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Christian, Sandra Rozan. "Marital Satisfaction and Stability Following a Near-Death Experience of One of the Marital Partners." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2005. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4893/.
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The purpose of this quantitative and qualitative study was to determine retrospectively marital satisfaction and stability following the near-death experience (NDE) of one of the marital partners, focusing on the role of Gottman's Sound Marital House (1999) in the couple's relationship before and after the NDE. The researcher used the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test (1959), the Weiss-Ceretto Marital Status Inventory (1980), and a modification of Gottman's Shared Meanings Questionnaire (1999). The first group of participants included 26 NDErs. To create as comparable a group as possible, the researcher designed a life-changing event (LCE) group of 26 people who used as their referent the non-NDE-related experience they considered their most life-changing one during their marriage. Sixty-five percent of the marriages in which the NDErs were involved at the time of their NDEs ended in divorce. This number is in contrast to the 19 percent of LCE participants whose marriages ended in divorce. Marital adjustment, marital stability, and meanings in marriage between retrospectively based pre-event and post-event composite scores were statistically significantly different between the NDErs and LCErs. Low effect sizes were identified for each of the instruments except the Weiss-Ceretto Marital Status Inventory, which had a moderate effect size. Strong correlations among the scores were identified. Further analysis of the results indicated strongly that the NDErs were less satisfied in their marriages, their marriages were less stable, and they did not have a strong level of shared meaning in the marriage after the NDE occurred as compared to the LCE participants. This study has serious implications for counselors who may work with NDErs. Findings from this study show that NDErs who were married at the time of their experiences have a strong possibility of experiencing marital problems. Encouraging these couples to seek professional help as soon as possible can provide a forum for them to address the potential numerous changes in their relationship. By having more information about the effects of an NDE on a marriage, counselors will be better prepared to assist those couples who are not well prepared to navigate their way through the aftereffects of the event. Through psychoeducation and the application of counseling approaches, counselors can help their clients address specific issues related to their NDEs.
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Kluwer, Esther Suzanne. "Marital conflict over the division of labor : when partners become parents /." [Amsterdam] : Kurt Lewin Inst, 1998. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=008650609&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Clay, Briana B., and Sun-A. Lee. "How Deployments Impact the Marital Quality of Service-Men and Their Partners." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/secfr-conf/2019/schedule/30.
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The challenges that military families face due to deployments can become very stressful. These changes directly impact at-home partners and children, changing the dynamic and routines of the entire family. The new roles and routines established can be conflicting for both partners, resulting in marital conflict and lower levels of satisfaction. In general, it has been found that the quality and frequency of communication are related to the quality of relationships. However, for deployed military families, engaging in frequent and good communication between couples can be challenging. This study will examine if quality and quantity of communication are related to the level of satisfaction in deployed military couples. Also, what method of communication is more likely to related to satisfaction will be explored.
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Sauerheber, Jill Duba, and J. Graham Disque. "A Trauma-Based Physiological Approach: Helping Betrayed Partners Heal from Marital Infidelity." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2790.
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This article will address how a physiological understanding of trauma can be applied to working with couples in which an affair has initiated trauma symptoms. A brief introduction related to trauma symptomology, as well as its impact on the body, will be included. A case example will demonstrate how a counselor worked with a betrayed partner struggling with ongoing trauma symptoms. Finally, a brief discussion on why this process is particularly fitting for Adlerian clinicians will be presented.
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Dumughn, Ishbel. "Mental health, marital intimacy and support in elderly caregivers of physically frail partners." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/26467.
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The impact of caregiving and the role of psychosocial resources are examined in elderly spouses of the physically frail. Despite evidence from the literature, the strain of caring for older people with physical illnesses is less well recognised that that of caring for dementia sufferers. Similarly, although marriage is the prime location of care, the impact on the marital relationship is little studied. In this study elderly spouse caregivers were interviewed before and after their partner's attendance at a day hospital. Questionnaires were used to assess stressors, mood, general mental health and perceptions of strain, marital intimacy and social support. The relationship between these variables was therefore explored using a longitudinal design. It was predicted that mental health would be significantly improved at the second meeting, principally predicted by the caregiver's satisfaction with the formal service and their perceptions of informal support and intimacy. Gender differences were explored and qualitative data presented. The results are discussed with reference to the implications for formal service provision and methodological issues are highlighted.
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Shulman, Ian D. "The impact of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder on the accommodative behaviour of marital partners." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0017/NQ47914.pdf.
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Bender, Alexis A. "Patients, Partners, and Practitioners: Interactions and Meaning- Making Following Spinal Cord Injury." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2011. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/sociology_diss/57.
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Sustaining a Spinal Cord Injury at any point in time is life altering – physically, emotionally, and financially – for all persons affected by the injury, but it can place unique challenges on younger married couples. This study examines the transition to injury for 18 couples (ages 21-55). Data were collected using individual interviews with each partner at three time points following injury, as well as observation in the rehabilitation setting (Creekview). This resulted in 96 individual interviews and 300 hours of observation. Using a combination of the life course perspective and cognitive sociology as guiding theoretical frameworks and grounded theory analysis, I examined how the health care institution influenced the couples’ relationships during their rehabilitation stay and the subsequent transition home. Overall, this study found that Creekview shaped a thought community that emphasizes a return to walking and high levels of physical recovery. Patients who achieved these goals constructed positive narratives about the future while those with lower levels of recovery constructed negative narratives over time. Additionally, because of the dominant medical narrative of wait and see regarding physical recovery, many respondents constructed fuzzy narratives about the future that reflect ambiguity about what life would look like following injury. Additionally, Creekview staff and couples accepted and reinforced the dominant cultural narrative that women are natural caregivers, but larger social structures of class, gender, and the division of paid and unpaid labor work together to push some women into caregiving faster or prevent other women from engaging in caregiving. Expanding on Aneshensel et al.’s (1995) caregiving career, this study examines how younger couples move through the caregiving career when the expected outcome is not long-term care placement or death. This study identified three main types of caregivers, each with their own path of caregiving – Naturalized, Constrained, and Resistant caregivers. Overall, the transition to injury is complex for patients and partners and this study highlights some of the ways the marital relationship is affected by a non-normative, unexpected transition.
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ROHRER, JAMES RANDAL. "FACTORS IN THE MARITAL ADJUSTMENT OF COUPLES AFTER THE SPINAL CORD INJURY OF ONE OF THE PARTNERS." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin990815314.
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Yu, Tiangyi. "The interplay of parental marital conflict and divorce in young adult children's relationships with parents and romantic partners." Connect to electronic version, 2007. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2007%20Spring%20Dissertations/YU_TIANYI_52.pdf.
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Walker, K. "Desistance from intimate partner violence." Thesis, Coventry University, 2013. http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/477fe020-13ab-4984-a62c-9f8d91afbbcf/1.
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Limited research has examined desistance from intimate partner violence (IPV). In this thesis the aims are to explore the role that individual, social/environmental factors and subjective change (personal agency) play in the process of desistance from male perpetrated IPV, and to develop and examine a multifactorial theory of desistance from male perpetrated IPV. As research about desistance has tended to more prominent in the criminological literature and in relation to general offending and delinquency, the aim of the first part of this thesis was to undertake two critical reviews on desistance from violence and desistance from IPV. It was found that research in these areas has been neglected. It was concluded that a psychological approach to desistance is required whereby the findings are integrated into the models developed in the criminological literature, in order to develop a multifactorial theory of desistance. Specifically, it was found that pertinent to IPV, severity and frequency of violence was related to desistance and typology research indicated that personality characteristics might distinguish desisters from persisters. The nature of the dyad within which the IPV takes place was also found to be relevant specifically to the study of desistance from IPV and therefore, in need of further examination. In the empirical study, group comparisons on the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory III subscales were conducted between a purposive sample of 37 desisters, 50 persisters and 49 controls. It was found that Cluster A and Cluster B disorders and disorders at a diagnostic level were more often reported in the groups that had used violence against an intimate compared to the control group. The rates and percentages of clinically meaningful traits and disorders were lower for the desisters than the persisters. Overall the desisters were more like the controls than the persisters across the personality traits and clinical syndromes measured. In the qualitative study, thematic analysis was conducted on data derived from interviews with 13 desisters, nine persisters, nine treatment facilitators and seven survivors. A conceptual model of desistance was developed that demonstrated desistance from IPV is a dynamic process that gradually unfolds over time. The model comprised three global themes: (i) The cycle of lifestyle behaviours (violent): ‘Old way of being’ (the experiences, behaviours and thinking of the men when they used violence); (ii) Catalysts for change (the triggers and transitions experienced that initiated change); and (iii) The cycle of lifestyle behaviours (non-violent); ‘New way of being’ (the experiences, behaviours and thinking of the men when they stopped using violence). The integrated findings illustrate that the path from persistence to desistance is neither linear, nor shared by all IPV offenders. A complex interaction between structure and agency characterised the process. Future research needs to adopt a longitudinal design to gain a clearer understanding of the temporal sequencing of events leading to desistance, and also to determine whether the characteristics that differentiated the groups studied change over time. In addition, it is proposed that individual assessment is required for each offender of IPV. Treatment could then be developed to meet individual needs, which may increase the effectiveness of rehabilitation for IPV perpetrators.
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Lau, Wai-yee Kelly. "Marital adjustment in couples with one partner having physical disability/illness." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B29727170.
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Stockwell, Glenda F., Ivy A. Click, Jessee D. Gilreath, and Erin Elizabeth Harris. "Predictors of Marital Satisfaction in Couples That Include a Physician Partner." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6394.
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It is estimated that the divorce rate for marriages in which at least one party is a physician is 10-20% higher than the general population. Predicting the variables that contribute to marital satisfaction, identifying the skills associated with those behaviors and developing a residency curriculum to teach the skills to resident physicians is the focus of this study. Intimacy, conflict resolution and emotional expressiveness have all been identified as important aspects of marital satisfaction. We will determine how each of these variables contributes to marital satisfaction using multilevel logistic regression. The results will be used to develop a skills based training curriculum for residency to improve the lives and well-being of physicians and their families.
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Robertson, Kirsten Jane, and n/a. "Intimate partner violence : gender symmetry and the victim perpetrator overlap." University of Otago. Department of Psychology, 2006. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20061025.151154.
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This study addressed substantial limitations in the literature pertaining to intimate partner violence (IPV). In particular, I addressed the gender symmetry debate, and identified factors associated with the dynamics of violent relationships by examining the correlates related to perpetrating and suffering IPV for both men and women. Finally, I examined attitudes towards IPV, communication behaviour, and conflict management techniques as a function of abuse history. Participants were recruited from three samples of the New Zealand population (student, general, and incarcerated). The inclusion of an incarcerated sample enabled the examination of more severe, frequent and injurious violence than is typically experienced within the student and general samples.
There were three phases to the study. The first phase explored incidence rates and psychological correlates of IPV. As expected, the incidence of IPV was highest within the incarcerated sample (Chapter 5). Of greater significance, the incidence of IPV was similar for males and females, with the majority of violence being bi-directional (Chapters 4 & 5). Moreover, the psychological correlates associated with IPV were similar for perpetrators and victims, and males and females (Chapters 4 & 5).
Due to the bi-directional nature of IPV, analyses presented in Chapters 4 and 5 were limited by the categorisation of participants as both perpetrators and victims. In Chapter 6, I overcame this limitation. The attitudes of victims were examined separately to individuals experiencing bi-directional violence. Validating the findings of Chapters 4 and 5, the attitudes and behaviours of victims and perpetrators were similar. These included being more hostile and negative towards others and ones� partner, being more controlling, and reporting more communication problems. I also further explored gender symmetry in IPV. Male and female IPV was found to be similar in frequency, severity, and similarly associated with control. However, the type of acts perpetrated differed across gender.
During the second and third phase of the study, I further examined participants� communication behaviour (Chapter 7), conflict behaviour, and attitudes (Chapter 8). Findings revealed that perpetrators and victims employed less facilitative and polite linguistic devices (Chapter 7) and reported fewer skills for dealing with conflict (Chapter 8) than did other individuals. An examination of attitudes towards IPV revealed males and females had similar attitudes and were more condoning of female, than male-perpetrated IPV. Moreover, individuals with a history of IPV were the most condoning of violence. Additionally, a number of correlates associated with experiencing IPV were also associated with attitudes condoning IPV (Chapter 8).
Overall, the findings revealed IPV to be bi-directional and gender symmetrical. Male and female IPV was similar in incidence, severity, and injury. Furthermore, the psychological correlates associated with IPV were similar for men and women, and perpetrators and victims. Individuals with a history of IPV were more controlling, hostile towards others, more condoning of IPV, employed less positive communication styles, and lacked skills for dealing with conflict. In light of these findings, suggestions are offered for violence prevention initiatives in the discussion sections of each chapter and in the final chapter (Chapter 9).
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Hyde, Sara Alexandra. "Do I Date My Dance Partner: An Examination of Marital Satisfaction Among Serious Leisure Participants in Partner Dancing." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2014. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4213.
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The purpose of this study was to compare marital satisfaction among serious leisure participants in partner dancing and their spouses based on their participation patterns in dance (both dancers or only one dancer), with covariates of spousal support, satisfaction with leisure, and leisure-family conflict. This study not only found a significant relationship between marital satisfaction and participation patterns for dancers (participating together β =.2125), but the averages for joint and individual participation patterns fell on either side of the non-distressed versus distressed cut-off score for marital satisfaction, suggesting that participation in a serious leisure activity, like partner dancing, without your spouse was associated with marital distress, and participating with your spouse can help reduce or avoid that stress. Results also suggest that it is role support felt for a specific leisure activity (in this case, dance) that was related to marital satisfaction (β =.4925), but not support felt for general leisure activities or levels of support given. Finally, retiring to bed at the same time was confirmed as an important couple ritual that positively relates to marital satisfaction (β =.1548).
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Jones, Karla. "Marital decisions of low-income mothers considering economic factors and partner quality /." CONNECT TO ELECTRONIC THESIS, 2007. http://dspace.wrlc.org/handle/1961/4258.
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Stockwell, Glenda F., Ivy A. Click, Jessee D. Gilreath, and Erin Elizabeth Harris. "Predictors of Marital Satisfaction in Couples with at Least One Physician Partner." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6388.
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Schubert, Elizabeth Ellis. "Levels of self-control, partner fusion, and marital egalitariansim in men as predictors of male-to-female partner violence." Diss., This resource online, 1998. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10052007-143819/.
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Howard, Julie Guenette. "Actor and Partner Effects Among Marital Dyads in Retirement Adjustment and Well-being." PDXScholar, 2005. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1661.
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Our understanding of and interest in how retirement impacts the lives of individuals have grown over the past 20 years. Studies to date have ranged from small, convenience samples composed primarily of men to large, national longitudinal samples of men and women from different professional and socioeconomic backgrounds. There is consensus in the literature that older adults generally function better with a partner; however, gaps remain. We know little about the impact of retirement beyond the individual, although research in other areas on couples has produced evidence of crossover and contagion effects relative to depression and other outcomes, including absenteeism, job stress and positive spillover effects. A major objective of this research was to offer a more holistic perspective of the factors which contribute to retirement adjustment among using dyadic data. A cross-sectional research design was used. The final sample included 183 couples. Structural equation modeling identified predictors of retirement adjustment and well-being in couples. Husbands' and wives' retirement adjustment were found to be highly intercorrelated, but, differences in predictors were found between husbands and wives and their adjustment to retirement. Men were more adversely affected by a forced retirement, and wives had lower levels of well-being than husbands. A forced retirement was not a predictor of retirement adjustment for wives. The relationship between a wife's forced retirement and a husband's well-being was mediated by husband's retirement adjustment. Wives' and husbands' well-being was predicted by health problems. Other positive predictors of retirement adjustment and well-being for wives included maintenance of living standards, low levels of boredom and high levels of social support and leisure activity. These variables also predicted adjustment for husbands. In addition, three other predictors of husbands ' retirement adjustment were found, including: a fully retired work status, higher household income, and retirement plans that remained unaltered. These findings can inform the mental health and counseling practices of professionals serving older adults. It is hoped that this research serves as a basis from which future research may generate ideas and identify other instances of partner and actor effects in retirement adjustment and well-being in older couples.
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Peterson, Lance T. "Perceived Partner Generosity as a Predictor of Marital Quality during the Transition to Parenthood for Black and White Couples." Cleveland, Ohio : Case Western Reserve University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1259857299.
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Thesis(Ph.D.)--Case Western Reserve University, 2010Title from PDF (viewed on 2010-01-28) Department of Social Welfare Includes abstract Includes bibliographical references and appendices Available online via the OhioLINK ETD Center
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Scott, Wayne C. University of Ballarat. "Male domestic partner abusers : typologies and responses to treatment." University of Ballarat, 2006. http://archimedes.ballarat.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/12785.
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"Although awareness of the pervasiveness and significance of partner abuse has been growing, little data exist on matching type of abusers with specific interventions. The aim of this study was to evaluate one example of the empirically based typologies of partner abuse that could lead to improved interventions for abusers."Doctor of Psychology (Clinical)
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Scott, Wayne C. "Male domestic partner abusers : typologies and responses to treatment." University of Ballarat, 2006. http://archimedes.ballarat.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/15392.
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"Although awareness of the pervasiveness and significance of partner abuse has been growing, little data exist on matching type of abusers with specific interventions. The aim of this study was to evaluate one example of the empirically based typologies of partner abuse that could lead to improved interventions for abusers."Doctor of Psychology (Clinical)
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Hosseini, Yassin Seyed Hadi. "THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EARLY ATTACHMENT AND MARITAL SATISFACTION IN EARLY ADULTHOOD." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2014. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/118.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between early attachment and marital satisfaction. Whereas partner attachment has been found to be related to marital satisfaction, little research has examined the relationship of early attachment to marital satisfaction. It was hypothesized that early attachment would impact the three components of marital satisfaction, i.e., communication, sexual satisfaction, and love/partner attachment in early adulthood. Participants were 35 male and 119 female college students ages 18 to 40 years (M = 27 yrs), who completed a questionnaire comprised of Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) (Spanier, 1976), the sexual satisfaction subscale from the ENRICH measure (Olson, Fournier, & Druckman, 1983), the Communications Patterns Questionnaire (CPQ) (Christensen & Sullaaway, 1984), the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA), (Armsden & Greenberg, 1987), and the Experience in Close Relationships ‑Revised (ECR ‑R) Questionnaire (Fraley, Waller, & Brennan, 2000). Results supported the hypothesized relationship between early attachment and marital satisfaction as early attachment was found to have a direct effect on partner attachment and an indirect effect on communication and sexual satisfaction. The results of this study suggest that early secure interactions between a child and caregiver promotes adult partner attachment, which in turn impacts marital satisfaction.
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VanHorn, Barbara. "Effects of Family of Origin Violence on Partner Violence: A Comprehensive Review and Meta-Analysis." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1998. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279080/.
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Meta-analyses with 144 correlations from 44 studies to assess the relationship between experienced, father-to-mother, and mother-to-father violence in the family of origin and partner violence for males and females in clinical, community and student samples.
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Hendrix, Teresa H. "The effects of military training on men's attitudes toward intimate partner violence." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1164236965.
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Toews, Michelle L. "Male-initiated partner abuse during marital separation prior to divorce : a quantitative and qualitative examination /." The Ohio State University, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1486398528559946.
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Ramos, Marciana Julia. "Accuracy of Partner Perception and Relationship Satisfaction: Investigating Masturbatory Habits." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2016. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc862839/.
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An individual's perceptions of various aspects of one's romantic relationship (irrespective of whether or not the perceptions align with reality) often play a critical role in romantic relationship satisfaction. Research has demonstrated that the accuracy of an individual's perception of his or her partner is generally positively related to the individual's romantic relationship satisfaction. However, when perceiving negative or conflictual messages from a partner, an individual's accuracy of perception is negatively associated with his or her romantic relationship satisfaction. Researchers have suggested that poor accuracy in perceiving negative messages might diffuse the negative intention in a way that is less impactful to the relationship. The present study was designed to investigate accuracy in the perception of sexual topics, specifically masturbatory habits. A sample of 93 married couples (186 individuals) responded to questions about (a) their own masturbatory behaviors and (b) their perception of their partners' masturbatory behaviors to determine the accuracy of each partner's perception of his or her partner. The association between accuracy and romantic and sexual relationship satisfaction was explored, along with one potential moderating variable: attitudes toward masturbation. Perceived reason for masturbating, perceived target of arousal during masturbation, and partner's actual reason for masturbating all positively predicted an individual's relationship satisfaction. Partner's actual openness about masturbatory behaviors moderated the association between accuracy of partner perception of openness about masturbation and both relationship and sexual satisfaction. When partners were more open about masturbation, accuracy was a stronger positive predictor of relationship and sexual satisfaction than when partners were less open about masturbation. Results, limitations, areas for future research, and clinical implications are discussed.
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Thomas, Clare R. "The Mother Domain: A Mediated Model of Maternal Gatekeepers and Depressed Fathers Among Newlyweds with Children." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2019. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/8579.
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Paternal depression is an understudied topic and research connecting it to maternal gatekeeping is still in its infancy. Research has found that the marriage relationship can be associated with both depression and maternal gatekeeping. This study focuses on how these three areas are related. A subsample of the CREATE project was used including 216 couples, or 432 married parents. Two separate SEM mediational models were tested to examine father depression as a predictor of maternal gatekeeping, with marital instability as the mediator in one model and partner connectedness as the mediator in the other model. Both parent reports were used for maternal gatekeeping, marital instability, and partner connectedness. According to results, no direct association between father depression and maternal gatekeeping was found. Marital instability did not act as an effective mediator between father depression and maternal gatekeeping. However, mother reports of partner connectedness did have significant indirect effects on father depression and maternal gatekeeping. Implications suggest that therapists and researchers should examine father depression from a more wholistic family perspective. Future research should include longitudinal analyses to better understand the nature of the relationship between father depression and maternal gatekeeping.
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Stutzman, Sonja Eva-Marie. "Individual and partner effects Influences of anxiety and warmth on marital satisfaction among African American spouses /." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2009. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1468137.
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Christenson, Amanda Claire. "The Relationship Between Partner Perceptions of Marital Power and Sexual Satisfaction as Mediated by Observed Hostile Interaction." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2014. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3898.
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Using a sample of 322 married couples (644 spouses) from The Flourishing Families project, this study examined the relationship between marital power and sexual satisfaction as mediated by observed hostile interaction. More specifically, an actor-partner interdependence model (APIM) was used in which husband and wife perceptions of their partner's power were hypothesized to be related to husband and wife self-report of sexual satisfaction, with husband and wife observed hostile interaction as possible mediating variables. Results showed that husband and wife perceptions of power were positively related to their respective husband and wife sexual satisfaction and positively related to their respective hostile interaction. Husband hostile interaction was negatively related to husband sexual satisfaction. Husband and wife perceptions of power were negatively related to their partner's sexual satisfaction, and positively related to their partner's hostile interaction. Husband and wife hostile interaction were negatively related to their partner's sexual satisfaction. Husband observed hostility was a statistically significant mediator of the relationship between husband power and husband sexual satisfaction and of the relationship between wife power and wife sexual satisfaction. Wife observed hostility significantly mediated the relationship between husband power and husband sexual satisfaction.
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Lam, Ling-lee, and 林玲莉. "Identifying intimate terrorism and situational couple violence in abused Chinese women." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B49858841.
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Introduction: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a prevalent public health problem that brings many adverse outcomes to individuals and societies. Understanding, preventing, and reducing IPV is important to minimize the consequences. Instead of studying IPV as a single phenomenon, Johnson’s typology of domestic violence suggests that there are four types of IPV which have differential effects on survivors’ health. Violence and coercive control used by individuals in the relationship are the key components to categorizing the types of IPV. Hence before applying this categorization to the Chinese context, it is first essential to examine the coercive control.
Aims: This study aimed (a) to examine pattern of coercive control in Chinese intimate relationships, (b) to establish a cut-off score on the Chinese version of the Revised Controlling Behaviors Scale (C-CBS-R) to differentiate the use of coercive control, and (c) to identify Intimate Terrorism (IT) and Situational Couple Violence (SCV) in Johnson’s typology and their impact on the mental health of women survivors.
Methods: A cross-sectional, mixed-methods design study was conducted. Chinese women aged 18 or above who reported being physically abused by an intimate partner in the past 12 months were recruited from shelter and community settings. The study consisted of three parts: (a) semi-structured, in-depth individual interviews to examine the coercive control used in Chinese intimate relationships, (b) qualitative and quantitative data to establish a cut-off score on C-CBS-R, and (c) a survey using a researcher-administered questionnaire to categorize types of IPV and examine their mental health effects. A set of questionnaires was used to elicit participants’ experiences of IPV, frequency of physical violence used, controlling behaviors, depressive symptoms, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and demographic characteristics.
Results: In Part 1 of the study, a pattern of coercive control was identified in the abusive intimate relationships from the interviews of 20 physically abused women. Then a cut-off score of C-CBS-R was identified as greater than 1.145 to differentiate control with and without a pattern in Part 2 of the study. Finally, a total of 334 physically abused women were recruited with 133 (40%) being identified as IT survivors while 137 (41%) were SCV survivors. IT women survivors were found to experience a significantly higher frequency of physical violence, physical injuries, and use of medical services than SCV survivors. The age difference between the woman and her partner, expressed fear of her partner, experience of financial hardship, and sexual coercion by an intimate partner in the previous year were significantly associated with the occurrence of IT. Using linear regression model analysis, IT women survivors were found to report more severe depressive and PTSD symptoms than SCV survivors with and without confounding by other factors.
Conclusion: This study developed a cut-off score on C-CBS-R to differentiate the use of control and identified IT and SCV based on the use of control and violence by individuals according to Johnson’s typology. IT women survivors were found to experience more severe mental health impacts than SCV survivors, showing the differential effect on women survivors’ health.published_or_final_version
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Hummel, Melanie Ann. "Detecting a male's attitudinal change during the course of a partner's pregnancy using the Index of Marital Satisfaction." Huntington, WV : [Marshall University Libraries], 2002. http://www.marshall.edu/etd/descript.asp?ref=183.
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Chatav, Yael m. d. "Relationship cognitions and marital quality: An evaluation of the roles of relationship attributions, partner schemas, and relationship schemas." Connect to online resource, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3322534.
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Sällström, Christina. "Spouses' experiences of living with a partner with Alzheimer's disease." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Medicinska fakulteten, 1994. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-71669.
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The overall aim of the study was to gain some understanding of the lived experience of the care-giving spouses regarding their experiences of the manifestations of the disease, perception of their own health, the possibility of influencing the interpretation of the past, the present and future, outlook on life, surrounding contacts and intimate relationships with their sick partners. The spouses (n=13) of Alzheimer victims were followed with the help of personal interviews, diaries and telephone interviews during a two-years period. The texts was analysed according to a phenomenological-hermeneutic method. The main findings in the study showed that the spouses own health remained quite stable over time. Their perception of the development of their own health seemed to be influenced by how they saw their power to influence their situation, which seemed to be determined by how they interpreted the cause of their health problems.The social network was another important factor for understanding the spouses' experiences. The findings imply that spouses' images of themselves in relation to others were important for their perception of the overall social network. The spouses mostly regarded their relationships positively and their social networks were described as quite stable over time. The spouse's marital relationships, in most cases, seemed to undergo changes with the progress of the disease. Some spouses could maintain feelings of love but mostly the relationships were transformed into ones of tenderness, pity and estrangement. The spouses' valuation of their demented partner was mostly in the form of one of two divergent perspectives. On the one hand, spouses who seemed to perceive their partner as a person separate from the disease, could function as complementary ego aids. On the other hand some spouses were unable to make a distinction between the spouse as a person and the disease.The spouses' experiences regarding their previous relationship with parents, value system, philosophy of life, competence and autonomy seemed to be critical in their experiences of their caring situation. It appears that there is a sub-group of vulnerable carers, as suggested by the concurrence of psychological, physical, and social morbidity, along with deterioration in their marital relationship.The findings are discussed in relation to searching for meaning, the importance of significant others, perceiving and valuing the other, and caring relationships within a life-span perspective.digitalisering@umu
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Poullard, Natalie. "Predicting intimate partner violence in military and civilian populations the importance of context and interpersonal skills /." Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University, 2009. http://dcoll.brandeis.edu/handle/10192/23324.
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Rackham, Erin L. "Avoidant Parental and Self Conflict-Resolution Styles and Marital Relationship Self-Regulation: Do Perceived Partner Attachment BehaviorsPlay a Moderating Role?" BYU ScholarsArchive, 2015. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4424.
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Relationship self-regulation (RSR) refers to the “work”, or effort and strategies, that partners put into keeping their relationships healthy. Past RSR research has not taken into account distal and proximal variables that may affect RSR, such as parental and current relationship avoidant conflict-resolution style (CRS). In this study, we examine the relationships between parental avoidant CRS and current relationship avoidant CRS, as well as self-report of RSR in the relationship. Additionally, the perception of one's partner's attachment behaviors consisting of responsiveness, engagement, and accessibility is included in the model to test for moderation of the relationship between current relationship avoidant conflict-resolution style and RSR. Using data from 2,228 males and 2,228 females who were in their first marriages and completed the RELATionship Evaluation (RELATE) (Busby et al., 2001), we found that there was a high positive correlation between parental avoidant CRS and current avoidant CRS. Avoidant CRS was also significantly negatively correlated with RSR. Finally, we found that perception of partner's attachment behaviors did not moderate the negative relationship between avoidant CRS and RSR. Implications for future research and clinicians are discussed.
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Bretz, Karen Riggs Shelley Ann. "An actor-partner interdependence model of attachment processes, conflict resolution, and psychological abuse on relationship quality in a community sample of heterosexual couples." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2009. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-9932.
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Caldwell, Jessica Marie. "Sibling Influences on the Psychosocial Effects of Children's Exposure to Domestic Violence." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Health Sciences, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/9596.
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Despite the large number of children and siblings who are exposed to domestic violence, relatively few studies have examined sibling influences on the psychosocial effects of exposure to domestic violence. The aim of this study was to explore the opinions of experienced child and family clinicians on whether, and how, the presence of siblings moderates children’s experiences of domestic violence and any subsequent effects on their development and wellbeing. This study employed an Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis to analyse interviews with five clinicians. Analysis of the interviews revealed six superordinate themes; one sibling taking on a protective and parental role; polarisation of sibling relationships; factors influencing sibling relationships; the impact on the sibling taking on a parenting or protective role; impact on the sibling being protected; and the importance of individual family context. Overall, the findings from the interviews with the clinicians suggest that in families where children are exposed to domestic violence one child tends to take on a parental role and also attempts to protect their siblings from the violence. These results also emphasise the importance of formulation in understanding the influence of sibling relationships on the psychosocial effects of domestic violence, as there are many different factors which need to be considered. Some implications for clinical practice are discussed and potential future research directions are outlined.
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Brownridge, Douglas A. "The etiology of male partner violence against women in common-law and marital unions : an analysis of a national survey in Canada." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ51631.pdf.
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Brunner, Heidi M. "Family-of-Origin Quality, Regulation of Negative Affect, Marital Stability, and Couple Drinking Patterns." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2006. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/484.
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The primary purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of family-of-origin quality, adult regulation of negative affect, and marital stability with the extent to which couples report they drink similarly and the extent to which they report that the husband drinks more than the wife. It was hypothesized that these two types of couple drinking patterns would be impacted by each individual spouse's context as well as by the interaction of those contexts. A national sample of 1498 couples or 2996 individuals (1498 wives and 1498 husbands married to each other) participated in this study. This study sought to understand the family-of-origin influences when there was not an alcoholic parent in the home. Therefore, adult children of alcoholics were excluded from the sample. The results of this study suggested that wives family-of-origin quality and both spouses' regulation of negative affect were highly predictive of a husband drinking more than the wife, and moderately to highly predictive of couple drinking similarity. The husband's family-of-origin had only indirect effects on both alcohol use patterns. His family-of-origin had moderately significant effects on drinking similarity through the mediating variable of the husband's regulation of negative affect. His family-of-origin had moderate to highly significant effects on whether or not he drinks more than his wife through two indirect paths, with regulation of negative affect and marital stability as mediating variables. When examining partner effects on couple alcohol use patterns, findings suggest the contributions of husband and wife are not entirely equal. Findings suggest that the wife's family-of-origin influences the pattern of the ‘husband drinking more than his wife’, through the mediating variable of the husband's regulation of negative affect, and this relationship was found to be stronger than his own family-of-origin. The wife's family-of-origin and her regulation of negative affect were more predictive of whether or not the couple drank similarly than the husband's family-of-origin or his regulation of negative affect. The most poignant conclusion drawn from this study is the importance of recognizing not only individual contributors to later alcohol use, but also the influence of the interacting couple contexts when examining couple alcohol use patterns.
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Bretz, Karen. "An Actor-Partner Interdependence Model of Attachment Processes, Conflict Resolution, and Psychological Abuse on Relationship Quality in a Community Sample of Heterosexual Couples." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2009. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9932/.
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether adult attachment style, psychological abuse in the marriage, conflict resolution strategies, and gender are associated with relational quality in childless couples in the early years of their marriage. Data were collected from 92 married couples who were recruited from university campuses, churches, and community organizations through e-mails, flyers, newspaper advertisements and mailings. Conceptualizing the interdependence of dyadic data from the actor-partner interdependence model (APIM), multilevel linear modeling (MLM) was used to analyze differences within and between couples. It was hypothesized that higher levels of attachment anxiety or avoidance, psychological abuse, and maladaptive conflict resolution strategies would be associated with lower relational quality. Results indicated that attachment avoidance had stronger associations with relational quality than did attachment anxiety, and that higher levels of attachment avoidance were associated with lower relational quality. Additionally, findings indicated a direct negative relationship between both actor and partner psychological abuse and the actor's relational quality. The discussion section addresses strengths and limitations of the present study as well as directions for future research.
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Thomas, Samantha. "Training intervention for volunteers supporting victims of intimate partner violence in South Africa." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/65079.
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Intimate Partner Violence continues to be a significant social problem in South Africa, requiring a systematised and effective response at multiple levels. The organisation at the centre of this research offers crisis intervention to victims of intimate partner violence, providing basic psychological support, legal information and referrals. The volunteer crisis interventionists are exposed to numerous in-depth accounts of violent and distressing victimisation, making them more vulnerable to vicarious traumatisation. Through this work, their prior assumptions about personal safety, the trustworthiness of other people, and basic justice in the world, are challenged. The challenge to these assumptions increases the likelihood of countertransference victim blaming responses, as it is often easier to hold the client responsible for the tragic event than for the support worker to transform their own assumptions about safety and justice. This victim blaming response is supported by the dominant patriarchal ideology which frequently seeks to maintain the systems of oppression, excusing the perpetrator and placing responsibility on the victim. It was therefore clear that in order to do this work effectively, volunteers needed to be trained to identify their countertransference reactions and emotional responses, as well as undergo a critical re-assessment of their ideas relating to intimate partner violence and victimisation. Using an Intervention Research paradigm, this research designed and developed a training programme based on transformative learning theory, moving away from traditional information models of training to a focus on emotional skills and critical self-insight. The phases of the intervention refined the intervention in order to ensure that the research objectives were met and that the programme could be easily replicated. The evaluation of each phase showed an increased capacity for critical insight, and evidence for a transformative shift in the trainees understanding and approach to intimate partner violence.
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Mead, Nicole L. "Personality Predictors of Relationship Satisfaction among Engaged and Married Couples: An Analysis of Actor and Partner Effects." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2005. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd911.pdf.
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RAPELLI, GIADA. "BATTITI DEL CUORE: UNA RICERCA DIADICA SU PAZIENTI CON MALATTIE CARDIACHE E I LORO PARTNER." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/90822.
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Questa ricerca ha un approccio diadico che coinvolge sia i pazienti con malattie cardiovascolari che il loro partner durante l'ospedalizzazione. Il primo studio indaga l'effetto del coping diadico (DC) sulla soddisfazione coniugale dei partner considerando l'effetto moderatore del distress psicologico dei partner. I risultati mostrano che l'effetto benefico del DC positivo e comune sulla soddisfazione coniugale si verifica quando il distress psicologico dei partner è basso, al contrario il DC negativo diminuisce la soddisfazione coniugale tra coloro che hanno alti livelli di distress psicologico. Il secondo studio si propone di indagare la relazione tra DC, aderenza farmacologica e patient activation. La relazione è mediata dall'autoefficacia per la salute del paziente: il DC positivo e comune aumentano l'autoefficacia che a sua volta aumenta l'aderenza farmacologica e la patient activation; al contrario il DC negativo è dannoso durante il ricovero e anche dopo la dimissione. Il terzo studio indaga la relazione tra il distress psicologico e la qualità del supporto del partner (iperprotezione, ostilità e supporto al patient engagement) attraverso il ruolo moderatore del DC. I risultati mostrano che un alto distress psicologico è associato ad un peggior supporto del partner tra coloro che hanno basso DC positivo e alto DC negativo.This research has a dyadic approach involving both patients with cardiovascular disease and their partner during the hospitalization. The first study investigates the effect of dyadic coping (DC) on partners’ marital satisfaction considering the moderating effect of the partners’ psychological distress. The results show that the beneficial effect of positive and common DC on marital satisfaction occurs when the partners’ psychological distress is low, on the contrary negative DC decreases marital satisfaction among those who have high levels of psychological distress. The second study aims to investigate the relationship between DC, adherence to medications and patient activation. The relationship is mediated by the patient health self-efficacy: positive and common DC increase patient health self-efficacy which in turn increases adherence to medication and patient activation; on the contrary, the negative DC is detrimental during hospitalization and also over time after discharge. The third study investigates the relationship between psychological distress and the quality of partner support (overprotection, hostility and support for patient engagement) through the moderating role of DC. The results show that high psychological distress increases worse partner support among those with low levels of positive DC and high negative DC.
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Cardoso, Bruno Luiz Avelino. "Habilidades sociais e satisfação conjugal de mulheres em situação de violência perpetrada por parceiro íntimo." Universidade Federal do Maranhão, 2017. http://tedebc.ufma.br:8080/jspui/handle/tede/1746.
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The development of satisfactory interpersonal relationships has contributed decisively to a quality of life and psychological health of the people. On the other hand, a difficulty in maintaining relationships in a healthy way and using conflict resolution strategies can lead to losses in the affective relationships between family members, spouses and partners and / or boyfriends contributing to violence against women by an intimate partner. It is understood that a satisfying conjugal relationship demands social skills like exchange of affection, search for approximation, problem solving, and others. These aspects highlight the relevance of investigations regardin the characterization of repertoire of social skills, marital satisfaction and the relationship between these variables in women in situation of intimate partner violence.. This study aims to analyze a relationship between social skills and marital satisfaction of women in situations of intimate partner violence. This study aims to analyse the relationship between social skills and marital satisfaction of women in situations of intimate partner violence. To achieve this goal, 23 women, from na institution specializing in the care of women in situation of violence, responded to three instruments: Questionnaire on Degree and Form of Violence by a woman practiced by intimate partner, Marital Satisfaction Scale, and Inventory of Marital Social Skills. The results showed that the highest levels of violence reported by the women interviewed were of a psychological nature and the level of marital satisfaction is inversely proportional to the situations of intimate partner violence. In addition, women in situations of intimate partner violence self-rated with a total deficit of marital social skills, especially in "expressiveness/empathy", "self-assertiveness " and "proactive self-control" classes, showing difficulties in expressing feelings and thoughts in the marital relationship, guaranteeing their rights to individuality in the relationship, demonstrate empathic understanding, recognize the signs of physiological change in oneself and in the other. The data obtained through correlation pointed out that as general marital social skills and the proactive self-control class was negatively related to the increase in marital dissatisfaction. It was also observed that the more assertive conversational skills the greater the marital dissatisfaction (and with the aspects of the conjugal interaction). It's shown that assertive self-assertion and proactive self-control are also negatively related to an occurrence of violence (general and sexual). Thus, the importance of social skills training for this population and the understanding of the nature of assertive responses in the sociocultural context is noted. The use of social skills contrasts with violent relationships. In this sense, this study contributes to the understanding of the classes of marital social skills that can be targeted for intervention among the population of women in situations of intimate partner violence. The training of these skills, not only for a woman, but for the couple, can be an essential tool for the development of socially competent relationships, based on respect for each other and expansion of marital satisfaction.
O desenvolvimento de relações interpessoais satisfatórias tem contribuído decisivamente para a qualidade de vida e saúde psicológica das pessoas. Por outro lado, a dificuldade em manter relacionamentos de forma saudável e de utilizar estratégias de resolução de conflitos pode ocasionar prejuízos nas relações afetivas entre familiares, cônjuges, parceiros e/ou namorados contribuindo para a violência contra a mulher perpetrada por parceiro íntimo. Compreende-se que uma relação conjugal satisfatória demanda habilidades sociais como a troca de afeto, busca por aproximação, resolução de problemas e outras. Esses aspectos evidenciam a relevância de investigações quanto à caracterização de repertório de habilidades sociais, nível de satisfação conjugal de mulheres em situação de violência por parceiro íntimo e a relação entre essas variáveis. Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar a relação entre habilidades sociais e satisfação conjugal de mulheres em situação de violência perpetrada por parceiro íntimo. Para o alcance desse objetivo, 23 mulheres, de uma instituição especializada no atendimento a mulheres em situação de violência, responderam três instrumentos: Questionário sobre Grau e Forma de Violência contra a mulher praticada por parceiro íntimo, Escala de Satisfação Conjugal, e Inventário de Habilidades Sociais Conjugais. Os resultados mostraram que os níveis mais elevados de situações de violência pelas quais as mulheres indicaram foi de natureza psicológica e o nível de satisfação conjugal é inversamente proporcional às situações de violência por parceiro íntimo. Além disso, as mulheres se autoavaliaram com um repertório total deficitário de habilidades sociais conjugais, principalmente nas classes de “expressividade/empatia”, “autoafirmação assertiva” e “autocontrole proativo”, evidenciando dificuldades quanto a expressar sentimentos e pensamentos na relação conjugal, a garantir seus direitos à individualidade na relação, demonstrar compreensão empática, reconhecer os sinais de alteração fisiológica em si e no outro. Os dados obtidos por meio de correlação apontaram que as habilidades sociais conjugais gerais e da classe autocontrole proativo estiveram relacionadas negativamente com o aumento da insatisfação conjugal. Também foi observado que quanto mais habilidades de conversação assertiva, maior o nível de insatisfação conjugal (e com os aspectos da interação conjugal). As habilidades sociais de autoafirmação assertiva e autocontrole proativo também estiveram relacionadas negativamente com a ocorrência de situações de violência (geral e sexual). Assim, nota-se a importância do treinamento de habilidades sociais conjugais específicas para essa população e da compreensão da natureza das respostas assertivas no contexto sociocultural. O uso de habilidades sociais se contrapõe a relacionamentos violentos. Nesse sentido, este estudo contribui para a compreensão das classes de habilidades sociais conjugais que podem ser alvo de intervenção junto à população de mulheres em situação de violência por parceiro íntimo. O treino dessas habilidades, não só para a mulher, mas para o casal, pode se constituir como ferramenta essencial para o desenvolvimento de relacionamentos socialmente competentes, pautados no respeito ao outro e ampliação da satisfação conjugal.
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Temple, Jeff R. "Effects of Partner Violence and Psychological Abuse on Women's Mental Health Over Time." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2006. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5340/.
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This study examined the distinct effects of partner violence and psychological abuse on women's mental health over time. Latent growth modeling was used to examine stability and change over time, evaluating the course and consequences of each form of abuse. The size of women's social support network was examined as a mediator. The sample consisted of 835 African American, Euro-American, and Mexican American low-income women. Participants who completed Waves 1, 2, 3, and 5 were included in the study (n = 585). In general, partner violence decreased over time for all groups, while psychological abuse decreased over time for only Euro-American women. Whereas initial and prolonged exposure to psychological abuse was related to and directly impacted women's mental health, partner violence was only related to initial levels of mental health. Surprisingly, social support was only related to initial violence and distress and had no impact on the rate of change over time. These results have important implications for researchers and health care professionals. First, differences in the pattern of results were found for each ethnic group, reaffirming the notion that counselors and researchers must be sensitive to multicultural concerns in both assessment and intervention. For example, psychological abuse had a greater impact on the mental health of African American and Mexican American women than it did for Euro-American women, suggesting a shift in focus depending on the ethnicity of the client may be warranted. Second, this longitudinal study highlights the importance of future research to considerer individual differences in treating and studying victimized women. Understanding factors that contribute to individual trajectories will help counselors gain insight into the problem and in devising plans to prevent or reduce the occurrence and negative health impact of partner abuse.
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Torssander, Jenny. "Equality in Death? : How the Social Positions of Individuals and Families are Linked to Mortality." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-94134.
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Socioeconomic positions of individuals are clearly associated with the chances of living a healthy long life. In four empirical studies based on Swedish population registers, two topics are examined in this thesis: The relationships between different indicators of social position and mortality, and the importance of family members’ socioeconomic resources for the survival of the individual. The overall conclusion from the separate studies is that no single individual socioeconomic factor gives a complete picture of mortality inequalities. Further, the socioeconomic resources of partners and adult children are important in addition to the individual ones. The specific results from each study include that: I education, social class, social status and income are, to various extent, independently associated with mortality risk. Education and social status are related to women’s mortality, and education, social class, and income to men’s mortality. II one partner’s social position is related to the other partner’s survival, also when individual socioeconomic factors are statistically controlled for. In particular, men’s mortality is linked to their wives’ education and women’s mortality to their husbands’ social class. III adult children’s education is related to their parents’ risk of dying, also when both parents’ socioeconomic resources are taken into consideration. Further, the association between the offspring’s level of education and parental mortality cannot be explained by characteristics that parents share with their siblings. IV children’s social class and income are related to parental mortality, but not as strongly as the education of the children. There is no relationship between a mother’s own education and breast cancer mortality, while mothers seem to have better chances of surviving breast cancer if they have well-educated children.At the time of doctoral defence the following paper was unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 4: Manuscript
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Forrester, Trina K. "Intimate Partner Violence Predictors in an International Context: An Analysis of the International Violence against Women Survey." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/19915.
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Using the International Violence Against Women Survey (IVAWS), this paper identifies factors contributing to women’s individual risk of being victimized by their current intimate partner. Additionally, this analysis examines the overlap of physical and sexual violence within intimate relationships. Past research into IPV has identified a numerous predictor variables. Adapting nine such variables (controlling behaviours, male heavy drinking, female only income, female past marriage, female past IPV, respondents’ age, relationship duration, relationship status and violence outside the home) to the IVAWS dataset, a framework identifying risk patterns for physical and sexual violence was developed. The results identify a number of variables that performed as expected and increased a women’s risk of being a victim of IPV; however, some variables decreased women’s risk and therefore acted as protective factors. These findings suggest that IPV at the country level is more complex and requires additional research to fully explain the variation observed.
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Warda, Fatin. "La vie de couple : approche interculturelle et comparative entre les couples syriens, français et franco-syriens." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015STRAG031.
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Cette thèse de doctorat porte sur « La vie de couple : Étude comparative entre les couples syriens, français et franco-syriens ». Cette étude met en évidence l’importance d’une relation qui forme le coeur de la première cellule dans la société qui est la famille. C'est la première étude qui tente d’explorer ce sujet à fond. La thèse s'intéresse à l’analyse de la construction du couple dans deux sociétés et deux cultures (France-Syrie). Elle permet de mieux cerner le rôle de l’environnement social et familial dans la stabilité ou les difficultés que traversent parfois les couples. L’échantillon de la recherche est composé de 55 couples (110 sujets). Il est réparti en quatre groupes : 30 couples syriens vivant en Syrie, 13 couples syriens vivant en France, 7 couples franco-syriens vivant en France ainsi que 5 couples français vivant en France. Les outils de la recherche sont les entretiens semi-directifs, le questionnaire de l’entente conjugale et le T.A.T. Les résultats de cette étude sont que les variables étudiées démontrent une différence significative et importante entre les quatre groupes de l’échantillon de la recherche sauf pour deux variables : l’entente conjugale et les activités partagées dans le couple qui ne montrent pas de différence significative. En conclusion, cette étude contribue à déterminer les facteurs de la réussite du mariage, de convergence dans le couple, de la mésentente et les causes de tension et de conflit. Elle fournit des bases afin d’élaborer un programme de consultation visant à améliorer la relation au sein du coupleThis thesis focuses on « the life of couples: comparative study between Syrian couples, French and Franco-Syrian ». This study highlights relationship of the family which is considered as a crucial cell that builds society. This study is the first of its kind that attempts to explore this issue thoroughly. This thesis is interested in analyzing the structure of couples in two diffrent societies and two cultures in both Syria and France. This study focuses on the importance of the role of the family and social environment in either stability or instability cases and in the difficulties that couples are passing through sometimes. The research sample consists of 55 couples (110 sujets), which was divided into four groups as the following : 30 Syrian couples living in Syria, and 13 Syrian couples living in France, 7 Franco-Syrian couples living in France, and 5 French couples living in France. The reserch is based mainly on undirected interviews containing questions about couples life, marital understanding, and projective test TAT. Search results : The studied variables shows a quiet signifiant difference between the four groups in the sample, while there are two variables which are the marital understand and the joint activities between the couple that did not show any differences. In conclusion, this study helps in defining the marriage success factors in terms of matching and agreement between the couple and disagreement between them. Also defining the causes of tension and conflit and provides bases to develop a consultation program to improve the relationship between the couple
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Bhandhumani, Budtri Ay, and Sandra Lea Book. "Evaluating intervention services for perpetrators and victims of domestic violence." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2000. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1596.
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This study was to evaluate current agency programs that were available to aid victims of domestic violence and their effectiveness in reducing the long-term emotional state of victims. This study included participants from various Domestic Violence Programs located throughout San Bernardino, Riverside, and Los Angeles counties.
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Felippe, Andreia Monteiro. "Transtorno de estresse pós-traumático (TEPT) em mulheres vítimas de violência praticada por parceiro íntimo." Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, 2014. https://repositorio.ufjf.br/jspui/handle/ufjf/481.
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A violência contra a mulher é considerada um problema de saúde pública, devido às graves consequências físicas e mentais que produz, dentre elas, o Transtorno de Estresse Pós-Traumático (TEPT). Objetivos: Investigar a relação entre TEPT e violência contra a mulher praticada por parceiros íntimos, com ênfase nas vítimas atendidas pelo setor de psicologia na DPOF (Delegacia de Orientação e Proteção à Família) de Juiz de Fora. Os objetivos específicos são: constatar a prevalência de TEPT nos casos de VPI acima citados; descrever a frequência de fatores como: histórico de violência na família de origem, vitimização prévia, tipo de violência sofrida, uso de álcool e drogas pelo parceiro, bem como o tempo de exposição ao evento traumático no grupo estudado; verificar a associação entre percepção de suporte social, TEPT e depressão. Métodos: Estudo transversal, quantitativo, descritivo e associativo. A amostra compõe-se de 41 mulheres vítimas de violência por parceiro íntimo, que recorreram à DPOF no primeiro semestre de 2013. Foram aplicados os seguintes instrumentos: entrevista estruturada, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist- Civilian Version (PCL-C), Escala de Percepção de Suporte Social (EPSS) e Inventário de Depressão de Beck (BDI-I). Resultados: A partir do rastreamento dos sintomas do TEPT, obteve-se a prevalência de possíveis casos do transtorno em 82,9% das mulheres entrevistadas. Houve uma associação positiva entre depressão e TEPT, e negativa entre TEPT e percepção de suporte social. Conclusões: O trabalho aponta para a necessidade de se criar estratégias específicas de intervenção para mulheres vítimas de VPI, diante da alta prevalência do transtorno. É preciso, especialmente, realizar projetos nos órgãos jurídicos de proteção à mulher, a fim de fortalecer o suporte social da mesma ao enfrentar situações adversas relacionadas à agressão.
Violence against women is considered a public health problem due to serious physical and mental consequences it produces, such as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Objectives: To investigate the relationship between PTSD and violence against women by intimate partners, with emphasis on victims served by psychology sector in Juiz de Fora DPOF (Precinct Guidance and Family Protection). The specific objectives are: to find out the prevalence of PTSD in IPV cases cited above, to describe the frequency of factors such as: history of violence in the primitive family, previous victimization, type of violence, use of alcohol and drugs by the partner, as well as the time of exposure to the traumatic event in the studied group; to verify the association between perceived social support, depression and PTSD. Methods: The study is cross-sectional, quantitative, descriptive and associative. The sample consists of 41 female victims of intimate partner violence, who resorted to DPOF the first half of 2013. The following instruments applied were: Structured interview, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist- Civilian Version (PCL-C), Perceived Social Support Scale (EPSS) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-I). Results: From the trace of the symptoms of PTSD, we obtained the prevalence of disorder possible cases in 82,9% of the women interviewed. There was a positive association between depression and PTSD, and negative association between PTSD and perceived social support. Conclusions: The study points to the need to create specific intervention strategies for women victims of IPV, given the high prevalence of this disorder. We must especially perform projects in the legal bodies to protect women in order to strengthen their social support to face adverse situations related to the aggression.