Abstract Chronic condition discordance (i.e., the extent that two or more conditions have non-overlapping self-management requirements heighten complexity) may be stressful and contribute to increased alcohol use over time among older adults, especially for those with greater marital stress. In this study, we examined how chronic at individual level within individuals) couple between spouses) p...

" Whenever the writer sees the poor anaemic, brokendown victim of many miscarriages, he cannot help but feel that, if the laws of the Damiantina River savages [performing artificial hypospadias] were enforced on their husbands, it would be a blessing to the poor women without materially injuring the husbands, who, in case of need of a re-establishment of the functions of procreation, might be f...

Despite various efforts for enhancing women's autonomy in developing countries, many women are deprived of their capacity in decision-making on their household affairs as well as social issues. This paper aimed to examine women's autonomy and its associated factors in the Kapilvastu district of Nepal. We measured women's autonomy using a recently developed women's autonomy measurement scale fro...

HIV/AIDS is a disease that still feared by society because it cannot be cured, there no vaccine to prevent transmission, stigma and discrimination are very high. During the Covid-19 pandemic, cases of were covered up so when people took HIV tests, seen soaring. The study was conducted analyze knowledge about husband's support in carrying out VCT on pregnant women Poh Bergong Village, Working Ar...

I examine the response of husbands' and wives' earnings to a tax reform in which husbands' and wives' tax rates changed independently, allowing me to examine the effect of both spouses' incentives on each spouse's behavior. I analyze the large Swedish tax reform of 1990–1991 and find that in response to a compensated fall in one spouse's tax rate, each spouse's earnings rise. I compare these re...

The purpose of this study was to identify ways in which social support is related to the caregiving stress and well-being experienced by adult daughter caregivers. The study focused on a specific source of support, caregivers' husbands, and included reports from 126 caregivers and their husbands. Main and buffering effects of four types of support (emotional and instrumental support provided to...

Several studies have established a negative relation between the use of sexually explicit Internet material (SEIM) and relationship quality. While most studies imply SEIM use decreases relationship quality, the opposite might also be true: lower relationship quality might increase people’s SEIM use. This article aims to shed light on the directionality of the relation between SEIM use and relat...

This study related two cognitive personality characteristics—locus of control and interpersonal trust—to assertive behavior in a sample of recently married couples. Assertive behavior was measured by the Inventory of Marital Conflicts, an observational procedure in which couples resolve disagreements about hypothetical marital problems. Hypotheses were formulated in terms of individual locus of...