Objectives: Objective of this study was investigating impact of early psychological interventions on marital satisfaction of mothers with slow pace under 5 years children. Considering variables of the research, that is, early psychological interventions and marital satisfaction, research hypotheses was as follows: "early psychological interventions affect marital satisfaction of mothers with sl...

Previous studies have shown that the maximizing orientation, reflecting a motivation to select the best option among a given set of choices, is associated with various negative psychological outcomes. In the present studies, we examined whether these relationships extend to friendship selection and how the number of options for friends moderated these effects. Across 5 studies, maximizing in se...

OBJECTIVES This study explored the relative contributions of friends and family to the social and emotional well-being of women and men in the first 2-6 months following the death of their spouse or partner. METHODS Three hundred and twenty-eight widowed men (39%) and women aged 50 and older completed self-administered questionnaires that included measures of contact and satisfaction with fri...

We study the planted ensemble of locked constraint satisfaction problems. We describe the connection between the random and planted ensembles. The use of the cavity method is combined with arguments from reconstruction on trees and first and second moment considerations; in particular the connection with the reconstruction on trees appears to be crucial. Our main result is the location of the h...

Research indicates that discussing one’s romantic relationship with partner benefits individual well-being and reduces uncertainty about the future of relationship. Implications talk friends remain less clear, though talking may actually increase (e.g., by making jealous these friends), particularly for emerging adults. Relationship be especially likely to promote relational couples who are alr...

Characterized by repeated sexual contact with a known partner without the expectation of commitment, friends benefits relationships (FWBRs) are increasing among youth. Yet, less is about motivations for, or satisfaction in, FWBRs especially youth from rural areas. Youth communities reported on their experiences in FWBRs. Findings indicated that youths’ major motivation for was satisfaction, alt...

This study examined the relationships of mentoring and satisfaction with mentoring with work attitudes of nurses and the moderating roles of gender and social support in the relationships. Questionnaires were used to collect data on mentoring, satisfaction with mentoring, social support (from friends, family, professional association members, co-workers and supervisors) work attitudes, (job inv...