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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"couples’ relationships"”.
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Exploring the impact of sexual addiction and compulsive sexual behaviour on couples’ relationships
… affects other areas of his or her life, such as relationships, families, and careers. Aim: The aim of this research was to explore the impact of SA&CSB on couples’ relationships. Method: A review of the existing literature related to SA&CSB was carried out using online databases, academic sites, …
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Marriage Moments: An Evaluation of an Approach to Strengthen Couples' Relationships During the Transition to Parenthood, in the Context of a Home Visitation Program
… Participants in the study included 119 married couples who had recently given birth to their first child. They were assigned to either a treatment, comparison or control group. The treatment group received the Marriage Moments curriculum as well as the Welcome Baby home visitation curriculum, …
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An Interpretive Understanding of Newlyweds' Perceptions of Their Premarital Instruction Experience
… study was to gain an understanding of newlywed couples' perceptions of their premarital instruction experience. The sample included six couples from a large Baptist church participating in three sets of data collection: in-depth interviews, journal entries, and open-ended follow-up …
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A Gestalt model of domains in couple’s work: a qualitative, theory-building case study
… research explores the co-created stagnation in couples’ relationships and how the GMoD can be used to grade therapeutic interventions in order to support the couple to attempt new ways of contacting and being with each other. Six Gestalt therapists each conducted couple therapy with two couples. …
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The Lived Experience of Couples Navigating Borderline Personality Disorder: A Dyadic Interpretative Phenomenological Study
… with distress in and dissolution of romantic relationships. BPD is a relational disorder. The complex interaction between BPD and romantic relationships continues to warrant further attention, as decreased BPD symptoms are associated with increased relational effectiveness. The current study …
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Crossing the boundary: transnationality and interracial marriage encounters in Jane Katjavivi's undisciplined heart and Trudie Amulungu's taming my Elephant
… revealed the different challenges faced by the couples from different backgrounds. Issues of communication breakdowns, a lack of understanding of the partner’s background, racial differences and indifferences in the communities were elucidated. The couples’ families each hesitated to welcome the …
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African Americans with Diabetes: Couples’ Support Program Development Project
… of diabetes support within African American couples’ relationships. This study explores the definition of support from the perspective of African American couples when at least one member has been diagnosed with diabetes. Couples were recruited from Riverside and San Bernardino counties in …
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How Transnational Couples Deal with Teen Substance Use: A Socio-Contextual View
… dissertation examines how transnational Mexican couples in the agricultural town of Mecca, Southern California, respond to the crisis created by their adolescent children using illegal substances.</p> <p>As part of the Contemporary Couples’ Study of Loma Linda University, sixteen</p> <p>families …
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The Relationship and Interaction Process of Taiwanese Couples Having Undergone Assisted Reproductive Technology- A Systemic Perspective
Approximately 10-15% of married couples in Taiwan encounter the challenge of infertility, which significantly impacts their lives and relationships. However, the nature and extent of this impact vary across different social and cultural contexts. Recognising the complex and wide-ranging nature of …
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The Impact of Involuntary Dislocation on Bulgarian Turkish Couples: A Psychosocial Approach from a Psychoanalytic Perspective
… Dislocation (ID) and its impact on couple relationships. This research is innovative in so far as (a) it investigates families and couples relationships and not individuals, (b) it examines the ID phenomena from a unique combination of perspectives that includes psychoanalytic as well as …
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Duet for life: Is alexithymia a key note in couples’ empathy, emotional connection, relationship dissatisfaction, and therapy outcomes?
… development of emotionally connected intimate relationships. To date, there has been minimal investigation of the impact of alexithymia on community couples’ relationships, no associated examination of clinical couples, and no consideration of therapists’ knowledge of alexithymia as a source of …
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The Grief Experience of Caregivers When the Child Has a Life Threatening Illness
… on the couple relationship was completed by six couples. The results indicated that experienced grief is significantly lower for parents or guardians with a Secure attachment style. The degree of grief experienced by parents could be predicted by whether or not the child was currently receiving …