Background: The World Health Organization has declared domestic violence against women as an important health priority. Objectives: This study a aimed to identify the psychological, familial, and social consequences of domestic violence against women who referred to health centers in Zanjan province. Methods: The present study was conducted using a qualitative approach and the grounded theory...

In this paper we analyse determinants of marital dissolution. The focus is on the alleged influence from public transfers, including governmental transfers directed towards divorced families, child allowance, and child support awards. We use a Norwegian panel of 2.800 couples who were married in 1989, together with a broad range of socio-economic variables, including (expected) public and priva...

We extend prior research on the association between premarital cohabitation and marital outcomes by investigating whether covenant marriage, which entails more stringent requirements for divorce, minimizes the deleterious eVects of cohabitation on subsequent marital quality and stability. Using a unique longitudinal data set of covenant and standard newlywed couples in Louisiana, we Wnd that co...

Marital status is a robust predictor of alcohol consumption in young adulthood; however, the extent to which observed associations are due to socialization or selection processes is unclear. The current study examined associations between marital status and alcohol use, assessed in a sample of 5,150 young adults (ages 18–30) from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. A longitudinal sibling...

According to recent census data, approximately 50% of first marriages end in divorce, one of life's most stressful events. Even for those marriages that do not end in divorce, many are characterized by unhappiness. For example, it has been estimated that approximately 20% of all married couples experience marital distress, or discontent with their marriage, at any given time. Despite the risk a...

Objective: Recently, stability of marriages and proper communication between couples has become more difficult. Therefore, exploring the impacts of relevant clinical interventions in resolving marital conflicts seems pivotal. The study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of object relations couple therapy on marital intimacy of divorce applicant couples with high-level borderline personali...

This population-based study of 21,902 Finnish adults examined whether adulthood risk factors for asthma mediate the association between exposure to multiple adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) assessed retrospectively and new-onset in adulthood. Baseline characteristics, occurrence ACEs, were collected with a postal survey at baseline 1998. The participants linked records on incident from nati...