Technologies and various media have affected social institutions such as family and causeshape changes in relationships within the family. One of the means of communication that are easilyand widely used in the household is Internet. With the entrance of media, especially the Internet tothe family, changes in personal, social, public and private relationships are occurred. The use ofsocial netw...

Testosterone is thought to be positively associated with "mating effort", or the initiation and establishment of sexual relationships (Wingfield et al., 1990). Yet, because testosterone is negatively associated with nurturance (van Anders et al., 2011), high levels of testosterone may be incompatible with relationship maintenance. For instance, partnered men with high testosterone report lower ...

Comparison of the Effectiveness Couple Training Based on Approach Acceptance and Commitment (ACT) Imago therapy sexual intimacy in Couples

evidence-based safer conception programs from high-resource countries. Furthermore, these implementation studies will identify the adaptable program components to ensure cost-effective and sustainable services in low-resource settings. From a reproductive justice perspective, HIV prevention programs should include accessible safer conception services for HIV-affected couples. Financial support ...

In this paper the traditional household Euler equations are estimated for singles and separately for couples. Using the Consumer Expenditure Survey, I reject the Euler equations of couples, but I cannot reject the Euler equations of singles. This result is rationalized using an intertemporal model with no intra-household commitment. Using this model it can be shown that an excess sensitivity te...

Background and Aim: Burnout in couples is a gradual and rarely sudden process in which intimacy and love gradually fade and general fatigue becomes apparent. On the other hand, most marital therapy interventions seek to reduce marital conflict. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of acceptance and commitment therapy on marital burnout in couples with marital conflicts...

We develop and test a model of household bargaining over fertility when transfers between spouses are possible. The model makes precise how the fertility preferences of each spouse translate into fertility outcomes. We show this depends on whether or not spouses can commit to their future actions within marriage. If couples bargain with commitment, fertility outcomes take account of both spouse...

Data from a longitudinal study were used to examine differences among couples that cohabited before engagement, after engagement, or not until marriage. Survey data and objectively coded couple interaction data were collected for 136 couples (272 individuals) after engagement (but before marriage) and 10 months into marriage. At both time points, the before-engagement cohabiters (59 couples) ha...