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Direct linkG. J. Teunissen; P. Lindhout; T. A. Abma – Qualitative Research Journal, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of chronic illness on a couple's life experiences over a period of 40 years. It critically examines the assumptions of the public health discourse in the light of this couple's attempts to balance love and health care within their relationship. Design/methodology/approach: The couple, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chronic Illness, Intimacy, Spouses
Grootscholten, Inge A. C.; van Wijngaarden, Bob; Kan, Cornelis C. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Primary caregivers experience consequences from being in close contact to a person with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study used the Involvement Evaluation Questionnaire to explore the level of consequences of 104 caregivers involved with adults with High Functioning ASD (HF-ASD) and compared these with the consequences reported by…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Patients, Schizophrenia
van Bergen, Elsje; Bishop, Dorothy; van Zuijen, Titia; de Jong, Peter F. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2015
Cognitive processes underlying a behavioural outcome (like reading ability) and the impact of familial risk (e.g., for dyslexia) have been studied in isolation. We present a novel design, linking the two avenues. How do familial influences impact on children's cognitive skills, which subsequently underlie reading development? Participants from the…
Descriptors: Parent Influence, Path Analysis, Correlation, Spouses
Voordouw, Jantine; Antonides, Gerrit; Fox, Margaret; Cerecedo, Inmaculada; Zamora, Javier; de la Hoz Caballer, Belen; Rokicka, Ewa; Cornelisse-Vermaat, Judith; Jewczak, Maciej; Starosta, Pawel; Kowalska, Marek L.; Jedrzejczak-Czechowicz, Monika; Vazquez-Cortes, Sonia; Escudero, Cano; de Blok, Bertine Flokstra; Dubois, Anthony; Mugford, Miranda; Frewer, Lynn J. – Social Indicators Research, 2012
This study estimates the effects of food hypersensitivity on individuals' perceived welfare and well-being compared to non-food hypersensitive individuals. Study respondents were recruited in the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and UK. The difference in welfare between food hypersensitive respondents and those asymptomatic to foods was estimated using…
Descriptors: Spouses, Health, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
Thijssen, Jill; de Ruiter, Corine – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
In the present study, a structured risk assessment instrument for intimate partner violence, the Brief Spousal Assault Form for the Evaluation of Risk (B-SAFER), was coded for 146 files of spousal assault cases from the Dutch probation service, dating from 2004 and 2005. The aim of the study was twofold: (a) to validate Holtzworth-Munroe and…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Family Violence, Psychopathology, Risk
Noordhuizen, Suzanne; de Graaf, Paul M.; Sieben, Inge – Journal of Family Issues, 2011
This study advances our understanding of fertility norms by examining whether fertility norms remain stable over time. In addition, this article also investigates whether these norms are influenced by (a) sociodemographic background characteristics; (b) fertility norms of close family members: partners, siblings, parents, and children; and (c)…
Descriptors: Siblings, Social Influences, Social Attitudes, Social Behavior
Verbakel, Ellen – Journal of Family Issues, 2010
We study to what extent adjustments in labor market participation, defined as employment entry and exit, and as increases and reductions of weekly working hours, depend on resources of the partner. Moreover, we investigate whether the influence of the partner depends on historical period, human capital, and children. We are especially interested…
Descriptors: Working Hours, Human Capital, Labor Market, Foreign Countries
van Dam, Karen; van der Vorst, Janine D. M.; van der Heijden, Beatrice I. J. M. – Journal of Career Development, 2009
This study investigated the early retirement intentions of 346 older Dutch employees by extending the theory of planned behavior with anticipated work conditions. The results showed that employees who felt a pressure from their spouse to retire early had a strong intention to leave the work force before the official retirement age, that is 65.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Retirement, Employee Attitudes, Context Effect
Roest, Annette, M. C.; Debas, Judith Semon; Gerris, Jan R. M.; Engels, Rutger C. M. E – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2006
This study examined spousal value similarity and transmission across a 5-year period on four value orientations: traditional family values, self-determination, social criticism, and hedonism. Participants were 685 Dutch couples in established marriages. Structural equation modeling results indicated that spouses were moderately similar on all…
Descriptors: Spouses, Criticism, Marital Satisfaction, Values
Poortman, Anne-Rigt – Journal of Family Issues, 2005
This study examines whether the financial and time pressures associated with spouses' working lives play a role in the relation between work and divorce during the first years of marriage. Using retrospective data from the Netherlands, the results show that divorce is more likely when the husband works on average fewer hours and the wife more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Spouses, Marriage, Financial Problems
Fischer, Tamar F. C.; de Graaf, Paul M.; Kalmijn, Matthijs – Journal of Family Issues, 2005
This study presents descriptive and explanatory analyses of contact between former spouses, using data on 1,791 previously married men and women in the Netherlands. The authors employ a typology of relationships between former spouses, differentiating between friendly contact, antagonistic contact, and no contact. Ten years after divorce, still…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Spouses, Divorce, Interaction
Wenger, G. Clare; Dykstra, Pearl A.; Melkas, Tuula; Knipscheer, Kees C. P. M. – Journal of Family Issues, 2007
This article focuses on the ways in which patterns of marriage and fertility shape older people's involvement in community groups and their support networks. The data are from Australia, Finland, Germany, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Findings show that childless older adults, regardless of…
Descriptors: Childlessness, Social Networks, Public Service, Older Adults
Peer reviewedBuunk, Bram – Family Relations, 1982
Discusses ways people cope with extramarital relationships of their spouses. Results found avoidance was significantly more common among women, especially among women with a low self-esteem. Both avoidance and reappraisal correlated positively with neuroticism. Communication occurred more often among people with high marital satisfaction. (Author)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Coping, Emotional Response, Foreign Countries
Jansen, Miranda; Liefbroer, Aart C. – Journal of Family Issues, 2006
In this article, the authors examine effects of partners' attitudes on the timing of the birth of a first child, the division of domestic labor, the division of child care, and the division of paid labor of couples. They use data from the Panel Study of Social Integration in the Netherlands, which includes independent measures of both partners'…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Birth, Spouses, Foreign Countries
