Parents of 50 4th grade girls reported on their marital relationships and then, two years later, rated their daughters' pubertal development. Fathers' ratings of marital dissatisfaction, mothers' ratings of less emotional support from husbands, and both parents' ratings of aversive marital conflict were correlated with more advanced pubertal development in daughters. Fathers' withdrawal behavio...

The Marital Discord Model of Depression maintains that marital discord is an important antecedent in the development of depression. Although empirical evidence supports this premise, none of this research has been done with Latinos. The purpose of this study was to test the longitudinal relationship between marital satisfaction and depression among 99 Brazilian women. Using structural equation ...

Associations between marital conflict and infant emotion regulation exist, but explanatory pathways have not been explored. For older children, parental behavior partially mediates this association through a "spillover" process. We test: associations between mothers' and fathers' verbally aggressive marital conflict, infant temperament, and infant withdrawal; mediating effects of negative mater...

According to recent census data, approximately 50% of first marriages end in divorce, one of life's most stressful events. Even for those marriages that do not end in divorce, many are characterized by unhappiness. For example, it has been estimated that approximately 20% of all married couples experience marital distress, or discontent with their marriage, at any given time. Despite the risk a...

! : "= 01 $ 9 89 * $' 9 $ -*"( "= 01 ' 9 $ -*"( 9 89 * Abstract Introduction: A sexual relationship which is able to satisfy both sides has an important and fundamental role in success and constancy of family foundation. Recognizing sexual function and its components can lead to sexual satisfaction and ultimately to marital satisfaction that has an important effect on couples’ adjustment...

BACKGROUND The early relationships between infant and care takers are significant and the emotional interactions of these relationships play an important role in forming personality and adulthood relationships. OBJECTIVES The current study aimed to investigate the relationship of attachment styles (AS) and emotional intelligence (EI) with marital satisfaction (MS). MATERIALS AND METHODS In ...

objective: to determine the reliability and validity of the revised dyadic adjustment scale (rdas) with 14 items (short form) in iranian population. methods:the english version of the rdas was translated into persian. then, persian version was retranslated to english. to study factor structure 338 questionnaires were filled out by parents of elementary students. other measurement tools were the...