the aim of this research work is to examine the effectiveness of the minnesota couples communication program on the quality of life and marital satisfaction. in this quasi-experimental study with control group, 60 individuals (30 couples) having marital conflicts and referring to the counseling centers affiliated to the education department of mashhad were selected through the random sampling m...

background: the purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of emotionally focused therapy (eft-c) on promoting marital adjustment of infertile couples with marital conflicts by improving quality of life. materials and methods: this is a semi-experimental study with a pre- and post–test design in which 30 infertile couples (60 individuals) were chosen by purposive sampling. couples wer...

BACKGROUND Of psychosocial stressors, job strain has been associated with a sustained increase in blood pressure. The impact of marital factors on blood pressure and target organ has not been explored. OBJECTIVES To evaluate whether marital adjustment, measured at baseline by self-report (Dyadic Adjustment Scale) influences left ventricular mass index (LVMI) and ambulatory blood pressure meas...

This study aimed to examine how physical working conditions, psychosocial working conditions and work-family conflicts are associated with sleep complaints, and whether health behaviours explain these associations. We used pooled postal questionnaire surveys collected in 2001-2002 among 40-60-year-old employees of the City of Helsinki (n = 5819, response rate 66%). Participants were classified ...

BACKGROUND Brief questions are necessary for identification of women seeking emergency professional services for intimate partner violence (IPV), and for initiating dialogue with women presenting for care who have previously reported abuse. We compare three questions that inquire about physical and psychological abuse to the Conflict Tactics Scale, version 2 (CTS-2) in a cohort of women seeking...

INTRODUCTION Prior research suggests that some factors account for the association between marital dissatisfaction and Major Depression. We examined whether personality determines the association between marital dissatisfaction and a First Episode of Major Depression (FEMD), and whether specific personality factors are linked to marital dissatisfaction depending on the outcome of the FEMD. ME...

Salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) is a stress-sensitive biomarker the shows promise as an indirect proxy of sympathetic-adrenal-medullary axis activities that are otherwise difficult to discern non-invasively. This comprehensive study investigated diurnal sAA in association with numerous psychosocial characteristics related to mental health, work stress, and non-work stress. Participants included 39...

Objective: To determine marital satisfaction and its influencing factors among fertile and infertile women in Shahroud. Materials and methods: In this comparative study, 1528 participants (511 infertile and1017 fertile women) were evaluated using Enrich Marital Satisfaction Scale. Data were analyzed using chi-square and t-test. Results: A total of 1402 participants (78.7%) had high marital sati...

Intimate partner violence is a complex problem that requires the update of the available assessment tools. The aim of the study is to test the revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS-2) in partner-violent men. Its structure and other psychometric properties are analyzed in 173 convicted offenders from Brians-2 and Alhaurín de la Torre penitentiaries. Discriminant validity is also assessed by compa...