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Showing 1 to 20 of 376 for “"spouse"”.
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Shared Presence: Caring for a Dying Spouse
There is limited research on female spouses and their end-of-life experience with their dying husbands. The purpose of this study was to explore wives' perceptions of hospital and hospice care at their husbands' end-of-life. The grounded theory method was used for this study. Data were collected …
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Men's Perspectives on a spouse or partner's postpartum depression
… addresses the implications for the man when his spouse or partner is diagnosed with postpartum depression. Approximately 10 to 20% of birth mothers are affected by some form of this disorder (Greenberg & Springen, 2001). The literature on this topic has grown steadily in an effort to better …
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Parent attributions for spouse behavior during negative parent-child interactions
… relation between parents' attributions for their spouse's behaviour during negative parent-child interactions and parenting alliance. Specifically, it was hypothesized that lower levels of parenting alliance are associated with more negative causal attributions and greater attributions of …
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Group psychotherapy for male spouse abusers using TFA systems (tm)
… was to conduct a group psychotherapy for male spouse abusers using TFA Systems™. This treatment method examined the specific thoughts (T), feelings (F), and actions (A) experienced by abusive men in pre-violent situations. Situational specificity was followed throughout the treatment, making it …
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Chronic Illness: Its Effects on the Patient, Spouse and Their Relationship
Abstract Not Available
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A research study on emotional adjustment of a spouse following stroke
… as a predictor in the emotional adjustment of a spouse following his/her partner's stroke. The medical records of 80 stroke cases were reviewed at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Fontana, California. Patients and spouses were examined in two age groupings, age 55 and below, and ages 56 and …
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Resilience: The Lived Experience of Elderly Widowers Following the Death of a Spouse
… higher mortality rates following the death of a spouse. Mens' abilities for dealing with loss have been questioned, but little research has been done with this group. Surviving widowers provided significant insights illuminating the experience of resilience and providing relevant information …
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Hero to zero: Stress perceptions of the public school administrator and his spouse
1 PDF file (vii, 146 pages)
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Learning orientations and related instructional perspectives within educational programs for male spouse abusers
… facing our nation. Educational programs for spouse abusers have become the treatment of choice within many communities. This study investigated the instructional features of these programs from the perspective of the group instructor's learning orientation. In-depth interviewing and other …
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Experiences of an LDS Spouse when her Partner used Pornography: a Phenomenological Study
… within the marital context. The effects on the spouse of the pornography user are beginning to show that pornography use can be damaging to marriages, how one views one's partner and how one views oneself. Within the LDS Church, pornography has been considered a violation of their beliefs about …
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A Study of the Knowledge and Attitudes of Physicians Toward Victims of Spouse Abuse
… and attitudes of physicians toward victims of spouse abuse. All 150 practitioners in the specialities of emergency medicine, family medicine, obstetrics-gynecology and psychiatry, in a large area general hospital are included in the sampling frame; 76 responded (RR = 51%). Knowledge and …
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The effect of therapist and spouse assisted emotive imagery on post-surgical pain and adjustment
… care, there is also concern for the effect the spouse has on the patient. Techniques to improve the care of patients must be both appropriate and feasible given the shortage of staff in hospitals. This reality underscores the need to involve the patient and spouse as active participants in the …
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The impact of military lifestyle on the careers of military spouse educators : a phenomenological case study.
… lifestyle can negatively impact military spouse employment, career progression, financial earnings, retirement eligibility, community connectedness, and self-esteem. Military spouses, on average, are overeducated and underemployed. This phenomenon is linked to unique military lifestyle …
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Intrapersonal and interpersonal meaning-making: The process of identity reconstruction after the loss of a spouse
… Interviews with individuals who had lost a spouse within the last five years before data collection (N = 35) were analyzed using grounded theory procedures. The results supported a model of how people made sense of their changing identities following loss. More specifically, survivors …
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The long-term effects of the loss of a spouse or an adult child in later life
… are the death of a child and the death of a spouse. Drawing on the data from the national survey, American's Changing Lives: Wave 1, 1986, this study examines the long-term adjustment for older men and women two to fifteen years after the death of a spouse or an adult child. Bereaved spouses, …
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