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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"marital quality"”.
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Does infertility affect marital quality? A qualitative study
… was to examine the effects of infertility on marital quality. A phenomenological perspective guided this qualitative study in order to capture the individual meanings and lived experiences of the participants. A total of 13 women formed the sample for this study. The age of the participants …
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Volunteerism and Marital Quality Among LDS Senior Missionary Couples
… is known about the impact of volunteerism on marital quality, particularly intense volunteer experiences. Missionary couples for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) leave their homes for a period ranging from 6-18 months and dedicate the majority of their time to working in …
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Psychological Symptoms, Marital Quality, and Environmental Stress in Newly-Married Couples
… relationships between psychological symptoms, marital quality, and stress experienced over the past week were explored using data from 310 newly married couples. Couples were recruited through newspaper ads and paid to participate. Couples were eligible if they had been married for less than …
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An Analysis of the Relationship Between Nurturing Spousal Friendship and Marital Quality
… and wives to the health and well-being of their marital relationships. The present study evaluated the relationship between spousal friendship and marital quality. It made a gender analysis as well.</p> <p>Method</p> <p>The Dyadic Adjustment Scale, the Caring Relationship Inventory, and a …
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Marital Quality in Dual-Career Couples: Impact of Role Overload and Coping Resources
… relational coping resources as mediators, using marital quality as the measured outcome. Individual coping strategies included problem-focused and emotion-focused coping. Relational coping resources included maintenance behaviors, cooperative negotiation, and coercive negotiation. Data from a …
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Household labor and marital quality : perceived partner responsiveness as a buffer for unfair divisions of labor
… divisions as unfair are associated with lower marital quality, particularly for women. However, perceived partner responsiveness -- individuals' beliefs about their partner as caring, validating, and understanding to one's core needs and values -- might buffer against the effects of unfair …
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Motivation, Marital Quality, Maternal Gatekeeping, Breadwinning, and Father Identity: Models Of Biological Fathers’ And Stepfathers’ Involvement In Childcare
… that assessed their motivation to be involved, marital quality, maternal gatekeeping, traditional parenting views (i.e., breadwinning), father identity, and paternal involvement in childcare.</p> <p>It was hypothesized that breadwinning and motivation would be negatively correlated for …
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How Coming to Terms with Difficulties in the Family of Origin Positively Influences Adult Children's Relationship/Marital Quality
… predictors of individuals' later relationship/marital quality. On average, the healthier these experiences are, the healthier adult children's relationships and marriages tend to be. The focus of this study was to investigate how coming to terms with difficulties experienced in the family of …
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Relationships and predictions of marital quality and stress among African American parents of children with and without autism spectrum disorder
… with elevated parental stress and decreased marital quality. Although ASD awareness has recently increased, research is lacking in non-dominant populations such as African Americans. This study addresses the gaps in literature pertaining to African American parents of children with ASD. The …
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Is the Future Better Than the Past? An Empirical Comparison of Marital Quality Among Short-Term, Intermediate-Term, and Long-Term Couples
… goal of contributing to our understanding of marital quality throughout the life span. Rusbult's investment theory (Rusbult, 1980, 1983; Rusbult & Buunk, 1993), which predicts specific outcomes concerning relationship satisfaction, commitment, and stability, served as the guiding theory behind …
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Spirituality in American Muslim Marriages: An Investigation of Marital Sanctification, Spiritual Intimacy and Emotional Intimacy
… intimacy potentially mediated the impact of marital sanctification on positive and negative marital quality. Moreover, the present study examined if gender differences were present in participants endorsement of positive marital quality and negative marital quality. Through a quantitative …
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Sons, daughters, and arab-american family dynamics: does a child's gender matter?
… allocating household work to children, and marital quality.</p> <p>A cross-sectional quantitative research design was employed, using a convenient sample (N=200) of Arab-American parents in families who have at least two children under 18 years old at home and reside in the tri-county area …
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Differentiation of self and marital satisfaction : an exploratory analysis based on the Bowen theory
… differentiation of self (DOS), for understanding marital satisfaction. Also, the predictive validity of the Family Systems Personality Profile was explored. The sample was nonclinical in nature and was composed of 101 married couples from east central Indiana.Subjects responded to three …
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Marital Harmony and Conflict: Linkages to Infants' Emotional Regulation, Cardiac Vagal Tone, and Developmental Status at Six- and Nine-Months of Age
This study examined the linkages between marital harmony and conflict and infants' emotional and physiological regulation abilities and developmental status at six- and nine-months of age. Participants included 93 first-time mothers and their infants (43 males, 50 females) from a Mountain West …
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Mindfulness and Parental Stress Among Parents of Children with Development Delays: The Role of the Marital Relationship
<p>Background: Studies have found that marital satisfaction and parenting stress are important risk factors for negative child outcomes. However, parenting stress and broader family factors like the marital relationship are rarely addressed in interventions targeting childhood problems. …
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