This study used taxometric methods to investigate the latent structure of the construct of marital adjustment as indexed by the Marital Adjustment Test (MAT; H. J. Locke & K. M. Wallace, 1959). That is, the authors examined whether marital adjustment is best thought of as a "dimension" of adjustment only or whether there also are categorical differences between "discordant" and "nondiscordant" ...

background: marital adjustment is one of the most extensive concepts to determine and show the happiness and stability rate of couples’ relationship. marital adjustment affects on different dimensions of individuals’ personal and social life. the purpose of this research is to study the effect of solution- focused short-term couple therapy on women’s marital adjustment increase in qom in 2012. ...

Objective: Considering the negative impact of infertility on the level of adjustment and stress in women, the aim of the present study was examining the role of sexual self-esteem and alexithymia in predicting marital stress and marital adjustment of infertile women. Methods: This study was a cross sectional study. The population consisted of all infertile women in Shiraz (N=70000). 400 women ...

background and purpose: satisfaction with marital life is the most important issue in the joint life, which has the greatest effect on durability and failure of couple’s lives. based on this, the main goal of the present research is to study the effectiveness of teaching intervention based on internal locus of control in increasing marital adjustment and satisfaction has been investigated. mate...

Children's diseases can negatively impact marital adjustment and contribute to poorer child health outcomes. To cope with increased marital stress and childhood diseases severity, many people turn to spirituality. While most studies show a positive relationship between spirituality and marital adjustment, spirituality has typically been measured only in terms of individual behaviors. Using the ...

Previous research has found that employed mothers experience conflict between the roles of mother and employee, and that interrole conflict is negatively correlated with marital adjustment. Furthermore, research has shown that social support and personality hardiness moderate the interrole conflict/marital adjustment reiationship. However, a longitudinal assessment of the effect of interrole co...

Predicting Marital Adjustment among Young Teaching Couples on the Basis of Differentiation from the Family of Origin and Parents’ Marital Satisfaction M. Arefi, Ph.D. R. Rahimi D. Sheikh Esmaili, M.A. The aim of this study was to predict marital adjustment among young teaching couples based on differentiation from family of origin and parents' marital satisfaction. ...

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...

objectives: this study intends to evaluate marital adjustment of the addicts in isfahan na groups and their couples. methods: in this cross-sectional analytic-descriptive study, two centers were randomly selected among all of the na groups in isfahan in 2012. in the next stage, 40 addicts (both male and female) who were randomly selected from each center as well as their couples were asked to p...