Dissertations / Theses: 'Couples'

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Kalai, Caroline. "Integrative behavioral couple therapy for intercultural couples| Helping couples navigate cultural differences." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10196007.

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Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT), an empirically supported and evidence-based third-wave behavioral approach for treatment of couples, is examined in this multiple case study. Specifically, the qualitative experiences of therapists using IBCT in their work with intercultural couples are examined through each therapist’s typed responses to open-ended questions. Each participating therapist in this study contributes by describing one case in which IBCT was used to help the couple navigate cultural differences as part of treatment. This study describes the various stressors faced by intercultural couples, therapists’ formulations of cultural differences, change processes and change mechanisms during treatment, and similarities and differences across therapists’ reports. The study concludes with participating therapists’ recommendations for treatment of intercultural couples in general, and recommendations for utilizing IBCT with intercultural couples. Lastly, implications for future research are provided.

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Phillips, Maddie Elizabeth, and n/a. "Prediction of Couple Outcomes in Stepfamilies." Griffith University. School of Psychology, 2006. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20070713.140903.

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This thesis describes a program of research which aimed to identify the extent to which couple and stepfamily variables were associated with couple relationship adjustment and stability in stepfamily couples. Two studies were conducted. Study 1 consisted of 63 stepfamily couples who were in a committed relationship (married or cohabiting) and who had earlier taken part in an intervention program. It was hypothesised that positive couple relationship outcomes could be predicted by low couple aggression, high couple negativity, low couple withdrawal, high parenting disagreement, and high dysfunctional parenting over a 5-year period. The results did not support the hypotheses possibly due to low power in the design. In Study 2, 122 stepfamily couples who been living together (married or cohabiting) as a stepfamily were assessed on couple and stepfamily factors, and these were tested for their association with couple relationship adjustment and stability, using both self-report questionnaires and interview data. As predicted, stepfamily factors accounted for variance in couple stability above that accounted for by couple factors. Furthermore, stepfamily factors were associated with couple stability independent of couple adjustment. The influence of stepfamily couple relationship adjustment and stability seem distinctive from first-marriage couples. It was concluded that stepfamily relationship education programs for stepfamilies should address the unique needs of stepfamilies such as parenting education for inexperienced stepparents, the development of positive stepparent-stepchild relationships, and the building of stepfamily cohesion.

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Phillips, Maddie Elizabeth. "Prediction of Couple Outcomes in Stepfamilies." Thesis, Griffith University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367189.

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This thesis describes a program of research which aimed to identify the extent to which couple and stepfamily variables were associated with couple relationship adjustment and stability in stepfamily couples. Two studies were conducted. Study 1 consisted of 63 stepfamily couples who were in a committed relationship (married or cohabiting) and who had earlier taken part in an intervention program. It was hypothesised that positive couple relationship outcomes could be predicted by low couple aggression, high couple negativity, low couple withdrawal, high parenting disagreement, and high dysfunctional parenting over a 5-year period. The results did not support the hypotheses possibly due to low power in the design. In Study 2, 122 stepfamily couples who been living together (married or cohabiting) as a stepfamily were assessed on couple and stepfamily factors, and these were tested for their association with couple relationship adjustment and stability, using both self-report questionnaires and interview data. As predicted, stepfamily factors accounted for variance in couple stability above that accounted for by couple factors. Furthermore, stepfamily factors were associated with couple stability independent of couple adjustment. The influence of stepfamily couple relationship adjustment and stability seem distinctive from first-marriage couples. It was concluded that stepfamily relationship education programs for stepfamilies should address the unique needs of stepfamilies such as parenting education for inexperienced stepparents, the development of positive stepparent-stepchild relationships, and the building of stepfamily cohesion.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Psychology
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Sharstrom, Kalene Ann. "Transgender Couples' Beliefs and Experiences of Couple and Family Therapy." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2015. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/27684.

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The purpose of this study was to explore transgender couples? beliefs and experiences of couple and family therapy. This study utilized a secondary data set of interviews from seven transgender participants and three partners. A queer feminist framework guided this study. The results of this project indicate that participants believe couple and family therapy to be relevant to their lives and therapeutic needs of transgender couples and their families. However, participants expressed unfamiliarity with the field and uncertainty that couple and family therapists are equipped to provide affirmative care.

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Peterson, Colleen Margaret. "Couple Cohesion: Differences Between Clinical and Non-Clinical Mormon Couples." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 1988. http://patriot.lib.byu.edu/u?/MTNZ,10566.

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Weeden, Jessica. "Capable Couples." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2015. http://repository.cmu.edu/theses/93.

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Discussion of money has become stigmatized in American culture. Money affects lifestyle, sense of security or one’s own sense of self worth, making conversations about so much more than just finances. Left alone, this can lead partners to develop a sense of resentment, mistrust or confusion about their joint financial situation. Combining information from user research, casual conversations, observations of those around me, and the current literature on marital conflict and money management, this project aims to provide a way for younger couples to approach financial conversations in a way that reduces the anxiety that often comes with the territory. I approached this by designing a game for the couple to play as a means of prompting discussion. By creating a game that fosters a comfortable, casual environment, they can learn and plan alongside each other while feeling cooperative rather than competitive or defensive. In this way, I am able to raise serious financial questions for the couple to consider moments after they are laughing about what cartoon character they most resemble. This shifts the focus from dread and tension to learning and strengthening their bond.

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Shannon, Samuel Tomas. "Married, Cohabiting, and Dating Couples Presenting for Couple and Family Therapy." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1355943711.

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Dupré, La Tour Monique. "Les fonctions psychiques du couple : le travail psychique du lien dans le couple." Lyon 2, 2002. http://theses.univ-lyon2.fr/documents/lyon2/2002/feuga_m.

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Pour passer de l'état amoureux à l'engagement amoureux, de la passion à un couple psychique, les partenaires vont constituer un lien spécifique, le lien conjugal. Ce lien crée un écart entre les conjoints, écart nécessaire pour être en lien et exister comme individus. Plus le désir fusionnel est à l'œuvre, plus l'écart pend une forme concrète, absence de relations sexuelles, somatisations, violence, tiers réel. Le symptôme de couple, création du couple, vient en lieu et place de l'intériorisation du tiers. Le lien organise des collusions défensives, points de fixations en écho de l'histoire prégénital des conjoints. Le retour du refoulé débouche sur la constitution de symptômes et sur la crise. Le travail psychique accompli pour dépasser les crises élabore les collusions. Les conjoints l'un par l'autre, l'un avec l'autre dénouent peu à peu ce qui s'y était condensé. Cette élaboration ouvre soit sur la dissolution du lien soit sur son renforcement, elle permet à chaque conjoint l'intégration progressive d'éléments en attente de symbolisation organisés jusque là dans la collusion. Dans ces conditions le travail psychique accompli par le couple peut être pensé comme un organisateur/réorganisateur du psychisme. Il permet une réélaboration du deuil originaire et du deuil des parents œdipiens. Un cadre groupal suffisamment fiable, le niveau objectal et libidinalisé du lien soutiennent ces élaborations. La proposition de thérapie en couple aux partenaires en souffrance venant en consultation est celle d'un nouveau groupe permettant la reprise de la constitution du lien, de la différentiation à l'intérieur de la dyade et celle des projections de l'objet interne sur l'objet réel
For love as a feeling to become a form of commitment, for passion to turn into a psychic couple, members will byuild a specific link, the conjugal bond. This link creates a gap between the partners, such a gap being necessary for each of them to be connected, and to live as an individual. The greater the desire for fusion, the more concrete the gapbecomes, leading to no sexual intercourse, somatizations, violent behaviour, appearence of an outsider. The couple symptom, created by the couple, itself, replaces the internalisation of the third agency. The link puts into place defensive collusions, wich are signs of fixation echoing the partners' pregenital histories. The return of the repressed leads real symptoms to appear and to a crisis. The psychical work supplied to overcome crises works out of collusion. With each other and through each other, the partners gradually untangle what had beeen previously condensed in thise collusions. The working over then leads onto the link either becoming stronger or disappearing totally, allowing each one to progressively integrate elements awaiting symbolisation that were until then collusive. Under such circumstances, the psychical work provided by the couple may be seen as organising or reorganising its psyche, and enabling the partners to work over again the original mourning and that of the oedipien parents. In order to achieve this work, the setting and the couple as supporting group agencies must be reliable and the link must be objectal and libidinal enough. Dual therapy offers consulting ailing partners to form such a supporting group agency. It enables the link to be created afresh, the workin out of the differentiation inside the dyad and the projections of the internal object upon the real objects

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Bitter, James, and Jill Duba. "“Building Life Together: Adlerian Principles for Couples and Couples Counseling." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2010. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6092.

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Zhong, Xinmiao. "Factors contributing to commitment in Chinese interethnic couples." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2013. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/14667.

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Interethnic relationships are increasingly common in society, yet interethnic couples also have a higher divorce rate compared to intraethnic couples. Given these facts, it is important that researchers identify factors that contribute to couples commitment in interethnic relationships, but to date, such research is rare. This thesis investigated the factors that contribute to the commitment of Chinese interethnic relationships. In order to do that, a qualitative study and a quantitative study were conducted. Johnson s commitment framework was found suitable in the qualitative study. Thus a cultural model that incorporated Johnson s personal commitment and a new construct couple cultural identity was established for the quantitative study to find whether love, satisfaction (i.e. dyadic adjustment) and couple cultural identity (i.e. acculturation to the partner and similarity of couple s individualism/collectivism) would predict personal commitment and whether each variable would account for unique variance in personal commitment of the participants. The quantitative study found significant relationships between love and personal commitment, satisfaction and personal commitment of Chinese interethnic couples. Also, couple cultural identity was important for women s personal commitment. These findings suggest that partners in interethnic relationships may define personal commitment in different ways with men emphasising love and satisfaction, and women emphasising love and acculturation to their partner.

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Miller, Charles D. "Healthy clergy couples." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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Bande, Gianluca. "Formes de contact généralisé, couples de contact et couples contacto-symplectiques." Mulhouse, 2000. http://www.theses.fr/2000MULH0621.

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On introduit trois types de structures géométriques nouvelles sur des variétés différentiables : formes de contact généralisé, couples de contact et couples contacto-symplectiques. Une forme de contact généralisé sur M est une 2k + 1-forme ω telle que ω∧dω soit une forme volume. Plusieurs exemples sont construits et on donne un critère local qui permet de montrer que tous ces exemples ne sont pas triviaux dans le sens qu'ils ne sont pas de la forme α ∧ dαk (où α est une forme de contact). Un couple de contact sur M est un couple (α, β) de formes de Pfaff de classe constante 2k + 1 et 2h + 1 respectivement et telles que la forme α ∧ dαk ∧ β ∧ dβh soit une forme volume. Chacune de ces formes détermine un feuilletage caractéristique dont les feuilles sont des variétés de contact. Ces feuilletages sont transverses et supplémentaires. La géométrie de tels objets est très riche car on peut naturellement leur associer deux champs de Reeb qui commutent, deux types de courbes de Legendre et deux crochets de Poisson. D'une manière similaire on définit un couple contacto-symplectique. Pour les deux dernières structure on démontre qu'il y a un unique modèle local et on construit plusieurs exemples non triviaux dans les groupes de Lie et dans les fibrés principaux en tores. Comme conséquence de la théorie des couples contacto-symplectiques on construit des exemples de champs de vecteurs (sur des variétés de contact) sans transversale fermée et qui ne sont le champ de Reeb d'aucune forme de contact. Ce qui répond à un célèbre problème de Reeb.

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Wells, Melissa A. "Gender, Power, and Trust Issues in Couple Therapy with Adult-Survivor Couples." Thesis, Loma Linda University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3726194.

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Although one-third of partners in couple therapy have experienced childhood abuse, our field has developed few specific interventions that address the lingering effects of child abuse on current couple dynamics. A common impact on adult survivors is the struggle to trust their intimate partner. Furthermore, asymmetrical gendered power processes often erode trust. Given the propensity for adult-survivor couples to experience a distrusting emotional culture, this dissertation studied the effect of gendered power dynamics on trust in partner interactions, as well as identified clinical processes of Socio-Emotional Relationship Therapy (SERT) that helped adult-survivor couples change power disparities to a mutually supportive and trusting emotional culture.

This dissertation includes two publishable papers. The first article articulates relational trust theory, which integrates feminist, social constructionist views with relational ethics. This theoretical conceptualization describes how the intermingling of gendered power interactions and adult-survivor power responses negatively impact emotional connection. The second article presents the results of a longitudinal grounded theory study of video and transcripts of 40 SERT sessions with four heterosexual adult-survivor couples. The findings from the research were applied to an additional four couples to refine the final grounded theory on how to work with the intersection of trust, gender, and power issues of adult-survivor couples. Three key themes on gendered power processes emerged: 1) gendered fear of being vulnerable, 2) unique gendered power approaches, and 3) distrustful reactions. The analysis identifies five key clinical processes to enhance trust: 1) recognize gendered power’s effects on relational safety, 2) comprehend the socio-emotional experience of partners, 3) accentuate relational needs, 4) initiate partners sharing power, and 5) identify trustworthiness of partners. The study also delineates components of relational vulnerability that augment trust.

The final dissertation chapter compares the findings from the grounded theory analysis to current CFT models with adult-survivor couples and discusses clinical implications for addressing the complex interplay of gender, power, and trust in partner interactions. A significant contribution of this dissertation is a better understanding of the link of trust with gender and power dynamics in adult-survivor intimate relationships and how to sensitively address relational processes interfering with trust.

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Peterson, Clairee, and Mallory Lucier-Greer. "Accepting Influence in Military Couples: Implications for Couple- and Family-Level Outcomes." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/secfr-conf/2019/schedule/31.

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Gottman identified the phenomenon accepting influence in couple relationships, defining it as the action of letting one’s partner influence their opinions, as well as the approach of being open-minded towards one’s partner. In this study, we examine accepting influence among a dyadic sample of military couples (N=242 couples). We first replicate Gottman’s findings which link accepting influence to couple satisfaction, and then expand this area of research by examining how accepting influence within the couple relationship relates to family-level outcomes based on theoretical underpinnings from systems theory and the spillover hypothesis. To model relationships within and between partners, we utilize an actor-partner interdependence model. Results demonstrate that accepting influence is related to both couple and family satisfaction in military families, although these were primarily actor effects (i.e., perceptions of accepting influence were primarily associated with personal reports of couple and family satisfaction). Implications for practice and research will be discussed.

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Drank, Jillian Amanda. "The Severity of Recurrent Violence During and Following Couples\' Participation in Domestic Violence-Focused Couple Therapy." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/50925.

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This study explores the severity of psychological and physical aggression that recurred during and following couples\' participation in Domestic Violence-Focused Couple Therapy. The overall recurrence of violence was found to be quite high. Chi Square tests revealed a difference in severity of violence during the time couples (N=41) were participating in the program in that more couples reported minor only violence at post-test than at pre-test and fewer couples reported severe violence at post-test than at pre-test for both psychological and physical aggression. Also, more couple reported no physical aggression at post-test than at pre-test and fewer couples reported severe physical aggression at post-test than at pre-test. It was also found that much of the violence that recurred during and following participation in the program was coded in the same category of severity at pre-test and post-test and at post-test and follow-up and few couples reported an increase in the severity of the violence they experienced. Implications for treating couples experiencing interpersonal violence and suggestions for further research are discussed.
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Wong, Wai-lan Eve. "To talk or not to talk : a study of the knowledge, communication pattern and expectation about sex of couples preparing for marriage /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19470617.

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Newman, Jennifer Anne. "Interpersonal perceptions : a comparison between distressed alcoholic couples and distressed, nonalcoholic couples." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28443.

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Interpersonal perception was investigated with respect to distressed, alcoholic couples as compared to distressed, nonalcoholic couples. Twenty couples in each group were screened for their distress levels (Dyadic Adjustment Scale), drinking behaviour (Goodwin Criteria Checklist), and for possible psychiatric symptomatology (Symptom Checklist 90 Revised). Their perceptions of themselves and their partners in the relationship were compared through the use of the Structure Analysis of Social Behavior (SASB). Although there were no differences between the two groups on several Initiating and Responding Focus variables, important significant differences were evident between the alcoholic and distressed men and the distressed women and women married to alcoholics. The nonsignificant results confirmed the troubled nature of the marriages studied and provided a context for the significant differences found between the two groups. Specifically, alcoholic men viewed themselves to be more hostile towards their spouses than did the distressed men. Plus, the alcoholic men believed their spouses to be more helpful and protective of them than did the distressed men. Similarily, the distressed men viewed their spouses to be more hostile toward them than did the alcoholic men. Women married to alcoholics viewed their spouses to be more hostile towards them than did the distressed women. The interpersonal perceptions revealed by the alcoholic couple group seem to imply the existence of complementary marital patterns. That is, alcoholic husbands viewed their wives to be helpful and protective of them while they viewed themselves to be hostile toward their wives. Their wives, on the other hand, viewed themselves to be guarded while they viewed their spouses to be hostile towards them. However, further research is required to expand upon this interpersonal description of alcoholic couple interactions.
Education, Faculty of
Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
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McDowell-Burns, Molly. "PATTERNED BEHAVIORS IN COUPLES: THE VALIDITY OF THE COUPLES CONFLICTRESOLUTION STYLES ASSESSMENT." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1468853439.

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Stewart, J. Wade. "A Pilot Study of Solution-focused Brief Therapeutic Intervention for Couples." DigitalCommons@USU, 2011. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1061.

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Over the years, many interventions have been used to ameliorate couple distress and increase relationship satisfaction. These interventions have been getting shorter in duration. The purpose of this pilot study was to test the feasibility and impact of a brief intervention using a solution-focused approach (SFBT) for couples. The brief intervention included two two-hour consultations. Data were collected from 30 couples and were analyzed using a repeated measures design. The analyses yielded mixed results. There were statistically significant improvements in the areas of individual well-being and relationship knowledge. There were no significant differences in terms of marital satisfaction, communication skills, and readiness to change, although positive trends were observed in this pilot phase. Implications for future research and development are discussed.

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Pineault, Nancy. "Couples endogames et couples mixtes : comparaison de la satisfaction conjugale, de la perception des pairs à l'égard du couple et de l'estime de soi." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ55873.pdf.

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Patterson, Davis G. "Kin, kith, and same-sex couple quality /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/8844.

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Virotte-Ducharme, Marguerite-Marie. "Couples fischériens presque simples." Paris 7, 1985. http://www.theses.fr/1985PA077092.

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Tommasi, Denni. "On Couples and Decisions." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/283323.

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In Chapter 1, which is co-authored with Rossella Calvi and Arthur Lewbel, we show that a local average treatment effect (LATE) can sometimes be identified and consistently estimated when treatment is mismeasured, or when treatment is estimated using a possibly misspecified structural model. Our associated estimator, which we call Mismeasurement Robust LATE (MR-LATE), is based on differencing two different mismeasures of treatment. In our empirical application, treatment is a measure of empowerment: whether a wife has control of substantial household resources. Due to measurement difficulties and sharing of goods within a household, this treatment cannot be directly observed without error, and so must be estimated. Our outcomes are health indicators of family members. We first estimate a structural model to obtain the otherwise unobserved treatment indicator. Then, using changes in inheritance laws in India as an instrument, we apply our new MR-LATE estimator. We find that women's empowerment substantially decreases their probability of being anemic or underweight, and increases children's likelihood of receiving vaccinations. We find no evidence of negative effects on men's health. Then, using changes in inheritance laws in India as an instrument, we apply our new MR-LATE estimator. We find that women's empowerment substantially decreases their probability of being anemic or underweight, and increases children's likelihood of receiving vaccinations.In Chapter 2, which is co-authored with Alexander Wolf, we take the Dunbar et al (2013) (DLP) model and explore its strength and weaknesses at recovering information regarding household sharing of resources. DLP develop a collective model of the household that allows to identify resource shares, that is, how total household resources are divided up among household members. We show why, especially when the data exhibit relatively flat Engel curves, the model is weakly identified and induces high variability and an implausible pattern in least squares estimates. We propose an estimation strategy nested in their framework that greatly reduces this practical impediment to recovery of individual resource shares. To achieve this, we follow a shrinkage method that incorporates additional (or out-of-sample) information on singles and relies on mild assumptions on preferences. We show the practical usefulness of this strategy through a series of Monte Carlo simulations and by applying it to Mexican data. The results show that our approach is robust, gives a plausible picture of the household decision process, and is particularly beneficial for the practitioner who wishes to apply the DLP framework.Finally, in Chapter 3, which is co-authored with Bram De Rock and Tom Potoms, we exploit the experimental set-up of a conditional cash transfers (CCT) program in Mexico to estimate a collective model of the household and to investigate how parents allocate household resources. This is important to understand because the success of policies aimed at fighting poverty depends crucially on how parents respond to monetary incentives. If parents allocate resources inefficiently (or non-cooperatively), the resulting level of well-being is likely to fall behind the socially efficient optimum. This is undesirable given the prevalence of CCT programs over the last two decades which have occupied a large percentage of governments' annual anti-poverty budgets. Although there is evidence that they have been beneficial, their effectiveness may still be limited. Our aim is to tackle this research question by estimating a theoretically-consistent demand system and by applying at best a powerful test of household efficiency developed by Bourguignon et al (2009). Contrary to previous results, we show that households make efficient decisions only at the beginning of the program, but fail to cooperate later on. In order to rationalize these results, we propose a simple model of household behaviour where decision makers may change their preferences as a result of a treatment that gives information about the importance of a public good.
Doctorat en Sciences économiques et de gestion
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Yoo, Hana. "Couple Intimacy and Relationship Satisfaction: A Comparison Study between Clinical and Community Couples." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1374180064.

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Ormsby, Stephani L. "Martial satisfication among pre-marital cohabiting couples and non pre-marital cohabiting couples." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2007. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/2982.

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This study examined whether a difference in marital satisfaction existed among pre-marital cohabitating couples and non pre-marital cohabitating couples. Twenty of the couples had cohabitated and twenty had never cohabitated prior to their marriage. The forty couples were from the Atlanta metropolitan and LaGrange, Georgia areas and were selected for the study utilizing a non probability/purposive snowball sampling technique. The couples were referred by previous participants and were screened in order to ensure that all eligibility requirements were met. The couples' ages ranged from 20-45 years and all couples were involved in their first marriage. The Marital Satisfaction Inventory Revised (MSI-R) was administered to all forty couples in order to ascertain differences in marital satisfaction and to determine an interaction effect of gender and cohabitation status. The MSI-R is a 150 question, true-false inventory which measures marital satisfaction by testing nine marital scales and two validity scales. The findings of the study indicated that there were significant differences in marital satisfaction among premarital cohabitating and non pre-marital cohabitating husbands and wives. The significance between the two groups were Aggression, Family History of Distress, Time Together, Role Orientation, and Disagreement about Finances.

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Reyna, Samuel H. "Apology and Forgiveness in Couples." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc699962/.

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Following a transgression, interpersonal forgiveness is one strategy used to restore harmony between the victim and offender. Research also suggests that forgiveness can promote psychological and physical health. Research has shown that an apology from the offender may facilitate the forgiveness process. The majority of studies suggest that when a victim receives an apology, they experience higher levels of forgiveness toward their offender. The purpose of this thesis was to explore the association between apology and forgiveness in a sample of adults and undergraduate students (N = 803). The results are organized in three sections. First, I found a positive relationship between apology and forgiveness, replicating prior research. Second, I created a new measure of transgression severity, and provided evidence of internal consistency, construct validity, and criterion-related validity for this measure. Third, I tested two variables hypothesized to moderate the association between apology and forgiveness. First, there was some evidence that perceived offender humility moderated the association between simple apology and forgiveness. Offenders who were perceived as being more humble when providing a simple apology were granted more forgiveness than their less humble counterparts. Second, there was some evidence that transgression severity moderated the association between a complete apology and forgiveness, but the effect was in the opposite direction as hypothesized. For individuals who reported a transgression of high severity, there was a stronger association between the completeness of an apology and forgiveness than for individuals who reported a transgression of low severity. I conclude by discussing limitations, areas for future research, and implications for counseling.

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Au, Wai-ming Dimitri. "An exploratory study of the relationship of male gay couples." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1992. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13409396.

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Solsberry, Priscilla Wilson. "Cognitive factors in marital satisfaction among older retired couples and couples in their twenties." Virtual Press, 1993. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/862268.

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This study was designed to investiate the relationship between marital satisfaction and adherence to dysfunctional beliefs concerning the marital relationship among married couples in their twenties and retired married couples 65 years of age and older. Additionally, adherence to socially desirable response sets was also measured.Marital satisfaction among older couples was significantly higher than that of younger couples (p < .001). Older men demonstrated significantly greater adherence to dysfunctional beliefs about marriage than younger men (p < .01), while these beliefs were not significantly different for older and younger women. Older couples also demonstrated significantly greater adherence to socially desirable response sets than younger couples (p < .001 for women and p < .01 for men).Increased marital satisfaction was significantly correlated with decreased adherence to dysfunctional beliefs for all subjects (p < .001 for older women and p < .01 for all others) and with greater social desirability responding for all subjects except younger women (p < .01). Level of marital satisfaction among older couples was most influenced by that of one's spouse, while the satisfaction of younger couples was most affected by one's adherence to the belief that disagreement is destructive to the marriage.
Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services

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Oravec, Kristyn. "Psychological Abuse in Same-Sex Couples Compared to Heterosexual Couples: Implications for Depression Outcomes." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1559569086959907.

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Moffat, Robert Deane Owen. "Clergy couples and the double relationship, issues at the heart of clergy couple ministry." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ30193.pdf.

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Lawson, Wendy Anne. "Improving couple communication through the Imago Getting the Love You Want Workshop for Couples." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/867.

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Oxford, Mary Cunningham. "SUCCES, Satisfying Unions through Couples Communication and Enhancement Skills a secondary prevention and enhancement program for married couples /." Texas A&M University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1969/417.

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Anfruns, Michel. "Devenir des couples de malades mentaux qui se sont constitués dans les unités de soins psychiatriques." Montpellier 1, 1993. http://www.theses.fr/1993MON11079.

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Edgley, Krista. "Condom use among heterosexual couples." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/6298.

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To further understand the predictors of condom use for HIV prevention, this cross-sectional study surveyed 276 heterosexually active couples, between the ages of 16 and 29, who had been dating for less than one year. Each partner completed a self-report, multidimensional survey package and returned it via mail. Study objectives were to examine: (1) whether variables previously associated with condom use in studies of individuals (i.e., communication, attitudes toward condoms, knowledge, relationship variables), were associated with condom use in the context of the couple relationship; (2) whether there were paired-gender differences on the predictor variables; and (3) whether attachment style was associated with condom use among the couples sampled. The unique and innovative aspects of the study were its focus on couples and its exploration of the influence of attachment. The study yielded several important results. First, congruence of partner scores regarding the perception of need for condoms safe relationships was of particular importance in predicting the likelihood of condom use. Consistent condom use was more likely to occur if both partners held a positive perception; inconsistent or non-condom use was more likely if both partners held a negative view. Second, the variables that had been previously identified as predictors in studies of individuals, taken together, helped to correctly classify inconsistent/no-condom use, but did not do so for consistent use. Third, although females reported asking questions about their partner's sexual history more often than did males, and also reported carrying the burden of the decision to use condoms, their decision was ultimately influenced by their male partner's perception of whether condoms should be used. Finally, although there were no significant relationships between attachment style and condom use, it is not possible to rule out the absence of an association owing to the inadequate representation of all attachment styles in this sample. Furthermore, significant correlations were observed between condom use predictor variables and attachment working models that represent the individual's image of other people, and the individual's image of self. Results are discussed with respect to decision-making heuristics and optimistic bias regarding HIV/STD risk perceptions, and implications for intervention strategies are suggested.

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Fong, Ho-yin Ian, and 方浩然. "Odd couples: questioning sexual identity." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31952586.

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Kapoor, Rakesh R. (Rakesh Rameshchandra). "Thermodynamic data from diffusion couples." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/14217.

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Rapkin, Jennifer Schmoll. "Marital Stability Among Quaker Couples." Thesis, Boston College, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/1823.

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Thesis advisor: Bernard O'Brien
The purpose of this study was to investigate variables contributing to stability in the long-term marriages of members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). A qualitative approach was used to facilitate understanding of the dynamic and complex nature of a long-term marriage. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 Quaker couples from Eastern Massachusetts. Participants were volunteers who had been married for at least 20 years, and whose youngest child was at least 18 years old. In addition, participants had been members of the Religious Society of Friends or attenders at Quaker meeting for at least 20 years. The interviews addressed a range of factors from the early years of marriage, middle years, and the current period. Additional questions were added concerning the impact of Quakerism on the individual and the marriage
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 1998
Submitted to: Boston College. School of Education
Discipline: Counseling, Developmental Psychology, and Research Methods

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Bermudez, Judith Maria. "Conflict Resolution among Latino Couples." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26539.

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Conflict resolution style was examined with 191 married Latino couples residing in Houston and Dallas, Texas, representing 21 different nationalities. The purpose of this research study was to examine conflict resolution styles most predominant among the Latino couples in the sample and to examine if various demographic data correlated with the couples conflict resolution style. The dependent variables were conflict resolution style (avoidance, volatile, and validator) using Gottman's MSI (Marital Conflict Scale, 1994). Using the same items on the MSI, and direct statements about Latino's communication from the Marriage and Family Therapy literature, other dependent variables were identified (unity, harmony, autonomy, conservatism and passion) with factor analysis and content analysis. The statistically significant independent variables were religion, language, education, and country of birth. The majority of this sample identified them selves as having a validating style of conflict resolution. Clinical implications for family therapists are discussed.
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Reyna, Samuel H. "Self-Enhancement Processes in Couples." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1011799/.

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Self-enhancement is a process by which individuals misperceive themselves by viewing themselves in a positively biased manner. Past research indicates that self-enhancement can have both positive and negative effects on romantic relationships. The purpose of this dissertation was to explore the role of self-enhancement in unmarried dating couples (N = 124 couples; 248 individuals) with respect to conflict, dyadic adjustment, causal and responsibility attributions, and possible moderators between self-enhancement and dyadic adjustment. The results are organized in four sections. First, I found a curvilinear relationship between participant self-enhancement and conflict. At very low and very high levels of self-enhancement there were increased levels of conflict. Second, participant self-enhancement was positively associated with positively associated with increased participant dyadic adjustment, but there was no relationship between participant self-enhancement and partner dyadic adjustment. Third, there was no relationship between participant self-enhancement and causal and responsibility attributions. Fourth, forgiveness and commitment did not moderate the relationship between self-enhancement and dyadic adjustment; however, there were main effects for both forgiveness and commitment - both forgiveness and commitment were positively associated with dyadic adjustment. I conclude by discussing limitations, areas of future research, and implications for counseling.

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Fong, Ho-yin Ian. "Odd couples : questioning sexual identity /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B22200800.

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Monteiro, Luís Fabiano Carvalho. "Optimal unemployment insurance for couples." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/13986.

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This work analyzes the optimal design of an unemployment insurance program for couples, whose joint search problem in the labor market differ significantly from the problem faced by single agents. We use a version of the sequential search model of the labor market adapted to married agents to compare optimal constant policies for single and married agents, as well as characterize the optimal constant policy when the agency faces single and married agents simultaneously. Our main result is that an agency that gives equal weights to single and married agents will want to give equal utility promises to both types of agents and spend more on the single agent.

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Kelley, LaFray. "Solution-Focused Couples' Group Therapy." DigitalCommons@USU, 1998. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2573.

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Solution-focused therapy is one of the models of brief family therapy that has come into prominence during the 1980s and 90s. Whereas earlier forms of family therapy concentrated on problems and the behaviors that maintained them, solution-focused therapy places its emphasis on "exceptions" to the problem--times when it is not happening--and seeks to elaborate on and amplify these exceptions. A solution-focused therapy model has been used with individuals, couples, and groups of individuals, but a search of the relevant literature revealed no information on its use with couples' groups. The purpose of this study was to develop a solution-focused treatment plan for a couples ' group and to test its effectiveness. A single-case research design was used with a multiple baseline assessment strategy across subjects. Participants' improvement on measures of overall marital satisfaction and specific goal achievement was considered in evaluation of effectiveness. Five couples completed the program. Marital satisfaction was measured using the Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS) and the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale (KMS) . On both measures 7 of the 10 participants showed improvement between baseline and intervention scores. Two participants showed little change in scores and 1 subject recorded a decline in score. A self-report goal sheet utilizing a 0-10 scale was used to record progress toward individual and couple goals. Eight participants reported progress, 1 no change, and 1 a decline on both types of goals. The results of this study lend support to the supposition of positive out comes from solution-focused couples ' group work and suggest the need for further study.

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Zucchero, Renee A. "Marital adjustment of older adult couples with breast cancer, prostate cancer, and couples without cancer." Virtual Press, 1998. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1117099.

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The purpose of this study was to explore the marital adjustment of older adult couples with breast cancer, prostate cancer, and couples who have experienced neither. Participants were 64 couples in which at least one of the spouses was over 55 years of age, including 19 breast cancer couples, 20 prostate cancer couples, 25 couples who had experienced neither of these cancers. Most participants were young-old, Protestant, Caucasians from a high socioeconomic class. The breast cancer and prostate cancer participants had completed treatment an average of 39.5 months prior to participation. The methodology was a mail survey. Participants completed a demographic questionnaire, the Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire for Older Adults (MSQFOP) (Haynes et al., 1992), Primary Communication Inventory (PCI) (Navran, 1967), Miller Social Intimacy Scale (MSIS) (Miller & Lefcourt, 1982), and the Index of Sexual Satisfaction (ISS) (Hudson et al., 1981).There were no differences in the amount of discordance between the couples groups' level of marital satisfaction, communication, intimacy, and sexual satisfaction. In addition, there were no differences in the level of marital satisfaction, communication, intimacy, and sexual satisfaction between the participant groups. There was a significantly greater correlation between the prostate cancer couples' scores on the ISS than the correlation between the breast cancer couples' scores and the scores of the couples who had not experienced breast cancer or prostate cancer.The level of marital satisfaction, communication, intimacy, and sexual satisfaction reported was similar to that of the normative samples. There was no difference between the marital adjustment of the cancer couples and older couples who had experienced neither type of cancer. These results are good news for breast and prostate cancer survivors, and professionals. Older adults may be better able to incorporate the experience of cancer into their lives or are better prepared for chronic illness through anticipatory socialization. The high degree of agreement between the prostate cancer spouses on the ISS may be related to the sexual dysfunction that frequently accompanies treatment for this cancer. Future research should be qualitative and longitudinal and continue to explore the psychosocial implications of prostate cancer.
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Vatin, Florence. "L'infidelite conjugale comme reponse a un probleme identitaire dans le couple ?" Paris 5, 2000. http://www.theses.fr/2000PA05H071.

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L'infidelite conjugale est apprehendee dans une optique identitaire en postulant qu'elle est la reponse a un probleme identitaire de l'individu au sein du couple conjugal. Apres avoir fait un bilan des savoirs existants sur le theme, tant en so- ciologie et dans le champ des sciences humaines qu'au niveau des medias, et constate qu'aucune explication proposee ne semblait sociologiquement pertinente, nous avons construit notre propre interpretation du phenomene, validant notre problematique de depart au travers de l'analyse des donnees empiriques re- cueillies. Cela nous a conduit a etablir trois types d'infidelite : l'infidelite-test, faisant suite a un probleme au niveau de l'identite intime de l'individu, ne se sentant plus revele dans son couple et testant un nouveau partenaire pour ensuite choisir celui qui lui apporte le plus ; l'infidelite-narcissisme, ou l'individu re- cherche un nouveau partenaire sans remettre en cause son couple ; enfin, l'infidelite-complement, ou l'individu cherche a satisfaire son identite intime avec un nouveau partenaire tout en restant avec son conjoint pour valider son identite statutaire, ce qui le conduit vers une relation duelle.

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Nagy, Rachael, Ted Futris, and Evin Richardson. "Variations in Coparenting and Parenting Functioning Among At-risk Couples Following Participation in Couples Relationship Education." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/secfr-conf/2019/schedule/18.

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Couple relationships directly affect parenting practices, which in turn affect outcomes for children. More so, at-risk couples are more prone to exhibit conflictual relationships, elevated parenting stress, and behaviors that increase their children’s vulnerability to negative physical, emotional, and behavioral outcomes. Couples relationship education (CRE) programs have been found to positively influence couple functioning, which in turn has been linked to improved parenting behaviors. Supported by a federal grant, Project F.R.E.E.(www.ugaprojectfree.com) provides CRE to at-risk parents engaged in child welfare services in order to improve couple and co-parenting functioning. This presentation will share results from a study examining changes among a sample of married and unmarried couples in self-reports of coparenting quality, parenting stress and parenting behaviors. Variations in change based on parents’ gender, marital status, and developmental timing of program delivery will be explored.

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McNeil, Elyse C. "parenting couples' experiences of mental labour: How couples conceive, negotiate, share, and explain mental labour division." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2022. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/235132/1/Elyse_McNeil_Thesis.pdf.

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This thesis examined how parenting couples manage mental labour; the thinking, organising, planning work that underpins running a family. This thesis used surveys of working mothers and fathers and interviews with parenting couples and found that mothers are responsible for a greater portion of the childcare and family mental labour while fathers are responsible for much of the household mental labour. Mothers experienced more negative impact from the mental labour they carry. Effective re-distribution to improve sharing of mental labour is possible, particularly when both parents have periods of primary caring.

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Schneider, William Joel. "Transtheoretical Model of Change with couples." Diss., Texas A&M University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/441.

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The Transtheoretical Model of Change is intended to be a general model of change that can be applied to many populations and domains of change. However, most of the studies that have investigated this model have focused on addiction-related topics or on individual psychotherapy. The current study explored whether this model's predictions applied to couples and their readiness to change their relationship. Data from two samples were collected. The first sample consisted of 65 volunteer couples recruited from the community. The second sample consisted of 55 couples that participated in a 9-week relationship enhancement seminar. Factor analyses of questionnaires designed to measure the stages of change and processes of change predicted by the Transtheoretical Model of Change did not produce the hypothesized factors. In general, use of change processes did not predict change in relationship satisfaction. However, there was some evidence that wives' use of change processes had more impact on relationship satisfaction than did husbands' use of change processes. Couples at higher stages of change tended to experience greater improvements in marital satisfaction than did couples at lower stages of change. Couples with partners at similar levels of readiness to change did not experience greater improvements in marital satisfaction than did couples at dissimilar levels of readiness to change. In general, couples using the processes of change that matched their stage of change did not experience greater changes in marital satisfaction. However, as predicted by the Transtheoretical Model of Change, use of consciousness raising processes was less helpful for couples at higher stages of change than for couples at lower stages of change. Reasons for the failure to support many of the claims of the Transtheoretical Model of Change are explored and suggestions for future research are provided.

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Maurer, Michele. "Transcendent journeys, experiences of interdenominational couples." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq24488.pdf.

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Leung, Yun-yee. "Chinese couples' adjustment to breast cancer /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B36403167.

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Utz, Edwin B. "Spiritual formation for couples in ministry." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p028-0253.

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