background and purpose: social support is considered as a facilitator of health behaviors in women. this study aimed to evaluate and compare the status of social support and its associated dimensions in pregnant and non-pregnant women. methods: this analytical study was conducted on 310 pregnant and non-pregnant women referring to the health-care centers of zarqan city in shiraz, iran in 2011. ...

objective: spouse abuse is a worldwide health concern with prevalent psychiatric and medical consequences in victims. the present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of spouse abuse among a group of women living in tehran and survey their mental health status. methods: totally, 1186 married women were selected through a randomized systematic sampling from 22 districts of tehran. ini...

Most studies of widowhood have focused on reactions during the first few years postloss. The authors investigated whether widowhood had more enduring effects using a nationally representative U.S. sample. Participants were 768 individuals who had lost their spouse (from a few months to 64 years) prior to data collection. Results indicated that the widowed continued to talk, think, and feel emot...

Data from the first 2 waves of the Caregiver Health Effects Study (n = 680) were analyzed to examine the effects of changes in caregiving involvement on changes in caregiver health-related outcomes in a population-based sample of elders caring for a disabled spouse. Caregiving involvement was indexed by levels of (a) spouse physical impairment, (b) help provided to the spouse, and (c) strain as...

Using grounded theory methodology 24 participants were asked to discuss how the death of a previous spouse, either theirs or their partner's, was currently affecting their second marriage. Participants were interviewed individually and as a couple. The central category was memories of the deceased spouse. Six additional categories emerged from the data: past spouse on pedestal, current/past com...

abstract background: the aim of this study was to investigate the modelling of different processes that could account for the link between psychopathology, cognitive social and demographic risk factors and enacting assault by husband. method: this article reports a test using data on 230 males who participated in a family violence survey study. the sample was selected by a multiclustral samplin...