The Marital Discord Model of Depression maintains that marital discord is an important antecedent in the development of depression. Although empirical evidence supports this premise, none of this research has been done with Latinos. The purpose of this study was to test the longitudinal relationship between marital satisfaction and depression among 99 Brazilian women. Using structural equation ...

This study examines two overlapping longitudinal samples of U.S. couples with children, covering a period of 15 years after the first child's birth. The first sample extended from the pregnancy with a first child until that child was 5.5 years old; the second from ages 4.5 to 14.5. Growth curve analyses revealed that marital satisfaction declined over 15 years for both husbands and wives. Attac...

background and aim: postpartum period is often associated with decreased marital satisfaction in couples. the present study aimed to investigate factors contributing to marital satisfaction in primiparous women during postpartum period. methods: this correlational study was performed on 104 primiparous women who referred to health care centers, mashhad, iran in 2013, 8 weeks after delivery, to ...

introduction: this study was conducted in order to determine the relationship between attachment to god with marital satisfaction and mental health in parents of children with special needs. method: a total of 372 parents (186 fathers, 186 mothers) of blind, deaf and educable children with mental retardation were selected through stratified random sampling using the method of proportional alloc...

OBJECTIVES Examined the influence of functional impairment, stable marital status, and family satisfaction on life satisfaction trajectories for 609 individuals (435 men, 174 women) over the first 5 years after traumatic brain injury (TBI). MEASURES Participants completed the Family Satisfaction Scale (FSS), Functional Independence Measure (FIM), and the Life Satisfaction Index (LSI) at years...

This study examined how a major life stressor—the transition to parenthood—impacts marital satisfaction and functioning in persons with different romantic attachment orientations. As hypothesized, if highly ambivalent women entered the transition perceiving low levels of spousal support, they experienced significant declines (pre-to-postnatal changes) in perceptions of spousal support and marit...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this investigation is to determine the efficacy of emotionally focused couples therapy (EFT-C) on enhancement of marital adjustment in infertile couples. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a semi-experimental study with a pre- and post-test design. We selected 30 infertile couples (60 subjects) by purposive sampling. Couples were randomly assigned to two groups, sample a...

a survey on relationship between marital satisfaction and parenting styles     haghighi m [1] , khalilzadeh r [2] *     received: 23 aug, 2011 accepted: 10 nov, 2011     abstract   background & aims: one of the important factors that is effective on children's mental behavioral health is parenting style. several factors influence parenting style such as culture, socioeconomic factors, and ...

In 1980, 30 married couples had engaged in a low-conflict and a high-conflict conversational interaction while continuous physiological data were obtained. In a separate session each spouse had provided a continuous self-report of affect while viewing the videotape of the interaction. In 1983, 19 of these couples were re-located to determine the change in relationship satisfaction that had occu...

We explored direct, mediated, and moderated associations between adult attachment style and marital satisfaction using a community-based sample of 73 married women. Continuous ratings of secure, avoidant, and ambivalent attachment styles were related to levels of marital satisfaction. However, psychological distress mediated the association between secure attachment and marital satisfaction, an...