I examine variation in trajectories of women's marital quality across the life course. The analysis improves upon earlier research in three ways: (1) the analysis uses a sequential cohort design and data from the first 35years of marriage; (2) I analyze rich data from a national sample; (3) I examine multiple dimensions of marital quality. Latent class growth analyses estimated on data from wom...

Parental divorce is known to be associated with poor child health in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the great diversity in social and cultural practices, including marital ones, across the subcontinent likely yields substantial variation in the prevalence of divorce, which in turn could moderate its consequences for children. In this paper, we use Demographic and Health Survey data from 31 Africa...

Attitudes toward divorce are believed to play a critical role in marital quality and the probability of divorce later in life. They are traditionally understood to result from social, demographic and environmental factors, including personal experience in relationships, family values, religion and economic incentives. An alternative line of research suggests that genetically influenced psycholo...

The effectiveness of reality therapy on aggression, loneliness and emotional divorce in married women with cyberspace dependency

Introduction: Marriage is described as the most important and the most basic human relationship. Increasing intimacy and marital satisfaction and reducing marital conflicts are among the most important components of a stable marriage. Counselling and therapies based on choice theory have been used as one of the effective methods on improving stable marriage components. This study was performed ...

although divorce affects many parts of the society including spouses, children and, families, the entire social life cycle of individuals, the kind of individuals' experiences, based on their gender, subjectivity in the process, degree of involvement. it may be perceived by the individuals as a positive or a negative experience. given the differences in divorce men's experiences and t...

Background: Rationality is a complex concept that plays vital role in human choices and decisions. However, this issue has been less addressed studies on marital life. Objectives: This study was performed to explain the experiences of Iranian women verge divorce regarding rationality. Methods: According five-stage Granheim Landman’s approach, an inductive conventional qualitative content analys...

BACKGROUND This study explored how married women perceive situations which create family conflicts and lead to different forms of violence in urban Pakistan. In addition, it examines perceptions of consequences of violence, their adverse health effects, and how women resist violence within marital life. METHODS Five focus group discussions were conducted with 28 women in Karachi. Purposive sa...

OBJECTIVE To examine differences between single and married mothers in the 12-month prevalence of psychiatric disorders. METHODS The analysis uses data from the National Comorbidity Survey, collected in 1992-1993, and focuses on women aged 15 to 55 years with children (n=1346). Psychiatric disorders are assessed with the University of Michigan Composite International Diagnostic Interview, a s...