objectives: mastectomy as a treatment for breast cancer can disturb marital satisfaction of many couples. in this way, existential anxieties stemming from this potentially deleterious event, and inefficient responses to them, could be mediating. the purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a rehabilitation method based on existential approach and olson's marital enrichm...

THE EFFECTS OF MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING ON MARITAL AND PAINADJUSTMENT IN CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS AND THEIR SPOUSES

This study assessed the longitudinal process by which marital adjustment affects change in maternal warmth over time. Change in coparenting support was examined as the potential mechanism by which the marriage affects parenting. Self-report data were gathered from 148 married mothers of first-born 4th graders at 3 time points, over the transition to early adolescence. Path analyses supported th...

This study examined links between emotion expression in couple interactions and marital quality and stability. Core aspects of emotion expression in marital interactions were identified with the use of naive observational coding by multiple raters. Judges rated 47 marital discussions with 15 emotion descriptors. Coders' pooled ratings yielded good reliability on 4 types of emotion expression: h...

The present study compared the relative effectiveness of two interventions in the treatment of marital discord: a cognitive-behavioral intervention, teaching problemsolving skills, and an experiential intervention, focusing on emotional experiences underlying interaction patterns. Forty-five couples seeking therapy were randomly assigned to one of these treatments or to a wait-list control grou...

Objective: The study aimed to determine the relationship between sexuality and marital adjustment of pregnant women their husbands in pregnancy. Methods: This cross-sectional was conducted with 120 husbands. data were collected using a participant information form, Libido Scoring System (LSS) Marital Adjustment Scale (MAS). Paired-samples t-test, Spearman’s correlation analysis used. Results: m...