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Showing 1 to 20 of 51 for “"marital adjustment"”.
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Irrationality and marital adjustment
… if a relationship exists between rationality and marital adjustment. Specific relationships tested were between spouses' rationality scores, spouses' marital adjustment scores, spouses' combined rationality scores and spouses' combined marital adjustment scores, individual rationality scores and …
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Perception of control and marital adjustment
… relationship between locus of control (LOC) and marital adjustment in a random sample of 145 married graduate students and their spouses (72% of subjects contacted). Each spouse was given Levenson's I, P, and C scales (Levenson, 1972) and the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (Spanier, 1975) to complete …
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Marital Adjustment and Self-Concept in Married College Students
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Problematic Alcohol Use and Marital Adjustment: An Interdependence Theory Perspective
… connections between problematic drinking and marital adjustment are complex and only partially understood, but the available evidence shows that the two problems often exacerbate each other, creating a negative feedback loop. The current project examined problematic drinking and marital …
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Method of childbirth and its relationship to marital adjustment and parental crises
This study was concerned with differences in role adjustment to parenthood between two different types of childbirth groups. The two groups were the prepared childbirth (PPM) and the conventional childbirth (NON-PPM) groups. Twenty-five couples in each of the two groups were studied. Age range was …
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Dyadic coping, daily marital tension, and overall marital adjustment in stepfamily couples
This investigation explored the relation between marital outcomes and daily coping in stepfamily couples. Two types of marital outcomes were examined: overall marital adjustment and daily marital tension. Specifically, it was hypothesized that respondent and spouse coping would each explain unique …
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Increasing Marital Adjustment in Graduate Students and their Spouses through Relationship Enhancement
… of a relationship enhancement program on the marital adjustment of graduate students and their spouses. The sample consisted of 28 married graduate students and their nonstudent spouses. These couples were randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups or a control group. Some of the …
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Marital adjustment of older adult couples with breast cancer, prostate cancer, and couples without cancer
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 …
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Value convergence as it relates to marital adjustment of twenty-five well-adjusted and twenty-five maladjusted couples in southeast Massachusetts
… association between value system similarity and marital adjustment; and (2) to examine qualitatively the nature of that association. The relationship between mutual values and marital adjustment has long been assumed to be a strong one, although little research has been done to verify the …
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Stressors, coping strategies and marital adjustment of parents of fullterm and preterm infants in the adjustment to parenthood: a comparative study
The need to compare parenthood adjustment experiences for mothers and fathers of full term and preterm infants was identified. Stressors, coping strategies, and marital adjustment were variables examined. It was hypothesized that parents of preterm infants, despite gender category, would indicate …
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A Pilot Study Considering the Impact of Husband's Internet Based Pornography Use Upon Marital Adjustment, Satisfaction, and Intimacy Within a Clinical Sample.
… the association between pornography use and marital distress needed to be examined in a quantitative manner. There was a need to discover if, and or how, marital relationships are impacted by internet pornography use. Assessment instruments were used to measure internet pornography use …
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Examining the Congruence between Couples' Perceived Infertility-Related Stress and its Relationship to Depression and Marital Adjustment in Infertile Men and Women
… stress and its effects on depression and marital adjustment in infertile men and women. Study participants were comprised of 525 couples referred to a university-affiliated teaching hospital for assessment and treatment with advanced reproductive technologies. Participants completed the …
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A Comparison Of Marriage Education And Brief Couples Counseling
This study investigated marital adjustment for couples participating in one of two treatment groups; the Brief Integrative Couples Counseling model(Young & Long, 1998, 2007); and the PREPARE/ENRICH Empowering Couples marriage education weekend workshop (Olson & Olson,2000). This study examined the …
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