This present study was conducted to determine the relationship of marital adjustment with loss hearing in elderly couples. To carry out study, subjects were audiologically tested and questionnaire (MAQ) administered along handicap inventory (HHI). The audiological assessment consisted pure tonal audiometry (PTA), which carried a sound treated room by air conduction (from 250 Hz 8000 Hz) bone (5...

This paper examines relationships between 2 dimensions of social integration (community participation and affective community resources) and job and marital quality. Data from the 1995 National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (n 1⁄4 1,816) indicate that the level of community participation is unrelated or negatively related to job and marital quality, whereas affective commun...

McCullough, Rachal, et al.'s (1998) social-psychological framework of forgiveness informed a longitudinal study that examined the extent to which marital forgiveness is determined by social-cognitive (the offended spouse's rumination and emotional empathy) and relationship variables (the quality of the relationship in which the offense took place). In the study, 119 husbands and 124 wives from ...