Domestic violence (DV) is a gendered issue, with women more likely to be victim/survivors and men perpetrate abuse. With strong emphasis on protecting the safety of children, ways in which faith-based communities leaders engage DV has come under scrutiny. Clergy are potential responders shape cultural contexts occurs. Yet, how religious norms relate actions taken when clergy respond remains und...

LGBTQ+ individuals are a diverse group of people who have relationships that equally as valuable heterosexual individuals. By comparing the two groups, many similarities and differences become apparent. When examining relationships, one can identify benefits also challenges. Overall, identities fulfilling, complex, valid.

Most research on the stability of adult relationships has focused on coresidential (cohabiting or married) unions and estimates rates of dissolution for the period of coresidence. Studies examining how the stability of coresidential unions differs by sex composition have typically found that same-sex female couples have higher rates of dissolution than same-sex male couples and different-sex co...

volume, attachment theory has become a prominent theory for understanding functioning in adult romantic relationships. Since the publication of Hazan and Shaver’s (1987) seminal paper describing the application of attachment theory to adult romantic relationships, research demonstrating how attachment security affects relationships has burgeoned. However, relatively little of that research has ...

Satisfying relationships are important to the well-being of individuals and families. Because of increased longevity, many couples are staying together for extended periods of time. Thus, it is valuable to understand the factors that contribute to a sense of satisfaction among partners in lasting relationships. Relatively little attention has been paid in the research literature to relationship...

background: the purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of emotionally focused therapy (eft-c) on promoting marital adjustment of infertile couples with marital conflicts by improving quality of life. materials and methods: this is a semi-experimental study with a pre- and post–test design in which 30 infertile couples (60 individuals) were chosen by purposive sampling. couples wer...

BACKGROUND More and more lesbian couples are planning parenthood through donor insemination and IVF and the number of planned lesbian families is growing in Sweden and other western countries. Research has shown that lesbian couples report as much overall satisfaction in their relationships as do heterosexual couples. However, although parenthood is highly desired, many parents are unaware of t...

This article reviews empirical studies of same-sex couples in the United States, highlighting consistent findings, drawing comparisons to heterosexual couples, and noting gaps in available research. U.S. Census data indicate that there were more than 600,000 same-sex couples living together in 2000. Research about relationship formation, the division of household labor, power, satisfaction, sex...