Marital Quality and Spouses' Marriage Work With Close Friends and Each Other

Effectiveness of Imago therapy Group Training on Marital Quality, Marital Boredom, and Resilience in Women with Substance-Dependent Spouses

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of imago therapy training on marital quality, marital boredom, and resilience. Method: The present study was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest with a control group. From the statistical population of women with substance-dependent spouses referring to substance abuse treatment centers in the city of Tabriz, a sample of 30...

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Perceptions of Attachment Style and Marital Quality in Midlife Marriage

Based on attachment theory, Emotionally Focused Th erapy (EFT) theorizes that attachment styles infl uence marital quality. Although research supports this relationship among young couples, no research has examined attachment styles and marital quality in midlife marriages. We examined this issue using data from 429 married people between the ages of 40 and 50. Results indicated that insecure a...

Dyadic Processes in Early Marriage: Attributions, Behavior, and Marital Quality.

Marital processes in early marriage are important for understanding couples' future marital quality. Spouses' attributions about a partner's behavior have been linked to marital quality, yet the mechanisms underlying this association remain largely unknown. Using couple data from the Family Transitions Project (N = 280 couples) across the first four years of marriage, results from actor-partner...

Marriage Markets and Bargaining Between Spouses