objective: spouse abuse is a worldwide health concern with prevalent psychiatric and medical consequences in victims. the present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of spouse abuse among a group of women living in tehran and survey their mental health status. methods: totally, 1186 married women were selected through a randomized systematic sampling from 22 districts of tehran. ini...

Intimacy is one of the most intriguing concepts in auditorium acoustics, because it is so elusive and difficult to prove, and yet intuitive and palpable for many. Introduced by Beranek1, intimacy has been regarded as one of the most important aspects of the concert experience. "Acoustical 'intimacy' suggests to the listener the size of the space in which it is performed"1 and implies "that list...

Background This cross-sectional study examined the association between types of living arrangements, quality of life, and mental health of the Korean elderly. Methods We used secondary data analysis from the data of 4248 elderly people aged 65 yr or older that completed the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2010-2012). Data concerning participants' demographic characteri...

This study used longitudinal data to examine the effects of spousal illness on depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older married individuals and the extent to which the adverse effects of illness in a spouse were mitigated by 2 psychological resources, mastery and self-esteem. Using 1,704 married participants who were 51 years of age on average, depressive symptoms were compared in 4 grou...

This study investigated protective factors against courtship-stalking behaviors (CSB) among college students. Questionnaires assessing parent-child intimacy, empathy, and relationship control were completed by 197 Korean university students. The collected data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics 20.0. The participants’ general characteristics were calculated using frequencies and percentage...

Data from the first 2 waves of the Caregiver Health Effects Study (n = 680) were analyzed to examine the effects of changes in caregiving involvement on changes in caregiver health-related outcomes in a population-based sample of elders caring for a disabled spouse. Caregiving involvement was indexed by levels of (a) spouse physical impairment, (b) help provided to the spouse, and (c) strain as...

Using grounded theory methodology 24 participants were asked to discuss how the death of a previous spouse, either theirs or their partner's, was currently affecting their second marriage. Participants were interviewed individually and as a couple. The central category was memories of the deceased spouse. Six additional categories emerged from the data: past spouse on pedestal, current/past com...

Emerging adulthood, the new period which is especially prevalent in the developed or industrialized countries during ages 18 to 29, is a new conceptualization proposed by Arnett. Intimacy is a superordinate concept which includes intimate interaction and intimate relationship. This study includes two proceses which are scale development and conduction of gender differences about markers of star...