Background: Breast cancer affects several aspects of a woman’s life. It can adversely affect sexual function as well her relationship with spouse, which in turn reduce the quality married The present study aimed to investigate mediating role satisfaction relationships body mass index (BMI) and spiritual well-being life women breast cancer.
 Methods: This descriptive-correlational used conv...

Research indicates adolescent adjustment problems are associated with high levels of interparental conflict. This study examined parents’ and adolescents’ perceptions of interparental conflict and the relationship of these perceptions to adolescent adjustment through a survey of adolescent secondary students and their parents. Sixtytwo adolescents and 62 parents participated in the study. Adole...

Two studies used a thought-listing technique to examine perceived superiority, or the inclination to regard one's own relationship as better than (and not as bad as) others' relationships. Consistent with the claim that this is a motivated phenomenon—and motivated in part by strong commitment—Study 1 revealed that (a) tendencies toward perceived superiority and (b) the commitment-superiority li...

The primary mission and purpose of the Board is to enforce public policy related to the safe and effective practice of nursing in the interest of public welfare. As a regulatory agency of state government, the Board of Nursing accomplishes this mission as authorized by Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS) Chapter 314—The KENTUCKY NURSING LAWS and attendant administrative regulations. In accomplishin...

This study explored protective factors against prenatal depression in pregnant women. One-hundred thirty-four pregnant women were recruited from an obstetric clinic and public health center in Korea. Dyadic adjustment, sense of mastery, and prenatal depression were assessed using structured questionnaires. Prenatal depression was assessed with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EDPS). Bi...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to investigate the total dyadic adjustment (including satisfaction, cohesion, consensus and affectional expression) among spouses of bipolar patients with I and II subtypes. SUBJECTS AND METHODS 82 subjects (46 women/ 36men) were enrolled in the study - 50 spouses of bipolar I (BD I) patients and 32 spouses of bipolar II (BD II) patients. We used an intervi...

The present study examined whether attributions for vulvo-vaginal pain predicted pain intensity, sexual function, as well as psychological and dyadic adjustment in women with vestibulodynia. Women with vestibulodynia (N = 77) completed measures of attributions, pain, psychological distress, sexual functioning, and dyadic adjustment. They also took part in a structured interview and a gynaecolog...

The aim of this study was to investigate the role spiritual intelligence and differentiation in predicting marital adjustment Iranian students. participants were 312 married students from Yazd University. instruments used Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) measure adjustment, Differentiation Self- Inventory, Spiritual Intelligence Self-Report Inventory (SISRI). results demonstrated that predicted (p...