social desirability – support self- and other- descriptions. This study aimed to evaluate the way the evaluation of own social value within couple and the evaluation of social value within couple of the partner influence the dyadic adjustment of the spouses. In addition, we took into account the duration of the couples and the emotional competences of the spouses (using the PEC). Participants were the spouses of 152 voluntary heterosexual couples who completed a booklet of questionnaires. The results showed that the two dimensions of person’s social value within couple influence partners' dyadic adjustment but in a different way for men and women and according to the duration of the couples’ relationship. Furthermore, the effect of social value within couple seems to cover partially the classic effect of emotional competences on couple experience and satisfaction. The discussion underlines the relevance and interest of using the social value within the couple in the study of conjugal relationships as well as in counselling couples.
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이현주 and 엄명용. "Integrative Couple Therapy for Divorcing Couples." Family and Family Therapy 20, no. 2 (August 2012): 201–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.21479/kaft.2012.20.2.201.
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Halford, W. Kim, and Christopher A. Pepping. "What Every Therapist Needs to Know About Couple Therapy." Behaviour Change 36, no. 3 (April 26, 2019): 121–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/bec.2019.12.
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AbstractThis invited paper is a review of the significance of couple relationships to the practice of all therapists. The article begins with a summary of the evidence on the centrality of committed couple relationships to the lives and wellbeing of adults, and the association of the quality of the parents’ couple relationship on the wellbeing of children. We argue that the well-established reciprocal association between individual problems and couple relationship problems means that all therapists need to pay attention to how a couple relationship might be influencing a client's functioning, even if the relationship is not the presenting problem. There is an outline the evolution of current approaches to behavioural couple therapy, and the current state of the art and science of couple therapy. We present an analysis of the evidence for couple therapy as a treatment for relationship distress, as well as couple-based treatments for individual problems. This is followed by a description of the distinctive challenges in working with couples and how to address those challenges, and recommendations about how to address the needs of diverse couple relationships. Finally, we propose some core therapist competencies needed to work effectively with couples.
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Farabi, Maryam, Saeed Taimory, and Alireza Rajaie. "Comparting the effectiveness of combined cognitive-behavioral couple therapy and integrated behavioral couple therapy in improving family functioning in couples with extramarital affairs." Shenakht Journal of Psychology and Psychiatry 10, no. 1 (May 6, 2023): 31–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.32598/shenakht.10.1.31.
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Introduction: Extramarital affairs disrupt family functioning and have serious negative consequences for the family members. Aim: The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of combined cognitive-behavioral couple therapy and integrated behavioral couple therapy in improving family functioning in couples with extramarital affairs. Method: In this quasi-experimental study, with a pretest-posttest control group design, the statistical population consisted of all couples, referred to the counseling centers of Mashhad, Iran in 2021. Thirty nine couples were selected using the convenience sampling method among people with extramarital relationships and randomly assigned to three groups: control group (13 couples), combined cognitive-behavioral couple therapy (13 couples), and integrative behavioral couple therapy (13 couples). The experimental and control groups completed the Family Functioning Scale by Epstein et al. (1983) before and after the interventions. In order to data analysis covariance analysis was performed in SPSS version 20. Results: Results indicated that the scores of all family functioning components significantly decreased in the intervention groups compared to the control group (P<0.05). Combined cognitive-behavioral couple therapy was more effective in the dimensions of problem-solving and communication, while integrated behavioral couple therapy was more effective in emotional companionship (P<0.05). Conclusion: According to the present results, both combined cognitive-behavioral therapy and integrated behavioral couple therapy had positive effects on improving family functioning. Therefore, depending on the conditions and type of marital problems, therapists are suggested to use a combination of these two methods to improve family functioning in couples with extramarital relationships.
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Seidyousefi, Masoume, Fathola Mohamadian, and Arash Nademi. "Comparing the Effectiveness of Schema-Focused Couple Therapy and Emotion-Focused Couple Therapy on Marital Offense Forgiveness in Couples with Marital Discrepancies." Applied Family Therapy Journal 5, no. 1 (2024): 155–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.61838/kman.aftj.5.1.17.
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Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of schema-focused couple therapy and emotion-focused couple therapy on marital offense forgiveness in couples with marital discrepancies in Ilam city. Method: This was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test, post-test, and follow-up design with a control group. The study population comprised 105 couples who sought counseling in Ilam during the second half of the year 2021. From this population, 30 couples were selected using a convenience sampling method and randomly assigned to three groups: emotion-focused intervention (10 couples), schema-focused intervention (10 couples), and a control group (10 couples). The emotion-focused group received Johnson's training package (2012) over 9 sessions, and the schema-focused group received the Young, Klosko, & Weishaar package (2003) also over 9 sessions. The control group did not receive any intervention. The research instrument used was the Marital Offense Forgiveness Scale by Paleari, Regalia, and Fincham (2009). Data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance. Findings: Schema-focused couple therapy had a significant effect on marital offense forgiveness (F = 5.85, p = .025). Emotion-focused couple therapy also had a significant effect on marital offense forgiveness (F = 5.81, p = .045). These effects were reported to be stable at the follow-up stage. Additionally, there was no significant difference in the effectiveness of schema-focused couple therapy versus emotion-focused couple therapy on marital offense forgiveness. Conclusion: Both schema-focused and emotion-focused couple therapies are effective methods for enhancing marital offense forgiveness in couples with marital discrepancies.
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Zhao, Meng-Han, and Xiu-Li Fu. "Design and simulation of inductive coupler based on Ni–Zn ferrites." Modern Physics Letters B 33, no. 16 (June 6, 2019): 1950180. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s021798491950180x.
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The main purpose of this work is to couple the transmission signal into the power line with a low insertion loss. The inductive coupler is simulated by using CST modeling. By means of the non-contact inductive coupler, the carrier signals on the wire with large diameter are coupled into the one with small diameter and then enter the power line carrier handling veneer, so as to realize the coupled transmission of the signals. The structure model of the inductive coupler is established, in which the key technologies are the selection of magnetic core materials and the design of the coupler structure.
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Paskalieva, Rozeta. "COUPLE THERAPY FROM A GESTALT PERSPECTIVE." International Journal of Advanced Research 10, no. 12 (December 31, 2022): 276–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/ijar01/15837.
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This scientific article briefly presents the main theoretical concepts and topics in working with couples and their intimate relationship from the perspective of Gestalt therapy. The topics covered in the first part of the paper are: Definition of couple Observation of the couple through the process, content and phenomenology of the process Observation of the couple through the experiential cycle The most common interruptions/resistances of the cycle The couple as a system field and the couple as a metaphor and Phenomenology of silence. In the second part of the paper, the focus is on the following topics: Creativity in long intimate relationships Development of an intimate relationship Creative customization Experimental attitude and methodology in working with couples Hard work and discipline in working with a couple. In other therapies dealing with couples, emphasis is placed on the content and structure of their lives. In this work, the question of how gestalt therapists emphasize the creative abilities of the partner as an aesthetic individual, that is, a system trapped in its quarrels, is mostly encouraged. It gives special meaning to how the couple describes their problem.
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Behbahani, Maryam, and Maryam Zolfaghari. "The Effectiveness of Solution-Focused Couple Therapy on Cognitive Flexibility of Couples Seeking Divorce." Journal of Assessment and Research in Applied Counseling 3, no. 1 (2021): 17–27. https://doi.org/10.61838/kman.jarac.3.1.2.
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Aim: This study was aimed to determine the effectiveness of solution-focused couple therapy on the improvement of the cognitive flexibility of couples seeking a divorce. Method: This study was a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test. The population of this study included 20 couples who referred to Mehravar Counseling Center in Tehran. And after screening the population using the Cognitive Flexibility Questionnaire of Dennis and Vander Wal (2010), they were randomly assigned to two groups of solution-focused couple therapy (10 couples) and a control group (10 couples). The study group received solution-focused couple therapy in 8 sessions of 90 minutes, and the control group was on standby. The data were analyzed using univariate and multivariate analysis of covariance. Results: The results indicated that solution-focused couple therapy is effective in increasing cognitive flexibility (F = 15.93 and P = 0.001). Also, solution-focused couple therapy was effective on the components of perceived controllability (F = 26.59 and P = 0.001), perception of different options (F = 5.35 and P = 0.026) and self-justification perception (F=23.49 and P = 0.001). Conclusion: Solution-focused couple therapy intervention can be applied as an effective treatment method to increase cognitive flexibility in conflicting couples with troubled relationships.
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Baucom, Donald H., Kristina C. Gordon, Douglas K. Snyder, David C. Atkins, and Andrew Christensen. "Treating Affair Couples: Clinical Considerations and Initial Findings." Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy 20, no. 4 (December 2006): 375–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/jcpiq-v20i4a004.
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Infidelity can have devastating effects on couples’ relationships. Not only are couples typically confused and uncertain about how to proceed, but couple therapists also report that treating infidelity is one of their greatest clinical challenges. In the current article, we present a conceptual model of response to infidelity with a corresponding infidelity-specific, couple-based intervention. This intervention incorporates interventions from cognitive-behavioral, insight-oriented, trauma-based, and forgiveness approaches to working with couples. In addition to this intervention created specifically for treating infidelity, we discuss how existing, empirically supported couple therapies such as traditional behavioral couple therapy (TBCT) and integrative behavioral couple therapy (IBCT) approach the treatment of infidelity. Finally, we present preliminary findings from two small treatment studies that provide initial, encouraging findings for the utility of the infidelity-specific intervention as well as TBCT and IBCT for treating infidelity.
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Kenny, Dianna, Timothy Keogh, Cynthia Gregory-Roberts, John Kearney, and Judith Pickering. "A brief psychodynamic intervention for couples with unresolved grief: a case study report." Couple and Family Psychoanalysis 11, no. 2 (September 30, 2021): 142–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.33212/cfp.v11n2.2021.142.
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Two case reports of couples with unresolved grief who received a short-term psychoanalytically oriented intervention for couples are presented. The sixteenweek intervention is based on the unresolved grief triad (UGT) which links empirically based predictors of prolonged or complicated grief, including a history of unmourned losses and couple dynamics that prevent mourning, to couple manifestations of unresolved loss. In the first and second phases of therapy, experienced analytic couple therapists identified these factors and linked them into a unique UGT for the couple which is made explicit and worked with in the middle phase of treatment in relation to the day-to-day experiences that they bring to the sessions. In the final (third) phase of the intervention the loss of the therapy and therapist constitutes links that have been identified and processed with the couple during the intervention. The two case studies presented shared important similarities that offer insights into how couples become mired in unresolved grief. Their successful treatment using a short-term psychoanalytically based couple therapy suggests that the underpinning model on which it is based may be cost-effective in treating unresolved grief in couples.
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Hosseini, Fatemeh, Parivash Vakili, and Khadijeh Abolmaali Alhosseini. "The Effect of Object Relations Couple Therapy on the Emotional Expressiveness of Couples with Marital Conflict." Journal of Assessment and Research in Applied Counseling 3, no. 3 (2021): 13–22. https://doi.org/10.61838/kman.jarac.3.3.2.
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Background and Aim: Marital conflicts negatively affect couple relationships, and consequently, family relationships. Although several studies have been conducted on marital conflict, no study has examined the effect of object relations couple therapy on the emotional expressiveness of couples with marital conflict. So, this study was conducted to investigate the effect of object relations couple therapy on the emotional expressiveness and marital intimacy of couples with marital conflict. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design, a control group, and a two-month follow-up. The statistical population included 192 couples who referred to Hekmat Va Saadat Counseling Centers in the first six months of 2019, from which 40 couples who received lower scores than the cut-off points of 40 were selected by the convenient sampling method after screening with King and Emmons (1990) Emotional Expressiveness Questionnaire and randomly assigned to the object relations couple therapy experimental group (10 couples) and the control group (10 couples). The experimental group received the Donovan (2013) object relations couple therapy intervention for eight 90-minute sessions, and the control group received no intervention. Data were analyzed using repeated-measures ANOVA. Results: The results showed that object relations couple therapy intervention had an effect on positive emotional expressiveness (P=0.001, F= 114.76), intimacy emotional expressiveness (P=0.001, F=228.85), and negative emotional expressiveness (P=0.001, F=34.88) and that this effect was stable at the follow-up stage. Conclusion: The results suggest evidence that object relations couple therapy intervention is a suitable method to increase positive emotional expressiveness and intimacy emotional expressiveness and reduce negative emotional expressiveness in couples with marital conflict.
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Desanti, Dominique. "Couple Royal, couple ambigu." Romanic Review 92, no. 1-2 (January 1, 2001): 213–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/26885220-92.1-2.213.
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Doğan, Ceren Kurtay, Alişan Burak Yaşar, and İbrahim Gündoğmuş. "Effects of the EMDR Couple Protocol on Relationship Satisfaction, Depression, and Anxiety Symptoms." Journal of EMDR Practice and Research 15, no. 4 (January 11, 2021): 218–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/emdr-d-21-00008.
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The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) Couple Protocol on the relationship-satisfaction, depression, and anxiety levels of couples. This protocol differs from standard EMDR procedures in that the partners are together in the treatment session, and engage in bidirectional stimulation simultaneously. The treatment targets are disturbing events that the couples have experienced together. Couples have the opportunity to accept, recognize, and witness each other's recovery process during the session. The EMDR Couple Protocol consists of eight phases, and it was developed for couples wanting to improve their relationship. The study sample consisted of 18 couples suitable for the application of the EMDR Couple Protocol. Treatment was provided by an EMDR Europe Level 2 EMDR psychotherapist to the couples. The mean number of sessions was 14.27 ± 4.04. The couples showed significant improvement between pre-EMDR, post-EMDR, and at three months follow-up with large effect sizes for relationship satisfaction (η2= 0.944), depression (η2= 0.385), and anxiety (η2= 0.258). The present study evaluating the effectiveness of the EMDR Couple Protocol showed a positive effect on the relationship-satisfaction, depression and anxiety symptoms of the couples. The EMDR Couple Protocol appeared to be safe and effective.
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Grabert, Brigid K., Ilene S. Speizer, Marisa Elena Domino, Leah Frerichs, Amy Corneli, and Bruce J. Fried. "Couple communication and contraception use in urban Senegal." SAGE Open Medicine 9 (January 2021): 205031212110233. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20503121211023378.
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Objectives: Couple communication about family planning has been shown to increase uptake of contraception. However, couple communication is often measured based solely on one partner’s report of communication. This research investigates the influence of couple-reported communication about family planning on current and future use of contraception using couple-level data. Methods: We used baseline data from the Measurement, Learning, and Evaluation (MLE) project collected through household surveys in 2011 from a cross-sectional representative sample of women and men in urban Senegal to conduct secondary data analysis. We used multivariable logit models to estimate the average marginal effects of couple communication about family planning on current contraception use and future intention to use contraception. Results: Couple communication about family planning reported by both partners was significantly associated with an increased likelihood of current use of contraception and with future intention to use contraception among non-contracepting couples. Couples where one partner reported discussing family planning had a 25% point greater likelihood of current contraception use than couples where neither partner reported discussing, while couples where both partners reported discussing family planning had a 56% point greater likelihood of current contraception use, representing more than twice the effect size. Among couples not using contraception, couples where one partner reported discussing family planning had a 15% point greater likelihood of future intention to use contraception than couples where neither partner reported discussing, while couples where both partners reported discussing family planning had a 38% point greater likelihood of future intention to use contraception. Conclusion: These findings underscore the importance of the inclusion of both partners in family planning programs to increase communication about contraception and highlight the need for future research using couple-level data, measures, and analysis.
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Griesemer, Ida, Ashley Phillips, Cynthia Khan, Stephanie Bahorski, Mary Altpeter, Leigh F. Callahan, Laura S. Porter, and Christine Rini. "Developing a couple typology: A qualitative study of couple dynamics around physical activity." Translational Behavioral Medicine 10, no. 3 (April 9, 2019): 751–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibz052.
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Abstract Partner-based social support can motivate engagement in physical activity (PA); however, couples approach exchanging support in different ways. This study aimed to elucidate the role of relationship dynamics in couple-based support for PA, with the goal of informing intervention strategies that will effectively leverage couple characteristics to increase support for PA. We conducted a qualitative study of couples who completed a longitudinal study of social support for PA. Participants were people with osteoarthritis who were not meeting PA recommendations and their cohabitating partners (n = 19 couples). We conducted in-depth, semistructured interviews and analyzed transcripts using narrative analysis. Participants were 76% non-Hispanic White and, on average, 62 years old. Themes in the data included (a) attitudes about working together to be more active (ranging from positive to negative) and (b) couples’ narrative concordance (high to low shared reality). We developed a couple typology with four categories: “Working together works” (positive attitudes/high shared reality; n = 4 couples), “Doing our own thing” (range of attitudes with practical/preferential barriers to working together/high shared reality; n = 5 couples), “Conscious conflict” (discrepant attitudes/high shared reality; n = 5 couples), and “Different realities” (discrepant attitudes/low shared reality; n = 5 couples). We describe examples of each type. In a sample of 19 couples, there were observable differences in participants’ attitudes about working together to be more active and in couples’ shared reality around those attitudes. Future research should investigate implications for the efficacy of interventions and, if warranted, develop methods to identify couple types and offer appropriate intervention strategies.
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Vazirnia, Fatemeh, Javad Karimi, Kourosh Goodarzi, and Masoud Sadeghi. "Effects of Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy on Infertility Self-efficacy, Dyadic Adjustment, and Sexual Satisfaction in Infertile Couples." Journal of Client-Centered Nursing Care 7, no. 1 (February 1, 2121): 43–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.32598/jccnc.7.1.354.1.
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Background: Given the rising rate of infertility, the prevalence of mental health disorders in infertile couples is undeniable. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT) on infertility self-efficacy, dyadic adjustment, and sexual satisfaction in infertile couples. Methods: The present single-case experimental study used a multiple-baseline design. The statistical population of the study included all infertile couples referring to infertility centers in Ahvaz City, Iran, in 2019. The research instruments included the Infertility Self-Efficacy Scale (ISE), the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS), and the Sexual Satisfaction Questionnaire (SSQ). Following a diagnostic interview, 3 couples were selected using the convenience sampling technique. Integrative behavioral couple therapy was conducted in twelve 120-minute sessions for the intervention group. The second couple entered the study in the second session of the first couple; the third couple enrolled the treatment plan in the third session of the first couple and the second session of the second couple. All questionnaires were completed in the first, third, sixth, eighth, and tenth sessions; the study participants were followed up and re-assessed two months later. The collected data were analyzed in SPSS using chart analysis, reliable change index, and significance statistics. Results: The provided IBCT increased infertility self-efficacy (39.04%), dyadic adjustment (25.91%), and sexual satisfaction (55.01%) in infertile couples. Besides, the improvement lasted throughout the follow-up which indicated the effectiveness of IBCT on infertility self-efficiency, dyadic adjustment, and sexual satisfaction in the study subjects. Conclusion: IBCT can be effective in improving personal and marital variables in infertile couples with infertility problems in addition to their marital problems.
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McCarthy, Barry, and Lana Wald Ross. "Maintaining Sexual Desire and Satisfaction in Securely Bonded Couples." Family Journal 26, no. 2 (April 2018): 217–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1066480718775732.
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Emotion-focused therapy has made major contributions to the field of couple and marital therapy, especially with its emphasis on securely bonded couples. This conceptual/clinical article explores strategies and techniques to enhance sexual desire and satisfaction in securely bonded couples, with special attention to choosing a couple sexual style that facilitates strong, resilient desire. We advocate for both communication and integration between the fields of couple therapy and sex therapy.
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Op de Beeck, Silke, Marijke Verbruggen, Elisabeth Abraham, and Rein De Cooman. "Couples experiencing private life constraints to their career: understanding home-to-career interference from a couple's perspective." Career Development International 26, no. 3 (June 18, 2021): 435–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cdi-12-2020-0309.
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PurposeThis paper examines home-to-career interference (HCI), i.e., the extent to which employees perceive that their private life has constrained their career decisions to date, from a couple perspective. Building on scarcity theory, the authors expect higher levels of HCI among couples that need more and have less resources and, within couples, among the partner who is most likely to take care of home demands. Therefore, the authors explore the role of children and social support as between-couple differences and gender, relative resources and work centrality as within-couple differences. Moreover, the authors examine how one partner's HCI is related to both partners' life satisfaction.Design/methodology/approachHypotheses are tested using hierarchical linear modeling and APIM-analysis with a sample of 197 heterosexual dual-earner couples (N = 394).FindingsAs hypothesized, employees in couples with more children and less social support reported more HCI. No support was found for within-couple differences in gender, educational level or work centrality. Next, HCI was negatively related to employees' own life satisfaction but not to their partner's life satisfaction.Originality/valueThe authors enrich the understanding of HCI by examining this phenomenon from a couple perspective and shed light on couple influences on career experiences.
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Gouda, Sunil Kumar, and Laxman Kumar Sahoo. "Incidences of ABO Incompatibility on the Reproductive Performance of SABARA Tribe, Dashpur, Odisha." Oriental Anthropologist: A Bi-annual International Journal of the Science of Man 13, no. 2 (July 2013): 505–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0972558x1301300223.
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This paper reports ABO and Rh (D) incompatibilities among 219 individuals of Sahara tribe of Daspur Village of Khurda District in Odisha. 87 individuals of this sample belong to parental generation while the rest 132 belong to filial generation. Only 26 of the 45 couples are found to be incompatible for the ABO system. Neither the couples nor their offspring is found to be Rh (D)-ve. Prenatal deaths due to ABO incompatibility are higher among the compatible couples (0.36 % per couple) than in the incompatibles (0.11 % per couple). In terms of post-natal deaths, the trend is reversed, higher frequency in incompatible couples (0.88% per couple) than compatibles (0.57% per couple). Similarly, higher frequencies of living children are observed among the incompatible couples (3.03% per couple) than the compatibles (2.78%). Segregation distortion of blood group alleles due to foetal-maternal incompatibility could not be established in the male and female children. The O, A, B, and AB blood group percentages are 14.94 percent, 24.13 percent, 45.98 percent and 14.94 percent respectively in parental generation. Their allelic frequencies are 0.24, 0.40, and 0.38 in parental generation and 0.19, 0.35, and 0.46 in filial generation.
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Côté-Arsenault, Denise, and Erin Denney-Koelsch. "“Love Is a Choice”: Couple Responses to Continuing Pregnancy With a Lethal Fetal Diagnosis." Illness, Crisis & Loss 26, no. 1 (November 15, 2017): 5–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1054137317740798.
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While it is known that couples experience pregnancy differently from one another, the circumstance of continuing pregnancy after learning of a lethal fetal diagnosis has received little attention. This longitudinal, naturalistic study of 16 mothers and 14 spouses/partners aimed to describe pregnant couples’ responses and relationships in continued pregnancy with lethal fetal diagnosis and to examine similarities and differences within those couple responses. Individual and joint interviews with parents were conducted across pregnancy, birth, and death of the baby. Within and across couple analysis was performed. Three categories emerged (Pregnant vs. Not Pregnant; Individual Responses to Adversity; Strength of the Couple Relationship) with 12 themes. Findings indicate that individual responses to these stressful pregnancies were inherent in who was physically pregnant, choosing whether to love and embrace the unborn baby, personal characteristics, and the strength of the couple relationship. Care providers should assess couple dynamics. Couples with committed relationships, shared decision-making, and mutual support fared the best in the aftermath of their baby’s death.
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Zeng, S., BL Wang, and KF Wang. "Analyses of natural frequency and electromechanical behavior of flexoelectric cylindrical nanoshells under modified couple stress theory." Journal of Vibration and Control 25, no. 3 (July 26, 2018): 559–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077546318788925.
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Different from piezoelectric effect, the flexoelectric effect is size dependent and becomes more significant at nanoscale. A nonlinear dynamic model of nanoscale flexoelectric shells is developed based on modified couples stress theory. The governing equations for nonlinear vibration of a flexoelectric cylindrical nanoshell are obtained. The natural frequency and generated voltage of the flexoelectric cylindrical nanoshell is achieved. Effects of geometric dimension, character material length, and vibration amplitude on the natural frequency and the generated voltage are discussed in detail. Results demonstrate that modified couple stress theory and large deformation theory are coupled together and interact with each other in the analyses of natural frequency and electromechanical behavior. Simultaneously taking nonlinearity and couple stress theory into account is necessary.
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Hawkins, Alan J., Tamara Gillil, Glenda Christiaens, and Jason S. Carroll. "Integrating Marriage Education into Perinatal Education." Journal of Perinatal Education 11, no. 4 (October 2002): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1058-1243.11.4.1.
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Couples making the transition to parenthood experience challenges that can threaten the quality and stability of their relationships and the health of family members. Currently, the educational infrastructure to support the delivery of couple-relationship education during the transition to parenthood is limited. Because new-parent couples interact with the health care system at many points during this transition time, an opportunity exists for strengthening couple relationships within the system to improve the well-being of adults and children. In this article, we propose a productive collaboration between marriage/couple educators and health care systems to integrate couple-relationship education into the standard of perinatal care.
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Lewis, Nathan A., and Tomiko Yoneda. "Within-Couple Personality Concordance Over Time: The Importance of Personality Synchrony for Perceived Spousal Support." Journals of Gerontology: Series B 76, no. 1 (September 15, 2020): 31–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa163.
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Abstract Objectives Within-couple similarities in personality traits tend to be positively associated with relationship well-being. However, research in this area is typically based on cross-sectional designs, thereby limiting examination of longitudinal personality concordance. Given that life experiences shape within-person change in personality, and that partners within a couple often experience similar life events, investigation of within-couple personality synchrony and associations with marital outcomes is warranted. Methods Using data from 3,988 couples (mean age at baseline = 67.0 years, SD = 9.6), multilevel dyadic growth models estimated within-couple similarity in baseline levels, change, and occasion-to-occasion variability for each of the Big Five personality traits over an 8-year follow-up. Bivariate growth models examined the effect of within-couple similarity on perceived spousal support, accounting for dependency within couples. Results Adjusting for baseline age, education, functional ability, and relationship length, analyses revealed within-couple concordance between baseline levels of all 5 personality traits, as well as correlated within-couple fluctuations in neuroticism, extraversion, and openness over time. Similarity in openness, agreeableness, and neuroticism trajectories predicted spousal support. Couples were most similar in openness, showing correlated intercepts, change, and variability, and this longitudinal synchrony was particularly important for perceived spousal support in women. Discussion These findings provide evidence for longitudinal personality synchrony over time within older adult couples. Further, concordance in neuroticism, extraversion, and openness predicted perceived spousal support, though there may be some gender differences in personality dynamics and relationship well-being. Effects of similarity were relatively small compared to actor and partner effects of these traits.
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Khajeh, Amir Hesam, Hadi Farhadi, and Asghar Aghaei. "An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Combined Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy and Compassion Therapy in Improving the Quality of Marital Life and Dimensions of Couple Attachment." Applied Family Therapy Journal 3, no. 1 (2022): 136–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.61838/kman.aftj.3.1.8.
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Aim: The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of combined emotionally focused couple therapy and compassion therapy in improving the quality of marital life and dimensions of attachment of couples who visited counseling centers in Isfahan. Methods: The present study had a one-case experimental design and was conducted in 2019. The statistical population consisted of all couples who visited psychological centers and clinics in Isfahan. Sampling was performed on all couples who visited centers and clinics of Isfahan in winter 2019 for marital problems, and three couples were selected using the convenience method according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. After initial sampling, three couples were included in the combined group of emotionally focused therapy and compassion therapy. The Marital Quality of Life Questionnaire (Marital Relationships) and the Collins and Read adult attachment Scale were used to collect data. The participants underwent combined emotionally focused couple therapy and compassion therapy in a session per week (12 sessions). Data were analyzed using the visual mapping, reliable change index, and recovery percentage formula. Results: Data analysis indicated the effectiveness of therapy in couples who were underwent combined emotionally focused couple therapy and compassionate therapy. Conclusion: The combination of emotionally focused couple therapy and compassion therapy affected the quality of marital life and dimensions of couple attachment, and thus the approach can be utilized to improve relationships and reduce divorce in society.
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Shariatzadeh Jonidi, Golara, jinus Arvand, Amin Zandi, and Shima Kayvan. "The Effectiveness of Solution-Focused Couple Therapy in Improving Marital Satisfaction and Adjustment of Couples." Journal of Assessment and Research in Applied Counseling 3, no. 2 (2021): 38–49. https://doi.org/10.61838/kman.jarac.3.2.4.
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Background and Aim: Solution-focused therapy is a branch of the postmodern approach in the field of family and couple therapy and focuses on finding solutions to problems. The present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of solution-focused couple therapy on marital satisfaction and adjustment of couples. Methods: The present study was quasi-experimental with experimental and control groups and pretest-posttest and one-month follow-up, and its statistical population consisted of couples who visited Mehravar Counseling Center of Tehran in 2016. After screening with marital satisfaction Scale (Fowers and Olson, 1993) and Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) (Spanier, 1976), we selected 20 non-adjustment couples using the purposive method, and randomly replaced 10 couples in the experimental group and 10 couples in the control group. The experimental group received eight sessions of solution-based couple therapy interventions in a group, and the control group was placed on a waiting list. Repeated measures analysis of variance was used to analyze the data. Results: The results indicated that the solution-focused couple therapy significantly increased marital satisfaction (F= 10.68, P= 0.002) and marital adjustment (F= 13.58, P= 0.001) and the results were stable in the follow-up phase (P=0.05). Conclusion: Based on the findings, solution-focused couple therapy could be a suitable treatment to increase marital satisfaction and adjustment in couples.
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Novakovic, Aleksandra. "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? : Diverse, coexisting, and fluctuating "internal couple object relations", "couples in the mind", and shifting "couple fits"." Couple and Family Psychoanalysis 15, no. 1 (April 30, 2025): 74–89. https://doi.org/10.33212/cfp.v15n1.2025.74.
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This article explores the relationship between a mature couple, Martha and George, in the film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. This couple relates, in different ways, which we can conceptualise as multiple "couples in the mind", shifting "couple fits", and a dynamic interplay between partners' "internal couple objects". Internal figures or objects can combine, couple together, and relate in various ways as, for example, in dreams. Internal couple objects reflect diverse unconscious dimensions of the parental couple and other internal figures in relationship with each other. The couple's joint enactments of their internal couple objects are discussed in Part One of this article. Part Two includes extracts from a group discussion of the film, which also refers to various dimensions of the couple's drama, as discussed in Part One.
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Ding, Tao, Guang Xiong Chen, Shu Fen Xiao, and Li Xie. "Selection of Pantograph Strip/Contact Wire Couples in Catenary/Pantograph System." Advanced Materials Research 347-353 (October 2011): 647–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.347-353.647.
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A serials of experiments were carried on the pin-on-disc friction and wear tester. The friction and wear behaviors of on four materials couple with electric current were studied on in different conditions. The result indicates that properties of materials couple have a significant influence on the test results. The friction coefficient is the highest in process of the copper-impregnated metallized carbon rubbing against pure copper couple, and its wear volume of carbon strip material is also the largest. However, the friction and wear volume of copper-impregnated metallized carbon/stainless steel and pure carbon/pure copper couples are lower. Therefore, both friction couples are appropriate for pantograph strip/contact wire couple.
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Mozhgani, Paria, Omid Moradi, Hamzeh Ahmadian, and Yahya Yarahmadi. "Comparison of the Effectiveness of Couple Therapy in the Way of Psychodrama and Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT) on Improving Conflict Resolution Tactics in Contradictory Couples." Applied Family Therapy Journal 4, no. 2 (2023): 440–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.61838/kman.aftj.4.2.27.
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Aim: The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of Psychodrama Couple Therapy and Integrated Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT) on improving conflict resolution tactics of contradictory couples. Method: The method of this semi-experimental study is pre-test/post-test with a control group and a follow-up phase. The statistical population included all conflicting couples who referred to Dramatherapy Center of Iran in 2019. The sample of this study includes 36 persons (18 couples) who referred to Dramatherapy Center of Iran who were selected by the available sampling method. Then they were assigned in 3 groups of 12 persons including two experimental groups and one control group. The first experimental group underwent 12 sessions of Psychodrama Couple Therapy by Moreno (1969) and the second experimental group underwent 12 sessions of Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy by Christensen et al. (2014). Data were obtained by using Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2) by Straus (1996) and analyzed by methods of repeated measure analysis of variance using spss22 software. Results: The results of this study showed that Psychodrama Couple Therapy reduced physical assault (F=11.52 and p=0.001) and psychological violence (F=12.74 and p=0.001) and increased non-violent negotiation (F=58.84 and p=0.001) in the victim form and respectively physical assault (F=17.96 and p=0.001), psychological violence (F=17.08 and p=0.001) and non-violent negotiation (F=89.45 and p=0.001) in the aggressive form. Conclusion: The results indicated the effectiveness of Psychodrama Couple Therapy on reducing physical assault and psychological violence and increasing non-violent negotiation in conflicting couples and its durability over time. Therefore, health professionals and therapists can use Psychodrama Couple Therapy along with other treatment methods to improve couples' conflict resolution tactics.
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Stammer, Heike, Tewes Wischmann, and Rolf Verres. "Counseling and Couple Therapy for Infertile Couples*." Family Process 41, no. 1 (March 2002): 111–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.2002.40102000111.x.
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Sperry, Len, and Jon Carlson. "Couples Therapy with a Personality-Disordered Couple." Family Journal 8, no. 2 (April 2000): 118–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1066480700082002.
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Lee, Eric, Kaylee Orton, Edward Kwan, Claire Faga, Trang Le, Ranad Shaheen, Vivek Nair, and Simon Cliffe. "Couple-Based Carrier Screening: How Gene and Variant Considerations Impact Outcomes." Genes 16, no. 6 (May 30, 2025): 671. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes16060671.
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Background/Objectives: The clinical utility of reproductive carrier screening varies based on the genes tested, variant reporting policies, and the screened patient population. This study aims to evaluate the outcomes of carrier screening among reproductive couples undergoing testing in a routine clinical setting. Methods: A total of 1595 couples, primarily referred by reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialists, underwent couple-based carrier screening across 390 genes. Carrier states were assessed on a couple basis and reported only if a couple were at risk of having affected offspring. At-risk conditions were classified by severity, as well as their likelihood of clinical impact based on the specific variants detected in each at-risk couple. Secondary findings with potential personal utility were also evaluated. Results: Among the screened couples, 4.2% were at risk of having a child with a genetic condition. When limited to high-clinical-impact results, the at-risk couple rate decreased to 1.0%, with 44% of these cases involving CFTR, SMN1, or FMR1. Secondary findings were identified in 1.7% of individuals. Conclusions: Carrier screening for only CFTR, SMN1, and FMR1 will miss more than half of at-risk couples, underscoring the importance of broader carrier screening. Specific variants and their combinations can influence the predicted clinical impact of at-risk conditions, marking a key advantage of couple-based reporting. Secondary findings were common, highlighting the importance of discussing these potential findings during pre-test counselling.
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Talbot, Wendy. "Humor in Couple Relationships: An Opportunity for Therapeutic Inquiry." Journal of Systemic Therapies 40, no. 1 (May 2021): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/jsyt.2021.40.1.1.
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Humor has been a focus of therapy literature for over a century and is considered an essential communication tool and important component of therapeutic relationships. Yet couple therapy literature does not feature humor as a relational practice or strategy for couples’ relationship development. When humor presents in a therapy conversation it offers opportunities for therapists to explore the implications and meanings for the couple relationship, potentially contributing to new and enhanced relationship experience. This article provides vignettes from one couple therapy conversation to illustrate therapeutic possibilities for exploration of couples’ humor. Therapists are encouraged to pay attention to humor as a complex, dynamic, discursive practice with therapeutic benefits for couples’ therapy.
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SayreLamboNavarre, GeorgeDeborahHeather. "On Being a Couple: A Dialogal Inquiry." Journal of Phenomenological Psychology 37, no. 2 (2006): 197–215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156916206778876308.
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AbstractAn expanded conceptualization of the dialogal research methodology was used to gain a deeper understanding of the dyadic experience of Being a couple. Twenty-two committed couples from a variety of backgrounds were interviewed, responding to the question: “What does it mean to ‘Be’ a couple?” The interviews were videotaped, allowing the researchers to engage with both verbal and nonverbal interpersonal expression. The authors describe the dialogal process used, and identify and discuss three core themes expressed by the couples regarding the meaning of being a couple: commitment, morphogenesis, and transcending paradox through witness.
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Rosen, Karen H., Edd Sandra M. Stith, April L. Few, Kathryn L. Daly, and Dari R. Tritt. "A Qualitative Investigation of Johnson’s Typology." Violence and Victims 20, no. 3 (June 2005): 319–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/vivi.20.3.319.
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The couple typology described by Johnson and Ferraro (2000) provided the framework for this analysis of narrative accounts of couples in violent heterosexual relationships. Participants were 15 bidirectionally violent couples who were interviewed separately for about 1 hour each. Modified analytic induction guided the analyses. We categorized the violence in the relationships of these 15 couples in the following ways: 11 were categorized as “common couple” violence; two as “violent resistance”; one as “mutual violent control”; and one couple was categorized as what we named “pseudo-intimate terrorism.” We present rich descriptions of each category and motivations for and impacts of aggressive behavior as well as our rationale for classifying couples the way we did. Implications for intervention and future research are discussed.
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LaTaillade, Jaslean J., Norman B. Epstein, and Carol A. Werlinich. "Conjoint Treatment of Intimate Partner Violence: A Cognitive Behavioral Approach." Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy 20, no. 4 (December 2006): 393–410. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/jcpiq-v20i4a005.
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The purpose of this article is to describe the rationale and methods of couple-based interventions designed to treat and prevent intimate partner violence. Cognitive, affective, and behavioral individual and couple risk factors for violence are reviewed, as are therapeutic concerns regarding the use of conjoint treatment. Current conjoint treatments that are intended to reduce the incidence of abusive behavior among couples in which one or both partners have engaged in forms of psychological and/or mild to moderate physical aggression, do not engage in battering or severe violence, and desire to improve their relationships and stay together are described. We focus on our Couples Abuse Prevention Program (CAPP) that compares the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral couple therapy procedures and treatment as usual at a university-based couple and family therapy clinic. Outcomes from the CAPP project and evaluations of the other programs demonstrate the potential of judiciously applied conjoint interventions for aggressive behavior in couple relationships.
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Li, Yueqiu, Peijun Wei, and Changda Wang. "Propagation of thermoelastic waves across an interface with consideration of couple stress and second sound." Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids 24, no. 1 (December 28, 2017): 235–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1081286517736999.
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The reflection and transmission of thermoelastic waves across an interface between two different couple stress solids are studied based on the thermoelastic Green–Naghdi theory with consideration of second sound. First, some thermodynamic equations of a couple stress elastic solid are formulated and the function of free energy density is postulated. Second, equations of thermal motion and heat conduction of the couple stress elasticity are derived and constitutive relations with thermoelastic coupled effects are obtained. From these equations, four kinds of dispersive waves, namely, thermal-mechanically coupled MT1 wave and MT2 wave, uncoupled SV wave, and an evanescent wave that becomes the surface waves at interface, are derived. Then, the interfacial conditions of couple stress elastic solids with consideration of force stress, couple stress, and thermal effects are used to determine the amplitude ratios of the reflection and transmission waves with respect to the incident wave. The numerical results are validated by consideration of energy conservation.
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Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen. "The Couple Interview as a Method of Collecting Data in Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Studies." International Journal of Qualitative Methods 17, no. 1 (January 17, 2018): 160940691775099. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1609406917750994.
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The aim of this article is to discuss the couple interview as a method of collecting data in interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) studies. This study was conducted in Gauteng, South Africa, with the aim of understanding the experience of living in an HIV-serodiscordant relationship. Seven HIV-serodiscordant heterosexual couples were interviewed (dyadic interviews). This article provides a brief overview of these HIV-serodiscordant couples, as well as gives reasons for using IPA as a methodology for exploring the experiences of HIV-serodiscordant couples and explains the processes and outcomes involved. This article also presents the strengths of using the couple interview such as obtaining in-depth information and observing couple interaction. This is not possible during an individual interview. During the couple interview, the sitting position, interaction, gender, and power dynamics need to be observed. It is recommended that the interviewers be very skilled and experienced. The interviewers need to manage interactions during the interview and be able to adapt the process according to the participants’ cultural practices and preferences. This will improve the use of the couple interview as a data collection method in IPA studies when exploring sensitive issues.
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MATTOS, Douglas da Cruz, Rafaela SCRENCI-RIBEIRO, Leonardo Demier CARDOSO, and Manuel Vazquez Vidal JUNIOR. "Couple formation and spawning between two female Discus Fish (Symphysodon aequifasciatus - Cichlidae) in captivity." Acta Amazonica 47, no. 2 (June 2017): 167–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201601974.
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ABSTRACT In an experiment performed to characterize the reproductive behavior of the discus fish in captivity, couple formation with two females was observed. The observations were carried out in captivity, based on ad libitum methodology. Adult individuals were allowed to naturally form couples. The couple formation was considered when individuals performed the substrate cleaning behavior. Fifteen couples were selected. The eggs of three couples did not initiate embryonic development and became infeasible within three days after spawning. We found that these spawnings belonged to all-female couples. The sex of the individuals in same-sex couples was confirmed through subsequent couple formation and spawning of fertile eggs with known males. Eggs were deposited by one or both females in the same-sex couples. Double spawnings were larger and differentially colored. The motivations that lead individuals of the same sex to form couples in this species are still unknown.
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Ratnasari, Yudiana, and Fath Fatheya. "Income Earner Status and Couple Type and Its Impact on Marital Satisfaction." Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia 26, no. 1 (July 28, 2022): 14–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.7454/hubs.asia.2171121.
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The rise of opportunities for females to work outside household settings in Indonesia has changed the division of traditional roles and responsibilities among married couples and thus may affect the quality of marital relationships. This study aims to observe how income earner status (single or dual earner) within families and couple type play roles in marital satisfaction. The participants comprised 224 spousal couples who are analyzed individually and together to categorize couple types measured using the Relational Dimension Instrument and Couple Satisfaction Index. Results indicate that for income earner status, no significant predominant effect on marital satisfaction was observed. The average marital satisfaction scores between couples with single- and dual-income statuses were insignificantly different, suggesting that dual- or single-income status does not have a direct effect on marital satisfaction. Based on couple type, traditional and separated types showed the highest marital satisfaction mean scores and lowest marital satisfaction scores among other types, respectively. These results reveal that interdependence and conflict resolution communication are important aspects in determining marital satisfaction levels among the Indonesian couples who participated in this study.
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Gil, Minji, Daeun Kim, and Suk-Sun Kim. "Middle-Aged Couples Educational Needs for Psychological Well-Being: A Mixed Method Study." Journal of Korean Academy of psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 31, no. 1 (March 31, 2022): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2022.31.1.1.
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Purpose: To explore and identify priorities of middle-aged couples’ educational needs for psychological well-being.Methods: Exploratory sequential mixed method design was used. Qualitative data were collected from 14 couples through couple interviews and analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Quantitative data were collected from 234 middle-aged adults using self-administered questionnaires and analyzed using paired t-test and Borichs’ needs assessment model. Finally, qualitative and quantitative data were integrated to describe mixed-method findings.Results: Three major themes were identified: (1) confronting vulnerability to mental health problem, (2) navigating lifes journey together, and (3) progressing toward self-transcendence. In quantitative results, “couple communication” had the highest need, followed by “mental health”, the “emotional awareness and expression”, and “improvement of marital relationships”. Integrated results indicated that couple-communication and mental health were priority needs.Conclusion: Results of this study provided evidence for middle-aged couples educational needs for psychological well-being. Thus, healthcare professionals need to consider development of educational interventions to enhance couple communication and mental health for middle-aged couples psychological well-being.
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Conroy-Beam, Daniel. "Couple Simulation: A Novel Approach for Evaluating Models of Human Mate Choice." Personality and Social Psychology Review 25, no. 3 (January 7, 2021): 191–228. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1088868320971258.
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Choosing a mate is perhaps the most important decision a sexually reproducing organism makes in its lifetime. And yet, psychologists lack a precise description of human mate choice, despite sustained attention from several theoretical perspectives. Here, I argue this limited progress owes to the complexity of mate choice and describe a new modeling approach, called “couple simulation,” designed to compare models of mate choice by challenging them to reproduce real couples within simulated mating markets. I present proof-of-concept simulations that demonstrate couple simulation can identify a population’s true model of mate choice. Furthermore, I apply couple simulation to two samples of real couples and find that the method (a) successfully reconstructs real-world couples, (b) discriminates between models of mate choice, and (c) predicts a wide range of dimensions of relationship quality. Collectively, these results provide evidence that couple simulation offers a framework useful for evaluating theories of human mate choice.