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Maya Autret; Lyndal Khaw – Family Science Review, 2024
The long-term detrimental effects of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) on abused women and their children are well-documented. However, how IPV affects the mother-child relationship and its resistance to IPV have not received significant attention. Drawing on a strength-based feminist approach, this study focuses on the role that mother-child…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Victims of Crime, Violence
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Yüksel, Müge; Yildirim Kurtulus, Hacer; Uzun, Gülgün – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2023
It is important to examine women's experiences in the infertility process, as being a woman is perceived as a concept that overlaps with motherhood, and the woman herself is exposed to physical pain during the treatment. In this research, which was carried out with a phenomenological pattern, one of the qualitative methods, the experiences of…
Descriptors: Females, Pregnancy, Phenomenology, Marriage
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Kasimova, Ramilya Sh.; Biktagirova, Gulnara F. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
Creating a happy family with a favorable psychological climate is important both for the individual and the society as a whole. One of the factors, that influence the creation of a welfare family, is the content of the spouses' concepts of the family, its functions and their possible distribution. The main purpose of this article is to identify…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Males, Females, Gender Differences
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Morowatisharifabad, Mohammad ali; Karimiankakolaki, Zohreh; Bokaie, Mahshid; Fallahzadeh, Hossein; Gerayllo, Sakineh – Health Education Research, 2014
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS), which includes physical, psychological and emotional symptoms that occur during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle, has a negative impact on the quality of the relationship among married couples. The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of educating married men by two methods, pamphlet and short…
Descriptors: Printed Materials, Pretests Posttests, Marital Satisfaction, Males
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Mayorga, Magaly Noblega – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
This article shows risk and protective factors for both physical and emotional intimate partner violence (IPV) against women. The study was carried out in a shanty town of Lima, Peru, which has a strong community organization. One hundred ninety-two women between 25 and 59 years old (M = 34.09, SD = 6.5) were interviewed; 44.3% had secondary…
Descriptors: Risk, Assertiveness, Foreign Countries, Family Violence
Minz, Nijhar Jharia – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This interpretive study asked the question: "What education and literacy insights can be gained from the studies of the life stories of illiterate Oraon women in Jharkhand, India?" Life history methodology was used to gain insights into the lived experiences of illiterate women. I hoped to provide meaning and give voice to the voiceless.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Indians, Illiteracy
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Cinamon, Rachel Gali; Rich, Yisrael – Journal of Career Assessment, 2010
This study investigated interrelations between conflict and facilitation in work and family domains, with spousal, managerial, and collegial social support serving as antecedents, and professional vigor and burnout as outcomes. Participants were 322 female, married teachers. Regression analyses revealed complex relations between conflict and…
Descriptors: Females, Burnout, Conflict, Family Work Relationship
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Treas, Judith; van der Lippe, Tanja; Tai, Tsui-o Chloe – Social Forces, 2011
A long-standing debate questions whether homemakers or working wives are happier. Drawing on cross-national data for 28 countries, this research uses multi-level models to provide fresh evidence on this controversy. All things considered, homemakers are slightly happier than wives who work fulltime, but they have no advantage over part-time…
Descriptors: Labor Force Nonparticipants, Spouses, Marital Status, Homemakers
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Lyons, Karen S.; Stewart, Barbara J.; Archbold, Patricia G.; Carter, Julie H. – Gerontologist, 2009
Purpose: There is wide variability in how spouses providing care respond to their care situations. Few studies focus on the roles of both intra- and interpersonal factors in long-term spousal care, particularly in the context of Parkinson's disease (PD). The current study uses longitudinal data over a 10-year period to examine the roles of…
Descriptors: Spouses, Physical Disabilities, Dementia, Diseases
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Kostiainen, Elisa; Martelin, Tuija; Kestila, Laura; Martikainen, Pekka; Koskinen, Seppo – Journal of Family Issues, 2009
A large number of Western women today occupy the roles of an employee, a partner, and a mother. The three life spheres may spell contradictory expectations, demands, and rewards. The aim of this article is to examine self-rated health (SRH) and psychological distress of Finnish women aged 30 to 49 years. In addition to the number of roles the…
Descriptors: Mothers, Females, Parent Role, Psychology
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Ansara, Donna L.; Hindin, Michelle J. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
This study uses data from the 2002 Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey to examine the prevalence of and factors associated with intimate partner violence perpetration by husbands and wives in Cebu, Philippines. Multinomial logistic regression was used to identify the factors associated with wife-only, husband-only, and reciprocal…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Females, Incidence, Drinking
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Vaeth, Patrice A. C.; Ramisetty-Mikler, Suhasini; Caetano, Raul – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
This paper examines the relationship between intimate partner violence and depression. A multicluster random household sample of U.S. couples was interviewed as part of a five-year national longitudinal study (response rate = 72%). Depression was assessed with the CES-D. The multivariate analyses for men showed that the odds of depression did not…
Descriptors: Aggression, Females, Alcohol Abuse, Multivariate Analysis
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Furdyna, Holly E.; Tucker, M. Belinda; James, Angela D. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2008
The distinctive economic histories of African American and White wives suggest that involvement in household income production holds contextually situated unique meanings for these groups. Yet research has not addressed racial differences in the effects of relative earnings on marital well-being. Surveying 431 employed wives in 21 U.S. cities, we…
Descriptors: Financial Needs, Spouses, Income, Marital Satisfaction
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Brownridge, Douglas A.; Chan, Ko Ling; Hiebert-Murphy, Diane; Ristock, Janice; Tiwari, Agnes; Leung, Wing-Cheong; Santos, Susy C. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2008
The purpose of the study was to shed light on the potentially differing dynamics of violence against separated and divorced women by their ex-husbands and violence against married women by their current husbands. Using a nationally representative sample of 7,369 heterosexual women from Cycle 13 of Statistics Canada's General Social Survey,…
Descriptors: Divorce, Spouses, Marital Status, Employed Women
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Manne, Sharon; Sherman, Marne; Ross, Stephanie; Ostroff, Jamie; Heyman, Richard E.; Fox, Kevin – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2004
This study examined associations between couple communication about cancer and psychological distress and relationship satisfaction of women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. One hundred forty-eight couples completed a videotaped discussion of a cancer-related issue and a general issue. Patients completed measures of psychological distress…
Descriptors: Females, Cancer, Interpersonal Relationship, Marital Satisfaction
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