BACKGROUND Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in war veterans and its complex emotional and behavioral characteristics affect veterans' partners and the quality of their relationships. Although most research focuses on the effects of veterans' PTSD on their partners/wives and their relationships, not many findings have been established on partner adjustment and marriage quality when wives suf...

OBJECTIVE To explore the relationship between marital relationship domains (i.e., intimacy and adjustment) and glycemic control and psychosocial adaptation to diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 78 insulin-treated adults with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes were assessed on a single occasion. They completed two marital quality measures (Spanier Dyadic Adjustment Scale and Persona...

The study was conducted with the aim of studying the wives of patients with psychosexual dysfunction with regard to the level of distress experienced and its relationship with their psychosocial dysfunction and marital adjustment. The sample comprised wives of 30 male patients with psychosexual dysfunction. Majority of the subjects was under matriculate, housewives, Hindus, and of urban backgro...

We examined the cross-sectional association between conflict in families and child psychological adjustment in 72 4th-5th graders. Multiple informants (parents, children, and teachers) assessed conflict and anger in the social climate of the home, marital discord, negative emotional tone in the parent-child relationship, and child adjustment. As predicted, child adjustment was more strongly rel...

To look into the effect of sexual myths and level knowledge about sexuality on marital satisfaction in married couples. The study was carried with 104 voluntary respondents; 57 which are women 47 men. data has been collected Personal Information Questionnaire, Marital Adjustment Test, Sexual Myths Analysis Questionnaire Golombok Rust Inventory Satisfaction (GRISS), analyzed SPSS 15.0 software p...