Chronic hypodipsic hypernatraemia in the absence of clinical hypovolaemia, with normal renal function is rare, and has been reported principally in patients with known hypothalamic lesions.1'2 Hypernatraemia has been found in acute myeloid leukaemia, but only in association with diabetes insipidus.3 This appears to be the first reported case of chronic hypodipsic hypernatraemia complicating acu...

the well-known saying of allah in koran “men are responsible for the life costs (nesa, 2)” describes an explicit and ideal culture in the family life system which has created a new plan for the mutual family conversation and provides a strong warranty for livelihood and supports wife’s life. what has been said in this research is that, the ghavvam, meaning breadwinner is the supporter and the o...

OBJECTIVE Research examining dyadic patterns of intimate partner violence (IPV) often focuses on static conceptions based on whether either the husband or wife has exhibited any violence. This study examined the dyadic patterns of IPV empirically and traced how these groups change over time. METHOD Couples (N=634) were assessed with respect to IPV and relationship satisfaction at the time of ...

We examine causes and consequences of relative income within households. We establish that gender identity – in particular, an aversion to the wife earning more than the husband impacts marriage formation, the wife’s labor force participation, the wife’s income conditional on working, marriage satisfaction, likelihood of divorce, and the division of home production. The distribution of the shar...

objective: violence imposed on wives by their inpatient psychiatric husbands has not been studied yet. the current study surveyed the rates and predictors of violence committed by inpatient psychiatric husbands towards their wives. methods: a convenient sample of wives of 209 married male psychiatric inpatients completed a self-reported questionnaire. they were asked about physical, emotional, ...

This study examined the prevalence and characteristics of wife abuse as reported by nearly 6,700 married men living in five districts of northern India during 1995-1996. In addition, associations between wife abuse and sociodemographic factors were investigated to enable two theoretical/conceptual perspectives regarding abuse to be evaluated: that abuse is more common among families under stres...