BACKGROUND Nearly half of all patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) will develop cognitive dysfunction. Studies highlighted from no/weak impact to a strong impact of cognitive impairment on quality of life (QoL). The aim of this study was to assess the impact of cognitive dysfunction on self-reported QoL in MS patients while considering key confounding factors. METHODS DESIGN cro...

This study assessed marital quality, coparenting, and parenting stress over time for parents of children with intellectual disability by creating developmental trajectories from longitudinal data. Both mothers and fathers (N = 152 couples), with children ages 6-18 at the first wave, evaluated their relationship and parenting stress on up to 4 occasions over a 14-year period. The study provided ...

To look into the effect of sexual myths and level knowledge about sexuality on marital satisfaction in married couples. The study was carried with 104 voluntary respondents; 57 which are women 47 men. data has been collected Personal Information Questionnaire, Marital Adjustment Test, Sexual Myths Analysis Questionnaire Golombok Rust Inventory Satisfaction (GRISS), analyzed SPSS 15.0 software p...

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BACKGROUND Marital satisfaction is one of the most important determinative factors of healthy function in family and can be affected by some factors. AIM This study was conducted aimed to determine the relationship between quality of life and marital satisfaction in nurses in Social Security hospital in Zahedan. METHOD In this descriptive and correlational study, the population was the all ...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of emotionally fo- cused therapy (EFT-C) on promoting marital adjustment of infertile couples with marital conflicts by improving quality of life. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a semi-experimental study with a pre- and post-test design in which 30 infertile couples (60 individuals) were chosen by purposive sampling. Couples w...

Purpose of the Study Although prior research suggests that high filial obligation has an adverse impact on psychological well-being, little is known about the implications of these beliefs for marital quality during midlife. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine dyadic associations between middle-aged husbands' and wives' filial obligation beliefs and their marital satisfaction. ...