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Murphy, Timothy F. "Response to “Cloning and Infertility” by Carson Strong (CQ Vol 7, No 3)." Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 8, no. 3 (July 1999): 364–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0963180199003138.
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Carson Strong has argued that if human cloning were safe it should be available to some infertile couples as a matter of ethics and law. He holds that cloning by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) should be available as a reproductive option for infertile couples who could not otherwise have a child genetically related to one member of the couple. In this analysis, Strong overlooks an important category of people to whom his argument might apply, couples he has not failed to consider elsewhere. In this discussion, however, Strong refers exclusively to opposite sex couples facing obstacles such as surgically removed ovaries and the inability to produce sperm. In fact, however, there are many adult couples who, while fertile in and of themselves, are not fertile as couples. This group includes not only opposite sex couples but coupled same sex partners as well. I believe the defenses Strong offers regarding the use of SCNT by opposite sex infertile couples would extend to same sex couples for two reasons. First, some same sex couples might face the inability to have a genetically related child, and second, Strong's arguments ultimately ground a general defense of SCNT independent of the question of a couple's fertility.
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Rumondor, Pingkan C. B. "Gambaran Penyesuaian Diadik pada Pasangan Dewasa Muda di Awal Pernikahan." Humaniora 2, no. 1 (April 30, 2011): 468. http://dx.doi.org/10.21512/humaniora.v2i1.3057.
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Marriage is one of young adulthood’s developmental task. The beginning phase of marriage is often beyond expectation of the newlyweds, it is a hard adjustment time for the couples. Therefore, adjustment in this phase is crucial for future marriage quality. The aim of this research is to describe the dyadic adjustment of young adult couples in the beginning phase of their marriage, using Spanier’s dimension of dyadic adjustment. This reasearch use qualitative approach with interview and observation as data collection method. This research found that in dyadic consensus, one couple see a disagreement because of different way of thinking. In dyadic cohesion, one couple feel that they are lack of intimacy. In dyadic satisfaction, the couples tend to feel satisfied. While in affectional expression, the couples tend to express affection thruouh physical contact and behaviour that accord with their couple’s preference. Areas that could be improved are couple’s communication to reach dyadic concensus and couple’s intimacy to increase dyadic cohession.
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Igartua, Karine J. "Therapy with Lesbian Couples: The Issues and the Interventions." Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 43, no. 4 (May 1998): 391–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/070674379804300408.
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Objective: To highlight difficulties that are unique to lesbian couples by reviewing the data that contrast lesbian and heterosexual couples and exploring the theories that explain the observed differences in couple dynamics. Method: A review of the literature contrasting demographics and relationship characteristics in lesbians and heterosexual couples was conducted, and a review of lesbian psychotherapy literature was performed. Results: The differences in couple dynamics may be attributed to female relational styles and the stresses of being in a relationship that is not socially sanctioned (homophobia). Conclusions: Therapists should not use heterosexual standards when evaluating lesbian relationships because this may lead to misconstruance of a couple's emotional intensity as pathological. They should, however, recognize the problems that stem from pathological levels of fusion. When evaluating a couple, clinicians must assess the level of internalized homophobia so as to understand when the couple's difficulties originate from unresolved conflicts over sexual orientation.
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Luca, G., S. Parrettini, A. Sansone, R. Calafiore, and E. A. Jannini. "The Inferto-Sex Syndrome (ISS): sexual dysfunction in fertility care setting and assisted reproduction." Journal of Endocrinological Investigation 44, no. 10 (May 6, 2021): 2071–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40618-021-01581-w.
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Abstract Purpose Infertility represents a peculiar social burden affecting more than 15% of couples, provoking it a real threat to the general quality of life and to the sexual health. The medicalization (diagnosis, therapy and follow up) of the lack of fertility is frequently a challenge in term of personal and couple’s involvement. In particular, while the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) has allowed many infertile couples to achieve pregnancy, the therapeutic process faced by the couple bears a strong psychological stress that can affect the couple's quality of life, relationship and sexuality. Despite infertility affects both female and male sexual health, only recently the interest in the effects of ART on the couple's sexuality has grown, especially for women. Methods A literature research on the sexual dysfunction in fertility care and particularly in ART setting was performed. Results Literature largely found that intimacy and sexuality appear specifically impaired by intrusiveness of treatments and medical prescriptions. Moreover, there is a close relationship between emotional, psychological and sexual aspects, which can be integrated in the new concept of Inferto-Sex Syndrome (ISS) that can impair the ART treatment outcomes. Evidence demonstrates that the assessment of sexual function is necessary in couples undergoing diagnosis of infertility and ART. Conclusion A close relationship between infertility and sexuality, both in the female and male partners, was detected. ART treatments may heavily impact on the couple's psychosexual health. A couple-centred program for the integrated management of psychological and sexual dysfunction should be considered in the context of ART programs.
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M. Suhron, Siti Safitri Mulita, and Hasinuddin. "“Sapu Cantik” Innovation (Healthy, Safe, and Caring for Our Prospective Brides) as an Effort to Increase Motivation for Catin Health Visits." STRADA Jurnal Ilmiah Kesehatan 13, no. 1 (May 30, 2024): 62–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.30994/sjik.v13i1.1109.
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Health service visits are decreasing at the Primary Health Care level, including a decrease in premarital couple visits. This innovation aims to provide support and cross-sector cooperation in increasing health visits for couples before marriage. The implementation method in developing this innovation is to use the Research and Development design, which has 2 stages of activity. The first stage is to evaluate a couple's premarital visit through field studies using documents, interviews, and observations and determine strategic issues. The results show that the number of premarital couple visits has not reached 100% and is not optimal. This Sapu Cantik Innovation provides solutions for premarital couples as a form of cross-sectoral concern for the health of premarital couples. This innovation hopes to help and identify premarital couples who face health problems before, during, and after marriage to improve family health.
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Sauvé, Marie-Soleil, Katherine Péloquin, and Audrey Brassard. "Moving forward together, stronger, and closer: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of marital benefits in infertile couples." Journal of Health Psychology 25, no. 10-11 (March 21, 2018): 1532–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105318764283.
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Some couples find in infertility the bonding opportunities that reinforce their relationship. Using an interpretative phenomenological analysis, this study examined marital benefits in three couples seeking fertility treatment. Interviews revealed five types of benefits: being engaged in a shared hardship, feeling closer to one another, feeling reassured in the relationship, developing a satisfying communication and support behaviors, and having faith in the couple’s capacity to face adversity. A dyadic analysis also illustrated how marital benefits developed in each couple. Marital benefits nourished marital satisfaction, thus underscoring their importance to help couples cope through fertility treatment.
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Khaneghahi, Sofia, Mansoure Firoozabadi Poorjanebollahi, Mitra Koroghli, and Masoomeh Karimi. "Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment-Based Couple Therapy on Communication Patterns and Marital Infidelity in Married Individuals." Applied Family Therapy Journal 5, no. 2 (2024): 218–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.61838/kman.aftj.5.2.24.
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Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment-Based Couple Therapy (ACT) on communication patterns and marital infidelity among married individuals in Yazd. Methods: The research method was quasi-experimental. The population consisted of all married individuals attending psychological counseling and service centers in Meybod. Using questionnaires on communication patterns and marital infidelity, and employing purposive sampling, 20 couples with higher scores were selected from a pool of 50 couples. They were randomly assigned to either the experimental group (10 couples) or the control group (10 couples). The experimental group underwent Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, while the control group received no treatment. Post-tests were administered to both groups. Results, analyzed using covariance analysis. Findings: Findings showed that Acceptance and Commitment-Based Couple Therapy significantly impacts the communication patterns of married individuals. Additionally, it significantly affects marital infidelity among married individuals. Conclusion: Thus, ACT can be used to enhance couple’s relationship and prevent infidelity and divorce.
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Shi, Jun Xiu, and Jian Hua Liu. "Effects of Surface Oxide Coating on Corrosion Behavior of Ti-1023/LY12 Galvanic Couple." Advanced Materials Research 668 (March 2013): 880–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.668.880.
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Galvanic corrosion behavior of Ti-1023 titanium alloy coupled to LY12 aluminum alloy was investigated in 3.5% NaCl solution. Particular attention was given to the effect of anodized coatings on corrosion behaviors of Ti-1023/LY12 galvanic couple. Galvanic test was conducted on the following couples: Ti-1023/LY12, Ti-1023/anodized LY12 and anodized Ti-1023/anodized LY12, respectively. Corrosion properties including open circuit potential (Eoc) of each material, galvanic corrosion potential (Eg) and galvanic corrosion current (Ig) of the couples were monitored. Corrosion morphology was observed by optical microscope (OM) and corrosion mechanisms were analyzed and discussed. It was showed that anodized coatings significantly decreased Eg and Īg of the couples and provide effective protection of the anode from suffering corrosion attack. Only slight localized corrosion was detected on anodized LY12 alloy in the two anodized couples and the LY12 in anodized Ti-1023/anodized LY12 couple was found to be least susceptible to galvanic corrosion. The LY12 alloy in the bare couple: Ti-1023/LY12, was found to be highly susceptible to galvanic corrosion and suffered severe uniform and localized corrosion attack
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Laumon, B., N. Mamelle, F. Munoz, and A. Measson. "Sociodemographic characteristics and intentions for further births in France." Journal of Biosocial Science 20, no. 1 (January 1988): 31–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021932000017223.
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SummaryIn the Lyon region of France, 356 couples of childbearing age were interviewed regarding their fertility intentions. Couples intending to have, and not to have, further children were compared. The former are less often skilled workers or qualified office staff, the woman is less likely to work, and the couple had their first child at a relatively late age. These differences are still present after adjustment for the couple's ages and number of children.
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Friedman, Richard C. "Couple Therapy With Gay Couples." Psychiatric Annals 21, no. 8 (August 1, 1991): 485–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/0048-5713-19910801-11.
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Vincent, Christopher. "Illness, Couples and Couple Psychotherapy." British Journal of Psychotherapy 35, no. 4 (November 2019): 628–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjp.12501.
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Keogh, Timothy, and Cynthia Gregory-Roberts. "The Role of Interpretation in the Assessment Phase of Couple Psychoanalysis." Couple and Family Psychoanalysis 7, no. 2 (September 30, 2017): 168–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.33212/cfp.v7n2.2017.168.
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Interpretation is a fundamental component of psychoanalytic interventions with couples, yet where and how it is used varies widely. In this article, we make a case for its use in the assessment of couples. The authors regard assessment as a process directed at understanding the nature of the couple's presenting problem from a psychoanalytic perspective, a means of exploring a couple's ability to benefit from psychoanalytic treatment, and determining their level of psychic functioning and associated defences. These issues are illustrated in material from a conjoint couple assessment, arguing with reference to this material, that as an intervention, interpretation is an important and effective aspect of the couple assessment process, particularly when seen as iterative and stemming from an evolving container–contained relationship. We also highlight the unique challenges faced in the conjoint assessment of a couple and the use of our related concept of a mutative couple interpretation and the technique of reflective interpretation.
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Guzmán-González, Mónica, Paula Contreras, and Giulia Casu. "Romantic attachment, unforgiveness and relationship satisfaction in couples: A dyadic mediation analysis." Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 37, no. 10-11 (July 15, 2020): 2822–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265407520940399.
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Adult romantic attachment is strongly associated with couple relationship functioning, and many efforts have been made to identify the mechanisms underlying this link. Nevertheless, no previous study considered unforgiveness when investigating the relationship of romantic attachment with relationship satisfaction in couples. We used the actor–partner interdependence mediation model to explore the associations between romantic attachment and relationship satisfaction as mediated by unforgiveness (i.e., avoidance and revenge motivations) in a convenience sample of 104 Chilean couples. The couples completed self-report measures of romantic attachment, unforgiveness, and relationship satisfaction. Actor insecure attachment was associated with lower relationship satisfaction directly and indirectly. Indirectly, higher actor levels of attachment anxiety and avoidance were linked, respectively, to greater revenge and avoidance motivations, and thus to lower relationship satisfaction. Partner attachment avoidance was associated with lower relationship satisfaction only directly. Higher partner levels of attachment anxiety were associated with lower avoidance motivation, and thus with higher relationship satisfaction. These dyadic findings further attest to the detrimental role of attachment avoidance and unforgiveness against the couple’s functioning. The novel finding that attachment anxiety may indirectly promote a couple’s relationship satisfaction deserves further investigation. The implications for couple counseling and therapy are discussed.
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Joo, Susanna, Hye Won Chai, Jihye Lee, Hyoun K. Kim, and Debra Umberson. "EMPATHIC RESPONSE AND MARITAL QUALITY FOR SAME- AND DIFFERENT-SEX MIDLIFE COUPLES: MEDIATING ROLE OF DYADIC COPING." Innovation in Aging 6, Supplement_1 (November 1, 2022): 854. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.3058.
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Abstract Dyadic coping is a daily interpersonal process that married couples use to manage stress and maintain their marriage. However, little is known about its mediating role in the association between empathic response and marital quality among same-sex and different-sex couples. This study aimed to examine the extent to which dyadic coping mediates the association between empathic response and marital quality, focusing on middle-aged men and women in same-sex and different-sex marriages. We used dyadic data from the Health and Relationships Project (HARP), including 124 gay, 171 lesbian, and 124 straight couples. Results from the actor-partner interdependence mediation model (APIMeM) showed that dyadic coping within couples mediated the association between empathic response and marital quality for all couple types (i.e., gay, lesbian, and straight couples). More empathic response was associated with better dyadic coping, which led to higher marital quality. While such mediated paths did not differ significantly between gay and lesbian couples, direct associations between empathic responses and marital quality were only significant among lesbian couples. Additionally, there were gendered patterns within straight couples; while female spouses’ empathic response was associated with their and their male spouses’ marital quality through the couple’s dyadic coping, such a mediated path was not significant for male spouses’ empathic response. These findings suggest dyadic coping as an effective strategy for enhancing marital quality among same-sex and different-sex married couples, but the mediating role of dyadic coping is gendered in different-sex marriages.
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Hu, Yang. "Divergent Gender Revolutions: Cohort Changes in Household Financial Management across Income Gradients." Gender & Society 35, no. 5 (August 16, 2021): 746–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08912432211036912.
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The ways in which partners manage their money provide important clues to gender inequality in and the nature of couple relationships. Analyzing data from nationally representative surveys ( N = 11,730 couples), I examine changes across British cohorts born between the 1920s and 1990s in their household financial management, and how the changes vary across individuals and couples occupying differential income positions. The results show divergent, nuanced cohort trends toward gender equality in couples’ money management. Across successive cohorts of low-earning women, there has been a subtle relaxation in the form of male control, reflected in a decrease in the proportion of men adopting “back-seat” management by retaining the majority of the couple’s money while delegating the chore of managing daily expenses to their partners. By contrast, the empowerment of high-earning women is reflected primarily in an individualization of financial management, evident in a cohort decrease in joint financial management and an increase in independent management. The trend of individualization is particularly prominent among couples in which both partners have equally high earnings. The findings provide new insights into and important extensions of the theorization of gender relations in and the individualization of couple relationships.
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Stępkowska, Agnieszka. "Acquisition of Polish among Foreigners in Bilingual Couples with Poles: Impact Factors." Białostockie Studia Prawnicze 27, no. 4 (December 1, 2022): 217–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.15290/bsp.2022.27.04.13.
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Abstract The article considers bilingual couples of Poles with foreigners residing in Poland with a special focus on the acquisition of Polish by the latter. Foreigners from such couples function not only in their families but also in wider circles of the host society. Communication needs resulting from contacts outside a bilingual couple and job commitments lead to situations when life in the host society becomes a challenge if these needs are not met. Theoretical framework for the analysis and interpretation of this phenomenon is the Complementarity Principle (Grosjean) and the concept of a domain (Fishman). Data were obtained from 24 in-depth interviews with bilingual couples. Qualitative methodology made it possible to grasp the complexity of the researched cases and phenomena which unveiled specific trends. Findings of the study revealed major factors that had a direct impact on the acquisition of Polish among foreigners in bilingual couples with Poles. The key impact factors referred to (1) the way of communication in the couple, (2) the couple’s language strategies towards children, and (3) the contact with the partner’s extended family, including the type of professional activity.
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Stinson, Morgan A., J. María Bermúdez, Jerry Gale, Denise Lewis, Andrea S. Meyer, and G. Bowden Templeton. "Marital Satisfaction, Conflict Resolution Styles, and Religious Attendance Among Latino Couples." Family Journal 25, no. 3 (June 22, 2017): 215–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1066480717710645.
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Research related to the process of communication among couples is central to the work of couple and family therapists. This study examines the relationship between couple’s conflict resolution styles, weekly church attendance, and marital satisfaction. Specifically, we surveyed 191 Latino couples using Gottman’s typology of conflict resolution styles (e.g., validator, avoidant, and volatile) to identify which style predicted marital satisfaction for both partners. Using the actor–partner interdependence model, we find a multifaceted picture of how partner’s conflict resolution style influences theirs and their partner’s marital satisfaction.
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Mitchell, Jason W., Tanaka M. D. Chavanduka, Stephen Sullivan, and Rob Stephenson. "Recommendations From a Descriptive Evaluation to Improve Screening Procedures for Web-Based Studies With Couples: Cross-Sectional Study." JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 6, no. 2 (May 12, 2020): e15079. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/15079.
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Background Although there are a number of advantages to using the internet to recruit and enroll participants into Web-based research studies, these advantages hinge on data validity. In response to this concern, researchers have provided recommendations for how best to screen for fraudulent survey entries and to handle potentially invalid responses. Yet, the majority of this previous work focuses on screening (ie, verification that individual met the inclusion criteria) and validating data from 1 individual, and not from 2 people who are in a dyadic relationship with one another (eg, same-sex male couple; mother and daughter). Although many of the same data validation and screening recommendations for Web-based studies with individual participants can be used with dyads, there are differences and challenges that need to be considered. Objective This paper aimed to describe the methods used to verify and validate couples’ relationships and data from a Web-based research study, as well as the associated lessons learned for application toward future Web-based studies involving the screening and enrollment of couples with dyadic data collection. Methods We conducted a descriptive evaluation of the procedures and associated benchmarks (ie, decision rules) used to verify couples’ relationships and validate whether data uniquely came from each partner of the couple. Data came from a large convenience sample of same-sex male couples in the United States, who were recruited through social media venues for a Web-based, mixed methods HIV prevention research study. Results Among the 3815 individuals who initiated eligibility screening, 1536 paired individuals (ie, data from both partners of a dyad) were assessed for relationship verification; all passed this benchmark. For data validation, 450 paired individuals (225 dyads) were identified as fraudulent and failed this benchmark, resulting in a total sample size of 1086 paired participants representing 543 same-sex male couples who were enrolled. The lessons learned from the procedures used to screen couples for this Web-based research study have led us to identify and describe four areas that warrant careful attention: (1) creation of new and replacement of certain relationship verification items, (2) identification of resources needed relative to using a manual or electronic approach for screening, (3) examination of approaches to link and identify both partners of the couple, and (4) handling of bots. Conclusions The screening items and associated rules used to verify and validate couples’ relationships and data worked yet required extensive resources to implement. New or updating some items to verify a couple’s relationship may be beneficial for future studies. The procedures used to link and identify whether both partners were coupled also worked, yet they call into question whether new approaches are possible to help increase linkage, suggesting the need for further inquiry.
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Doğan, Ceren Kurtay, Alişan Burak Yaşar, and İbrahim Gündoğmuş. "Effects of the EMDR Couple Protocol on Relationship Satisfaction, Depression, and Anxiety Symptoms." Journal of EMDR Practice and Research 15, no. 4 (January 11, 2021): 218–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/emdr-d-21-00008.
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The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) Couple Protocol on the relationship-satisfaction, depression, and anxiety levels of couples. This protocol differs from standard EMDR procedures in that the partners are together in the treatment session, and engage in bidirectional stimulation simultaneously. The treatment targets are disturbing events that the couples have experienced together. Couples have the opportunity to accept, recognize, and witness each other's recovery process during the session. The EMDR Couple Protocol consists of eight phases, and it was developed for couples wanting to improve their relationship. The study sample consisted of 18 couples suitable for the application of the EMDR Couple Protocol. Treatment was provided by an EMDR Europe Level 2 EMDR psychotherapist to the couples. The mean number of sessions was 14.27 ± 4.04. The couples showed significant improvement between pre-EMDR, post-EMDR, and at three months follow-up with large effect sizes for relationship satisfaction (η2= 0.944), depression (η2= 0.385), and anxiety (η2= 0.258). The present study evaluating the effectiveness of the EMDR Couple Protocol showed a positive effect on the relationship-satisfaction, depression and anxiety symptoms of the couples. The EMDR Couple Protocol appeared to be safe and effective.
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Kalai, Caroline, and Kathleen Eldridge. "Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy for Intercultural Couples: Helping Couples Navigate Cultural Differences." Contemporary Family Therapy 43, no. 3 (February 9, 2021): 259–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10591-020-09560-8.
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Abdelgelel, Gehan S., Shadia H. Muhsib, Mona H. Abdelaal, and Randa M. Ibrahim. "Effect of Nursing Guidelines on Coping of Infertile Couples Undergoing In Vitro Fertilization." Evidence-Based Nursing Research 2, no. 2 (May 12, 2020): 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.47104/ebnrojs3.v2i2.126.
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Context: Infertility is defined as not being able to conceive after one year of unprotected sex. In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a process of fertilization where an ovum is combined with sperm outside the body, in vitro. In vitro fertilization (IVF) is psychologically and emotionally stressful. Coping strategies are needed to master, tolerate, reduce, or minimize stressful events.
Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of nursing guidelines on coping of infertile couples' undergoing In Vitro Fertilization.
Methods: A quasi-experimental research design was utilized to achieve the aim of this study. This study conducted at the assisted reproductive technology unit of Ain shams Maternity University Hospital on a convenient sample of 98 couples undergoing fertility treatments. Two tools were used for data collection; the first tool was a structured interviewing questionnaire to assess the couple's socio-demographic data, obstetric history, the couple's knowledge regarding in vitro fertilization. The second tool was ways of coping scale (WQS) to assess coping strategies among the infertile couple.
Results: There is no statistically significant difference between couples in both groups according to their knowledge and their coping strategies to IVF before the implementation of nursing guidelines (p> 0.05). In contrast, there is a highly statistically significant improvement in knowledge and coping strategies of couples on the study group compared to control group couples after implementation of nursing guidelines(p<0.001).
Conclusion: The finding of the current study supported the hypothesis, which stated that the infertile couples who will expose to the nursing guidelines, will exhibit improved coping strategies to IVF compared to the controls. The study recommended the application of nursing guidelines at the IVF unit of Ain Shams Maternity University Hospital and other settings for IVF treatment as routine care to improve infertile couples' coping strategies.
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MATTOS, Douglas da Cruz, Rafaela SCRENCI-RIBEIRO, Leonardo Demier CARDOSO, and Manuel Vazquez Vidal JUNIOR. "Couple formation and spawning between two female Discus Fish (Symphysodon aequifasciatus - Cichlidae) in captivity." Acta Amazonica 47, no. 2 (June 2017): 167–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201601974.
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ABSTRACT In an experiment performed to characterize the reproductive behavior of the discus fish in captivity, couple formation with two females was observed. The observations were carried out in captivity, based on ad libitum methodology. Adult individuals were allowed to naturally form couples. The couple formation was considered when individuals performed the substrate cleaning behavior. Fifteen couples were selected. The eggs of three couples did not initiate embryonic development and became infeasible within three days after spawning. We found that these spawnings belonged to all-female couples. The sex of the individuals in same-sex couples was confirmed through subsequent couple formation and spawning of fertile eggs with known males. Eggs were deposited by one or both females in the same-sex couples. Double spawnings were larger and differentially colored. The motivations that lead individuals of the same sex to form couples in this species are still unknown.
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Chrishianie, Chrishianie, Adriana Soekandar Ginanjar, and Indira Primasari. "Marital Satisfaction Among Dual-Earner Marriage Couples: Commuter versus Single Residences Couples." Psychological Research on Urban Society 1, no. 2 (October 30, 2018): 107. http://dx.doi.org/10.7454/proust.v1i2.36.
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This study aimed to compare marital satisfaction in two types of dual-earner couples, namely commuter and single residence marriage couples. Commuter marriage couples are those who live in two separate residences due to their work demands for at least part of the week, whereas single residence couples live in the same residences. A sample of 239 couples filled out the Couple Satisfaction Index (CSI). Factorial ANOVA used to compare marital satisfaction of the two groups. The result showed that commuter marriage couples have higher marital satisfaction compared to single residence dual earner couple. Men in this study reported higher marital satisfaction compared to women.
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Syah, Lutfi Anshori, and Mulyadi Mulyadi. "Motivasi Menikah Lagi : Studi Kasus Pasangan Suami Istri dari Seorang Janda dan Duda yang Menikah Lagi di Usia Lanjut." Psikoislamika : Jurnal Psikologi dan Psikologi Islam 13, no. 2 (December 30, 2016): 47. http://dx.doi.org/10.18860/psi.v13i2.6441.
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Remarriage is starting a new marriage relationship between widow or widower with someone. Remarriage of the elderly is commonly happening nowadays. Remarriage is one of the ways done by the elderly to solve problem of loneliness and sexual intercourse loss due to the unavailability of the couples. The focus of this study are, how the motivation of widow and widower couples getting remarried in the elderly age, how the pattern of adaptation of the couples after marriage, and the implication of remarrying in the old age to the family. This research is designed as qualitative research by doing interview, observation, and documentation. The subject taken for this research is a couple of a widow and widower who remarry. The results of data analysis show that motivation possessed by a widow and a widower who remarry in their old age is that they want to elide loneliness and leisure, need of a couple, need composure in worship and need of happiness. The level of happiness within elderly couple who remarries is depend on adaptation process before and after marriage, adapting to each other and to the couple’s children, and support from each of both families.
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Hadjesfandiari, Ali R. "The Character of Couples and Couple Stresses in Continuum Mechanics." Symmetry 16, no. 8 (August 14, 2024): 1046. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sym16081046.
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In this paper, the concepts of moments and couples in mechanics are examined from a fundamental perspective. Representing a couple by its moment vector is very useful in rigid body mechanics, where the states of internal stresses and deformation are not studied. This is because only the moment of couples appears in the governing equation of moment equilibrium. On the other hand, when considering the state of internal stresses and deformation in continuum mechanics, not only the moment of couples but also the line of action of their constituent parallel opposite forces must be specified. In defining a well-posed problem for a continuum, including the governing equations of moment equilibrium or motion, boundary conditions, and constitutive relations, only the moment of couples (e.g., body couples, couple tractions, couple stresses) appear without specifying the line of action of the constituent parallel forces. Nevertheless, the physical state of stress and deformation in the continuum must be unique and determinate. Therefore, this physical requirement imposes some restrictions on the form of body couples, couple tractions, and couple stresses. Here, the uniqueness of interactions in the continuum is used to establish that the continuum does not support a distribution of body couples or a distribution of surface twisting couple tractions with normal moments. Furthermore, the mechanism of action of the couple traction as a double layer of shear force tractions is established, along with the skew-symmetric character of the couple stress moment tensor.
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Griesemer, Ida, Ashley Phillips, Cynthia Khan, Stephanie Bahorski, Mary Altpeter, Leigh F. Callahan, Laura S. Porter, and Christine Rini. "Developing a couple typology: A qualitative study of couple dynamics around physical activity." Translational Behavioral Medicine 10, no. 3 (April 9, 2019): 751–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibz052.
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Abstract Partner-based social support can motivate engagement in physical activity (PA); however, couples approach exchanging support in different ways. This study aimed to elucidate the role of relationship dynamics in couple-based support for PA, with the goal of informing intervention strategies that will effectively leverage couple characteristics to increase support for PA. We conducted a qualitative study of couples who completed a longitudinal study of social support for PA. Participants were people with osteoarthritis who were not meeting PA recommendations and their cohabitating partners (n = 19 couples). We conducted in-depth, semistructured interviews and analyzed transcripts using narrative analysis. Participants were 76% non-Hispanic White and, on average, 62 years old. Themes in the data included (a) attitudes about working together to be more active (ranging from positive to negative) and (b) couples’ narrative concordance (high to low shared reality). We developed a couple typology with four categories: “Working together works” (positive attitudes/high shared reality; n = 4 couples), “Doing our own thing” (range of attitudes with practical/preferential barriers to working together/high shared reality; n = 5 couples), “Conscious conflict” (discrepant attitudes/high shared reality; n = 5 couples), and “Different realities” (discrepant attitudes/low shared reality; n = 5 couples). We describe examples of each type. In a sample of 19 couples, there were observable differences in participants’ attitudes about working together to be more active and in couples’ shared reality around those attitudes. Future research should investigate implications for the efficacy of interventions and, if warranted, develop methods to identify couple types and offer appropriate intervention strategies.
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이현주 and 엄명용. "Integrative Couple Therapy for Divorcing Couples." Family and Family Therapy 20, no. 2 (August 2012): 201–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.21479/kaft.2012.20.2.201.
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Tian, X., Bin Lin, and W. L. Zhang. "Friction and Wear Characteristics of SiC and Si3N4 Ceramics Against ZrO2 Ceramic under Dry Friction." Key Engineering Materials 280-283 (February 2007): 1319–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.280-283.1319.
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The friction and wear of the silicon carbide (SiC) and hot pressed silicon nitride (Si3N4) against zirconia (Y–TZP) sliding under dry friction and room temperature conditions were investigated with pin-on-disk tribometer at sliding speed of 0.56 m·s-1 and normal load of 50 N, 80 N and 120 N, respectively. It was found that, the coefficient of friction and wear rate are dependent on the test duration as well as the normal load. Through analyzing and comparing, the wear rates of the two frictional couples both are in the 10-6 mm3 (N·m)-1. Based on the variety regulation of the wear maps, the wear mechanisms of the two couples were analyzed. Between the two couples, the friction and wear characteristics of the SiC/ZrO2 couple are better than the Si3N4/ZrO2 couple’s.
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Susanto, Aldy Yono, and Agus Handini. "PENYESUAIAN PERNIKAHAN DI BULAN MUHARRAM PADA PASANGAN BUGIS TELUK PAKEDAI, KUBURAYA." Jurnal Pendidikan, Kebudayaan dan Keislaman 2, no. 1 (April 30, 2023): 36–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.24260/jpkk.v2i1.1314.
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This study aims to describe the adjustment of marriage in couples who marry in the month of Muharram, which actually includes the full month of prohibition or taboo. Data were collected in Teluk Pakedai, Bugis central area in Kuburaya, through observation, interview, and documentation. The informant consisted of couples who got married in the month of Muharram and traditional leaders. In conclusion, there are several Buginese couples in Teluk Pakedai who are abstinent, getting married in the month of Muharram. So far, however, there have been no problems in their marriage. This couple can make adjustments normally without obstacles or problems as the community believes. Overall, their adjustment to a partner, sexual adjustment, and financial adjustment went well. The study also showed that neither the parents, the couple's family nor the community showed a bad stigma to the object.
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Grabert, Brigid K., Ilene S. Speizer, Marisa Elena Domino, Leah Frerichs, Amy Corneli, and Bruce J. Fried. "Couple communication and contraception use in urban Senegal." SAGE Open Medicine 9 (January 2021): 205031212110233. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20503121211023378.
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Objectives: Couple communication about family planning has been shown to increase uptake of contraception. However, couple communication is often measured based solely on one partner’s report of communication. This research investigates the influence of couple-reported communication about family planning on current and future use of contraception using couple-level data. Methods: We used baseline data from the Measurement, Learning, and Evaluation (MLE) project collected through household surveys in 2011 from a cross-sectional representative sample of women and men in urban Senegal to conduct secondary data analysis. We used multivariable logit models to estimate the average marginal effects of couple communication about family planning on current contraception use and future intention to use contraception. Results: Couple communication about family planning reported by both partners was significantly associated with an increased likelihood of current use of contraception and with future intention to use contraception among non-contracepting couples. Couples where one partner reported discussing family planning had a 25% point greater likelihood of current contraception use than couples where neither partner reported discussing, while couples where both partners reported discussing family planning had a 56% point greater likelihood of current contraception use, representing more than twice the effect size. Among couples not using contraception, couples where one partner reported discussing family planning had a 15% point greater likelihood of future intention to use contraception than couples where neither partner reported discussing, while couples where both partners reported discussing family planning had a 38% point greater likelihood of future intention to use contraception. Conclusion: These findings underscore the importance of the inclusion of both partners in family planning programs to increase communication about contraception and highlight the need for future research using couple-level data, measures, and analysis.
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Farabi, Maryam, Saeed Taimory, and Alireza Rajaie. "Comparting the effectiveness of combined cognitive-behavioral couple therapy and integrated behavioral couple therapy in improving family functioning in couples with extramarital affairs." Shenakht Journal of Psychology and Psychiatry 10, no. 1 (May 6, 2023): 31–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.32598/shenakht.10.1.31.
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Introduction: Extramarital affairs disrupt family functioning and have serious negative consequences for the family members. Aim: The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of combined cognitive-behavioral couple therapy and integrated behavioral couple therapy in improving family functioning in couples with extramarital affairs. Method: In this quasi-experimental study, with a pretest-posttest control group design, the statistical population consisted of all couples, referred to the counseling centers of Mashhad, Iran in 2021. Thirty nine couples were selected using the convenience sampling method among people with extramarital relationships and randomly assigned to three groups: control group (13 couples), combined cognitive-behavioral couple therapy (13 couples), and integrative behavioral couple therapy (13 couples). The experimental and control groups completed the Family Functioning Scale by Epstein et al. (1983) before and after the interventions. In order to data analysis covariance analysis was performed in SPSS version 20. Results: Results indicated that the scores of all family functioning components significantly decreased in the intervention groups compared to the control group (P<0.05). Combined cognitive-behavioral couple therapy was more effective in the dimensions of problem-solving and communication, while integrated behavioral couple therapy was more effective in emotional companionship (P<0.05). Conclusion: According to the present results, both combined cognitive-behavioral therapy and integrated behavioral couple therapy had positive effects on improving family functioning. Therefore, depending on the conditions and type of marital problems, therapists are suggested to use a combination of these two methods to improve family functioning in couples with extramarital relationships.
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Seidyousefi, Masoume, Fathola Mohamadian, and Arash Nademi. "Comparing the Effectiveness of Schema-Focused Couple Therapy and Emotion-Focused Couple Therapy on Marital Offense Forgiveness in Couples with Marital Discrepancies." Applied Family Therapy Journal 5, no. 1 (2024): 155–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.61838/kman.aftj.5.1.17.
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Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of schema-focused couple therapy and emotion-focused couple therapy on marital offense forgiveness in couples with marital discrepancies in Ilam city. Method: This was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test, post-test, and follow-up design with a control group. The study population comprised 105 couples who sought counseling in Ilam during the second half of the year 2021. From this population, 30 couples were selected using a convenience sampling method and randomly assigned to three groups: emotion-focused intervention (10 couples), schema-focused intervention (10 couples), and a control group (10 couples). The emotion-focused group received Johnson's training package (2012) over 9 sessions, and the schema-focused group received the Young, Klosko, & Weishaar package (2003) also over 9 sessions. The control group did not receive any intervention. The research instrument used was the Marital Offense Forgiveness Scale by Paleari, Regalia, and Fincham (2009). Data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance. Findings: Schema-focused couple therapy had a significant effect on marital offense forgiveness (F = 5.85, p = .025). Emotion-focused couple therapy also had a significant effect on marital offense forgiveness (F = 5.81, p = .045). These effects were reported to be stable at the follow-up stage. Additionally, there was no significant difference in the effectiveness of schema-focused couple therapy versus emotion-focused couple therapy on marital offense forgiveness. Conclusion: Both schema-focused and emotion-focused couple therapies are effective methods for enhancing marital offense forgiveness in couples with marital discrepancies.
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Bergsvik, Janna, Ragni Hege Kitterød, and Kenneth Aarskaug Wiik. "Parenthood and Couples’ Relative Earnings in Norway." European Sociological Review 36, no. 2 (December 13, 2019): 218–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcz062.
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Abstract With the advance of the gender revolution, income dynamics in couples are changing. Nonetheless, in most Western societies, parenthood still promotes specialized gender roles. Utilizing Norwegian register data on all married and cohabiting couples born 1946–1989, we investigate possible changes in the associations between parenthood and within-couple inequality in earnings in the years 2005–2014. Precisely, using interactions and fixed effects models, we compare the development of within-couple gender gaps in earnings over time between childless couples and couples with children of different ages, and within couples before and after childbirth. Results showed that the gender gap in earnings in couples increased with the number of children and was most distinct among couples with children below 6 years. However, the association between parenthood and within-couple inequality in earnings was reduced across the study period, a development partly driven by a decreasing fatherhood premium evident from 2009 onwards. Not only women’s but also men’s income development is now negatively affected by having young children in the household. Our findings, thus, indicate important changes in how men and women prioritize paid labour after a childbirth.
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Ansari, Zohreh, Fariba Naderian, Fatemeh Gol abedini, and Maryam Yavari Kermani. "Comparison of the effectiveness of emotion-oriented couple therapy and structural couple therapy on marital justice and relationship maintenance strategies in conflicting couples." Applied Family Therapy Journal 4, no. 2 (2023): 1–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.61838/kman.aftj.4.2.1.
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Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of emotion-oriented couple therapy and compare it with structural couple therapy on marital justice and relationship maintenance strategies in conflicting couples. Method: The present study was a quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test with a two-month control and follow-up group; The statistical population of the present study was 205 couples referring to counseling centers in Shiraz in the last six months of 1399. After screening with the Sanai Marital Conflict Questionnaire (2008), 60 couples who received more than 150 points from the cut-off point were selected by available means. They answered the Marital Justice Questionnaire and Relationship Strategies (Stafford, Dinton and Haas, 2000) and in the experimental group of emotion-focused couple therapy (10 couples), the experimental group of structural couple therapy (10 couples) and the control group (10 couples) were randomly replaced. Both experimental groups underwent Johnson (2004) emotion-focused couple therapy and Minochin (1974) structural couple therapy intervention for eight 90-minute sessions, and the control group did not receive any intervention. Data were analyzed using repeated measures mixed variance analysis. Results: The results showed that emotion-oriented couple therapy (F = 8.97 and P = 0.005) and structural couple therapy (F = 10.04 and P = 0.003) on increasing marital justice and emotion-oriented couple therapy (0.60). F = 59 and P = 0.001) and structural couple therapy (F = 19.29 and P = 0.001) are effective in maintaining relationship strategies in conflicting couples and this effect was stable in the follow-up phase; The results of post hoc test also showed that the difference between the two groups of emotion-oriented couple therapy and structural couple therapy in marital justice variables and strategies for maintaining the relationship is not significant. Conclusion: The results of the research suggest evidence that the intervention of emotion-oriented couple therapy and structural couple therapy is a suitable method for increasing marital justice and relationship maintenance strategies in spouses suffering from marital conflict
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MacInnis, Cara C., and Elena Buliga. "“Don’t Get Above Yourself ”: Heterosexual Cross-Class Couples Are Viewed Less Favorably." Psychology of Women Quarterly 44, no. 1 (October 14, 2019): 50–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361684319878459.
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We examined perceptions of cross-class heterosexual couples, that is, couples where couple members differ in social class. Informed by social dominance theory, system justification theory, and equity theory, we predicted that (a) cross- (vs. same-) class couples would be perceived more negatively, (b) cross-class couples with the woman (vs. the man) in the higher class position would be evaluated more negatively, and (c) same-class low-low (vs. high-high) couples would be evaluated more negatively. We examined perceptions of cross-income, cross-education, and cross-occupation status relationships. We found support for our predicted patterns, with some exceptions. In general, high-high class couples were preferred. In three of four studies, a higher-class woman paired with a lower-class man was evaluated most negatively of all couples. Recognition of this prejudice may explain challenges faced by certain couples and couple members; as such, implications for clinicians and counselors are discussed. Further, our research generates directions for future research. Additional online materials for this article are available on PWQ’s website at http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/suppl/10.1177/0361684319878459
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Cachia, Pierre. "The impact of psychic trauma on love relationships: Implications for the practice of couple counselling." Counselling Psychology Review 25, no. 2 (June 2010): 34–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.53841/bpscpr.2010.25.2.34.
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Counselling psychologists working with couples inevitably encounter personal narratives embedded with traumata. These are often reported to impact the couple’s relationship or even to have caused the presenting problem. This paper draws on the psychodynamic literature on trauma and reflects on how ideas emerging in the analytic field can support our understanding of this phenomenon and facilitate relational recovery. Working with couples allows the practitioner to witness the emergence of traumatic material in the dyadic relational context and how this often relates to earlier trauma, whose genesis is likewise embedded in the dyad. The professional’s presence changes the relational context into a triadic one and this can then serve the important function of facilitating thinkingand reflection about these experiences, thereby allowing a detoxification of the enactments arising between the couple. The risk inherent to working with trauma manifest within this context is discussed, as well as the relational stance required of the professional in order to avoid being experienced as an uninvolved bystander amplifying traumatic anxieties. Finally, this paper emphasises that counselling psychologists working with couples need to appreciate the emergence of reparative and creative interaction within the couple as trauma starts to recede into the relational background.
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Waiters, Wendell W. "Supra-Biological Factors in the Assessment of Males Seeking Penile Prostheses." Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 31, no. 1 (February 1986): 25–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/070674378603100106.
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The technique of installing penile prostheses for treatment of erectile dysfunction in the male is becoming increasingly popular, particularly, but by no means exclusively in the cases of impotence in which biological factors are clearly implicated. The literature to date fails to take into account suprabiological factors such as the nature of the couple's sexual relationship and more particularly the sexual myths that shape their sexual behaviour. The author evaluated eight couples in which the male was seeking a penile prostheses and in all eight couples a variety of sexual myths had contributed to major sexual problems for the couple, even before the onset of the erectile dysfunction. A plea is made for discarding the false dichotomy or “organic” versus “functional”, in favour of a list of etiological factors including the biological ones as well as suprabiological ones. Also, the installation of penile implants should only be considered after a full investigation of the couple's sexuality by a competent sex therapist and only when other forms of couple/sex therapy have failed.
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Lelaka, Constance Matshidiso. "Voices and Choices of HIV-serodiscordant Heterosexual Couples." Jurnal Multidisiplin Madani 4, no. 1 (January 24, 2024): 102–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.55927/mudima.v4i1.7446.
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There is limited information regarding serodiscordancy. HIV-serodiscordant couples face challenges in their relationships, this is likely to threaten their relationship’s and they need psychosocial support from various sources to strengthen their quality of life and well-being. The study seeks to explore the voices and choices from HIV-serodiscordant heterosexual couples. This was a qualitative study, and thirteen (13) participants were purposively sampled. Data was collected using semi-structure interview guide and all interviews were held face-to-face at the hospital with participants and data was thematically analysed. The main overarching themes emerged from the qualitative included the following: perceptions regarding the limited knowledge on discordant couples, the importance of providing psychosocial to discordant couples, challenges facing discordant couples in relationships, and couple’s sexual and reproductive needs. The results suggests that there is limited knowledge and education on discordancy. There is need for discordant couple’s services and programmes that should be streamed lined to provide comprehensive and sufficient psychosocial support, mitigate challenges faced by discordant couples and promote couples sexual and reproductive health via the safer conception services ensuring reduction of HIV risk practices behaviours among the couples
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ŞENOL, Alperen, Fatmagül GÜRBÜZ, and Meliha TUZGÖL DOST. "Emotion-Focused Couple Therapy: A Review of Theory and Practice." Psikiyatride Guncel Yaklasimlar - Current Approaches in Psychiatry 15, no. 1 (March 31, 2023): 146–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.18863/pgy.1090793.
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Emotion-Focused Couple Therapy is a relatively short-term and effective couples therapy developed to change the negative interaction cycles and emotional reactions of couples experiencing difficulties in their relationships. While laying the foundations of this approach, which focuses on emotions, humanist and systemic principles were used. In this article, it is aimed to present a compilation study that includes the theoretical and practical processes of emotion-focused couple therapy for mental health professionals. The basic assumptions of emotion-focused therapy and how these affect couple therapy practice are examined. Various themes are outlined, including working with emotion types, the role of the therapist, therapy phases, and case formulation. Types of emotion-focused couples therapy developed for specific groups of couples with a particular background have also been discussed. Finally, the strengths and limitations of the approach, its place in couples therapy, and suggestions for future research are presented.
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Meyer, Dixie, Stephanie Barkley, Aaron Cohn, and Joanne Salas. "Couples in Love." Family Journal 26, no. 2 (April 2018): 185–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1066480718770156.
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Counselors may be unaware of the physiological underpinnings of couple relationships. Understanding emotions as physiological responses resulting from autonomic arousal, we measured couples’ heart rate across a series of typical conversations. Forty-nine heterosexual and one lesbian couple completed measures of emotional reactivity and dyadic adjustment. We used pulse oximetry to record individual heart rate through three 5-min conversations. Using multilevel dyadic growth models, we found emotional arousal and reactivity-predicted heart rate among women, and greater relationship length predicted heart rate among men. We additionally found couples synchronous with respect to relationship satisfaction and emotional reactivity but not to physiological responsivity. This study contributes to counselors’ understanding of women’s physiological reactivity, male responses in longer relationships, and how to support couples when there is potential for relationship conflict.
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Hsieh, Ming-Hong, Po-Chung Ju, Jeng-Yuan Chiou, Yu-Hsun Wang, Jong-Yi Wang, and Cheng-Chen Chang. "Spousal Concordance and Cross-Disorder Concordance of Mental Disorders: A Nationwide Cohort Study." Psychiatry Investigation 19, no. 10 (October 25, 2022): 788–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.30773/pi.2022.0009.
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Objective Although both partners of a married couple can have mental disorders, the concordant and cross-concordant categories of disorders in couples remain unclear. Using national psychiatric population-based data only from patients with mental disorders, we examined married couples with mental disorders to examine spousal concordance and cross-disorder concordance across the full spectrum of mental disorders.Methods Data from the 1997 to 2012 Taiwan Psychiatric Inpatient Medical Claims data set were used and a total of 662 married couples were obtained. Concordance of mental disorders was determined if both spouses were diagnosed with mental disorder of an identical category in the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification; otherwise, cross-concordance was reported.Results According to Cohen’s kappa coefficient, the most concordant mental disorder in couples was substance use disorder, followed by bipolar disorder. Depressive and anxiety disorders were the most common cross-concordant mental disorders, followed by bipolar disorder. The prevalence of the spousal concordance of mental disorders differed by monthly income and the couple’s age disparity.Conclusion Evidence of spousal concordance and cross-concordance for mental disorders may highlight the necessity of understanding the social context of marriage in the etiology of mental illness. Identifying the risk factors from a common environment attributable to mental disorders may enhance public health strategies to prevent and improve chronic mental illness of married couples.
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Khajeh, Amir Hesam, Hadi Farhadi, and Asghar Aghaei. "An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Combined Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy and Compassion Therapy in Improving the Quality of Marital Life and Dimensions of Couple Attachment." Applied Family Therapy Journal 3, no. 1 (2022): 136–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.61838/kman.aftj.3.1.8.
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Aim: The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of combined emotionally focused couple therapy and compassion therapy in improving the quality of marital life and dimensions of attachment of couples who visited counseling centers in Isfahan. Methods: The present study had a one-case experimental design and was conducted in 2019. The statistical population consisted of all couples who visited psychological centers and clinics in Isfahan. Sampling was performed on all couples who visited centers and clinics of Isfahan in winter 2019 for marital problems, and three couples were selected using the convenience method according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. After initial sampling, three couples were included in the combined group of emotionally focused therapy and compassion therapy. The Marital Quality of Life Questionnaire (Marital Relationships) and the Collins and Read adult attachment Scale were used to collect data. The participants underwent combined emotionally focused couple therapy and compassion therapy in a session per week (12 sessions). Data were analyzed using the visual mapping, reliable change index, and recovery percentage formula. Results: Data analysis indicated the effectiveness of therapy in couples who were underwent combined emotionally focused couple therapy and compassionate therapy. Conclusion: The combination of emotionally focused couple therapy and compassion therapy affected the quality of marital life and dimensions of couple attachment, and thus the approach can be utilized to improve relationships and reduce divorce in society.
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Rajabi, Gholamreza, Ghasem Khoshnoud, Mansour Sodani, and Reza Khojastehmehr. "The Effectiveness of Affective-reconstructive Couple Therapy in Increasing the Trust and Marital Satisfaction of Couples With Remarriage." Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology 26, no. 1 (April 1, 2020): 114–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.32598/ijpcp.26.1.218.18.
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Objectives: This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of affective-reconstructive couple therapy in increasing the trust in close relationships and marital satisfaction of couples with remarriage and divorce experience. Methods: This is a single-case experimental study with a non-concurrent multiple baseline design. Three distressed couples were selected from among couples with remarriage and divorce experience referred to private and government counseling centers in Ahvaz, Iran, based on inclusion/exclusion criteria using purposive sampling method during September-December 2018, They participated at eight sessions of affective-reconstructive couple therapy, once a week each 90 minutes. They completed the Trust in Close Interpersonal Relationships Questionnaire and Marital Satisfaction Scale before and after treatment, and at the follow-up period. The data analysis was conducted by using visual analysis (graph drawing), reliable change index, recovery rate formula (increase rate), and normative comparison methods. Results: Affective-reconstructive couple therapy increased the trust in close relationships and marital satisfaction in couples after treatment and at the follow-up period. Conclusion: Affective-reconstructive couple therapy, due to special attention to the couples’ past relationships and increasing their insight into the causes of distress development in relationship can increase the trust in close relationships and marital satisfaction in remarried couples with divorce experience.
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Gouda, Sunil Kumar, and Laxman Kumar Sahoo. "Incidences of ABO Incompatibility on the Reproductive Performance of SABARA Tribe, Dashpur, Odisha." Oriental Anthropologist: A Bi-annual International Journal of the Science of Man 13, no. 2 (July 2013): 505–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0972558x1301300223.
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This paper reports ABO and Rh (D) incompatibilities among 219 individuals of Sahara tribe of Daspur Village of Khurda District in Odisha. 87 individuals of this sample belong to parental generation while the rest 132 belong to filial generation. Only 26 of the 45 couples are found to be incompatible for the ABO system. Neither the couples nor their offspring is found to be Rh (D)-ve. Prenatal deaths due to ABO incompatibility are higher among the compatible couples (0.36 % per couple) than in the incompatibles (0.11 % per couple). In terms of post-natal deaths, the trend is reversed, higher frequency in incompatible couples (0.88% per couple) than compatibles (0.57% per couple). Similarly, higher frequencies of living children are observed among the incompatible couples (3.03% per couple) than the compatibles (2.78%). Segregation distortion of blood group alleles due to foetal-maternal incompatibility could not be established in the male and female children. The O, A, B, and AB blood group percentages are 14.94 percent, 24.13 percent, 45.98 percent and 14.94 percent respectively in parental generation. Their allelic frequencies are 0.24, 0.40, and 0.38 in parental generation and 0.19, 0.35, and 0.46 in filial generation.
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Rosen, Karen H., Edd Sandra M. Stith, April L. Few, Kathryn L. Daly, and Dari R. Tritt. "A Qualitative Investigation of Johnson’s Typology." Violence and Victims 20, no. 3 (June 2005): 319–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/vivi.20.3.319.
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The couple typology described by Johnson and Ferraro (2000) provided the framework for this analysis of narrative accounts of couples in violent heterosexual relationships. Participants were 15 bidirectionally violent couples who were interviewed separately for about 1 hour each. Modified analytic induction guided the analyses. We categorized the violence in the relationships of these 15 couples in the following ways: 11 were categorized as “common couple” violence; two as “violent resistance”; one as “mutual violent control”; and one couple was categorized as what we named “pseudo-intimate terrorism.” We present rich descriptions of each category and motivations for and impacts of aggressive behavior as well as our rationale for classifying couples the way we did. Implications for intervention and future research are discussed.
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George, Darren. "The Impact of Outside Friendships on Relational Satisfaction for Dating and Married Couples." Psychology & Psychological Research International Journal 8, no. 3 (2023): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.23880/pprij-16000350.
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The influence of outside friendship on Couples’ relational satisfaction (RS) was explored with a sample of 444 romantically involved participants from central Alberta. There were, therefore, 222 couples, 89 of the couples were dating or engaged; 133 of the couples were Married or cohabitating. All couples were heterosexual. The primary focus of the study was to identify the relationship between the number and quality of outside friendships and relational satisfaction of the couples. Friendships were divided into three types: unshared (individual) friends, family friends, and shared (mutual) friends. A combination of the George-Wisdom Marital Satisfaction Scale and the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale measured relational satisfaction. Results underlined the importance of friendship-related variables on couples’ relational satisfaction; they accounted for 37% of the variance (in relational satisfaction) for men and 47.5% for women. Additional results found that individual friendships are a serious liability to couple satisfaction, family and mutual friends are associated with greater couple satisfaction. Finally, in regression analyses the families supporting the relationship and liking the partner were the greatest predictors of relational satisfaction.
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Chi, Peilian, Qinglu Wu, Hongjian Cao, Nan Zhou, and Xiuyun Lin. "Relationship-oriented values and marital and life satisfaction among Chinese couples." Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 37, no. 8-9 (June 17, 2020): 2578–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265407520928588.
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Objective and background: The present study tested whether the similarity levels of relationship-oriented values among Chinese couples would be higher than those among randomly matched male–female pairs. Furthermore, we examined whether couple similarity of relationship-oriented values would predict spouses’ marital satisfaction and life satisfaction above the actor and partner effects of relationship-oriented values over time and the potential marriage cohort differences. Method: Data were retrieved from the China Family Panel Studies data set in 2010–2014. Our study included a nationally representative sample of 10,860 first-married couples who provided data on relationship-oriented values, marital satisfaction, and life satisfaction. Results: The average profile similarity on relationship-oriented values of the real couples was higher than that of the randomly matched male–female pseudo couples. Actor–Partner Interdependence Model analyses showed that (1) couple similarity of relationship-oriented values was positively associated with husbands’ and wives’ life satisfaction indirectly through wives’ marital satisfaction among couples with short to medium marital duration, even after controlling for life satisfaction 4 years ago and a set of sociodemographic variables; (2) husbands’ relationship-oriented values were positively associated with couples’ life satisfaction indirectly through husbands’ marital satisfaction among couples with short to medium and long marital duration. Conclusion: With a large dyadic sample of Chinese couples, our findings expand the literature on the significant role of couple similarity of relationship-oriented values in personal and relational well-being.
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Bahrami Moqadam, Mehdi. "The effectiveness of emotion-focused couple therapy on decrease of marital burnout and depression of couples." Journal of Adolescent and Youth Psychological Studies 4, no. 9 (2023): 32–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.61838/kman.jayps.4.9.4.
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Background and Aim: Couples always face very serious challenges as marital burnout and depression in their married lifein life. These problems can affect different aspects of their lives. The purpose of this study was to effectiveness of emotion-focused couple therapy on decrease of marital burnout and depression of couples. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design with control group and follow-up 2 month. The statistical population of this research was all the couples who referred to counseling centers and psychological services in Kermanshah city in 2021. In the first stage, using convenience sampling method, 30 couples were selected and then randomly divided into 1 experimental group (15 couples) and 1 control group (15 couples) were replaced and experimental group underwent emotion-focused couple therapy (10 sessions 90 minutes), but the control group received no training and remained in the waiting list. To collect data marital burnout questionnaire of Pines (2003) and depression inventory (BDI-II) of Beck and et al (1996). Data analysis was performed using SPSS-24 software in two sections: descriptive and inferential (analysis of variance with repeated measures and Bonferroni). Results: The results of the study showed that of emotion-focused couple therapy in post-test and follow up had a significant effect on decrease of marital burnout and depression of couples (P<0.05). Conclusion: Based on the results of the present study, it can be said that emotion-focused couple therapy can be used as a treatment method to on decrease of marital burnout and depression of couples in counseling centers and family psychological services.
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Wawrziczny, Emilie, Bérengère Flinois, Emilie Constant, Elodie Brugallé, Céline Sokolowski, Charlotte Manceau, Guillaume Baille, Luc Defebvre, Kathy Dujardin, and Pascal Antoine. "Dealing with the diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease and its implications for couple functioning in the early stage: An interpretative phenomenological analysis." PLOS ONE 19, no. 2 (February 21, 2024): e0294240. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294240.
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Background For couples facing Parkinson’s disease, marital relationships are significantly impacted, even at the early stages of the disease. However, very few studies have explicitly explored the functioning of the couple and how both partners deal with Parkinson’s disease. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences and strategies of couples facing Parkinson’s disease in the early stage using dyadic interpretative phenomenological analysis. Methods Fifteen couples agreed to participate in the study. Semistructured interviews were conducted with each partner separately regarding his or her individual experience with Parkinson’s disease, the couple’s history, the impact of the diagnosis on the functioning of the couple, and his or her projections for the future. Results Three higher-order themes emerged from the analyses. The first theme, "Being tested by the diagnosis", highlights 4 dyadic configurations according to the individual’s and the couple’s capacity for adjustment following the diagnosis: "noncongruent", "collapsed", "relieved" and "avoidant". The second theme, "Talking about everything except the disease", underlines that communication about the disease is often avoided both within the couple and with relatives to protect the persons with Parkinson’s disease or respect their wishes. The third theme, "Supporting each other", describes the different levels of harmony between the two partners in the management of daily life and symptoms and their relational impacts. Conclusion These results allow us to better understand the experiences of both partners and to highlight the importance of promoting better acceptance of the diagnosis by persons with Parkinson’s disease to allow better communication between partners and with relatives. Such support prevents disease-specific distress and facilitates better adjustment in the later stages of the disease.
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PISAURO, Marianna, Daniela BARNI, Emanuele TRAVAGLINI, Simona DE STASIO, and Benedetta RAGNI. "VALUES AND COPARENTING: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY WITH ITALIAN FAMILIES." ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCHES AND STUDIES 12, no. 1 (2022): 7–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.26758/12.1.1.
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Objectives. The main purposes of this study were to: examine possible existing relationships between couple values and coparenting quality reported by both partners of cohabitants heterosexual couples; investigate whether couple values explain coparenting quality reported by both partners of cohabitants heterosexual couples. Material and methods. 94 Italian heterosexual couples with at least one child under the age of 13 years were enrolled. Both mothers (Mage = 41.25, SD = 6.82) and fathers (Mage = 44.21, SD = 6.97) were asked to fill in two self-report questionnaires: The Portrait Values Questionnaire [PVQ] for couple values and The Coparenting Relationship Scale for the coparenting quality. Results. The main findings of regression model analysis conducted showed that Self-Transcendence resulted the most important predictor (β = .412, t = 4.253, p = .000) for coparenting quality perceived by fathers. In contrast, Conservation resulted the most important predictor (β = .239, t = 2.086, p = .040) for coparenting quality perceived by mothers. Conclusions. From the results obtained, the authors found an important preference for parents of respecting one’s cultural traditions, respecting the rules, being tolerant, ensuring the well-being of others by mitigating impulsive behaviors that could harm others physically and emotionally. The presence of these values could allow both partners to implement supportive and collaborative behaviors, agree on education-related issues for their children, and feel close and allied in upbringing their child. Keywords: co-parenting, couple values, mutual support, couple’s well-being.