Longitudinal associations between couple relationship satisfaction and dissolution, rejection sensitivity, and depression were investigated using structural equation modeling. Rejection sensitivity and relationship commitment were expected to exacerbate or attenuate some model paths. Participants were aged 17 to 21 (N = 179) in couple relationships. Relationship dissolution was less likely amon...

By mobilizing the theoretical field of decision-making and empirical study 15 cases, this article highlights analyzes recurrence conjugal interactions leading to decision undertake as a couple. The results show that spouse who initiates project becomes ‘leader’, while other positions himself, more or less voluntarily, ‘follower’. This configuration induces renunciation on part follower, followe...

in this paper, the flow of couple stress fluid is investigated in a helical screw rheometer (hsr). by unwrapping the channel, lands, and the outside rotating barrel, the geometry of hsr is approximated as a shallow infinite channel. both one- and two-dimensional analysis of the problem is presented using rectangular coordinates. in either case an exact solution of the flow problem is presented ...

Objectives: Mastectomy as a treatment for breast cancer can disturb marital satisfaction of many couples. In this way, existential anxieties stemming from this potentially deleterious event, and inefficient responses to them, could be mediating. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a rehabilitation method based on existential approach and Olson's marital enrichment m...

Not only is job satisfaction important per se, but, according to its effect upon other aspects of career perspective, it also possesses investing value. As a matter of fact, through increase in job satisfaction, other aspects of job perspectives such as organizational commitment, job involvement and organizational atmosphere are improved. Job satisfaction is included among important factors in ...

Background and aims Pornography use has become increasingly common. Studies have shown that individuals who use sexually explicit materials (SEMs) report negative effects (Schneider, 2000b). However, Bridges (2008b) found that couples who use SEM together have higher relationship satisfaction than those who use SEM independently. A further investigation into various types of SEM use in relation...

Emotional numbing symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are negatively associated with relationship satisfaction in combat veterans and their romantic partners. Many speculate that one mechanism of this association may be decreased disclosure by veterans, but previous studies lacked appropriate data to test this hypothesis. In a sample of 224 OIF/OEF-era National Guard service member...

OBJECTIVES To develop Patient and Partner versions of a psychometrically sound questionnaire, the EDITS (Erectile Dysfunction Inventory of Treatment Satisfaction), to assess satisfaction with medical treatments for erectile dysfunction. METHODS Treatment satisfaction differs from treatment efficacy as it focuses on a person's subjective evaluation of treatment received. Twenty-nine items repr...

BACKGROUND To analyze, in a multilevel context, the impact of individual-level relationship satisfaction on couples' mean reports of aggression and agreement about acts of physical and psychological aggression. METHODS We conducted a quota sampling method to recruit a community sample of 2.988 heterosexual adult couples from the Region of Madrid (Spain). RESULTS The percentages of intimate ...