BACKGROUND In nonhuman mammals, the neuropeptide oxytocin has repeatedly been shown to increase social approach behavior and pair bonding. In particular, central nervous oxytocin reduces behavioral and neuroendocrine responses to social stress and is suggested to mediate the rewarding aspects of attachment in highly social species. However, to date there have been no studies investigating the e...

African American couples (n = 331) with children, 89% of whom were married, were assigned to either (a) a culturally sensitive couple- and parenting-enhancement program (ProSAAF) or (b) an information-only control condition in which couples received self-help materials. Husbands averaged 41 years of age and wives averaged 39 years. We found significant effects of program participation in the sh...

Self-disclosure is defined as the process of expressing one's feelings and thoughts about oneself to others. It now extensively studied by social clinical psychologists interested in self-disclosure, interpersonal communication close relationships. Questions why people self-disclose have led significant research theory generation over years. Little attention has been paid, however, potential bi...

Abstract Background and purpose:Now-a-days, patient satisfaction is increasingly receiving the attention of health-service providers, which is a necessary step to enhance the quality of health services. The present study aimed at exploring patient-physician communicative patterns, physicians’ job satisfaction, and patients’ satisfaction at Isfahan, Iran. Materials and Methods:This s...

The article is devoted to the problem of attitude appearance spouse, depending on satisfaction with marriage and interpersonal communication in a married couple. question which psychological parameters marital relationship are most important process constructing visual image partner remains open today. At same time, there studies indicating that relationships within couple can have significant ...

background: self-talk can be described as what people say to themselves either obviously or non-obviously. self-talk has been known as someone talks inside or quietly. as a matter of fact, self-talk is self-communication which can occur in several situations. objective: together the athlete’s perceptions of the self-talk intervention and its relationship to their performance to obtain informati...