The Revised Family Code (RFC) of Ethiopia states the circumstance in which a spouse can claim maintenance. These are during divorce proceeding and, ordinarily, as any person, citing provisions that explicate obligation to supply RFC puts spouses at top rank maintenance claimants’ order. This raises question whether this applies while marriage is intact, proceedings progress, or an ex-spouse. co...

Objective: This survey aimed at finding a model for determining the direct and indirect effects of spouse abuse on the psychological health of victimized women as well as analysis of the mediating roles of social support and coping mechanisms on the relationship between spouse abuse and psychological health condition. Methods: A total of 192 women were selected by random sampling. They compl...

With the last decades, health care interventions have been more productively attuned to actualizing the potential for optimal recuperation of every patient. Unique and important contributions of psychotherapy to this effort include: 1) A formulation which synthesizes an understanding of clinical behaviors, reality-based physical limitations and risks with an appreciation of the patient's mechan...

A measure of positive affect toward spouse was developed in 1975, and revisions of that measure with subsequent item analyses are presented from a contrasted group comparison (clinic vs. community couples; total couple N = 104). Reliability and validity data are presented to indicate the utility of the measure, positive feelings toward spouse. A 17-item questionnaire with all items that met a h...

Abstract The aging of the U.S. population is leading to greater demand for assistance with activities daily living. Much this support provided by family members, but changing sizes and locations have raised concern that those needing will be increasingly reliant on non-family assistance. This study examined patterns provision family, non-family, paid caregiving 65 years older who need living, f...

Aim: The majority of cancer patients develop cancer cachexia (CC). CC is a debilitating and life-threatening, multifactorial condition that is characterized by altered metabolism and reduced food intake, contributing to weight loss (mainly lean body mass). Existing treatment approaches are limited in their ability to treat CC, while too little is currently done to prevent it. Surveys were carri...