BACKGROUND Intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) is a serious and widespread problem worldwide. Much of the research on IPVAW focused on individual-level factors and attention has been paid to the contextual factors. The aim of this study was to develop and test a model of individual- and community-level factors associated with IPVAW. METHODS AND FINDINGS We conducted a (multivariat...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Alzheimer's disease (AD) clinical trials enroll two participants: a patient and a study partner. The primary caregiver most often fills the role of study partner and most trial study partners are spousal caregivers. METHODS AD trial inclusion criteria were applied to baseline data from 5,674 probable AD dementia research participants in the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Ce...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationships between both mother-reported spousal support and social network support, and mother-adolescent diabetes-related conflict, discrepancies in decision-making autonomy (DDMA), and adolescent adherence to diabetes treatment. METHOD Fifty-one mothers of adolescents with IDDM completed self-report measures of social support, diabetes-related conflict, and a...

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...

Communicating about hardships with close others can be challenging, leading to avoidance of hardship-related topics. Although typically considered relationally damaging, topic could serve as a beneficial or neutral strategy when paired affirming communication. The current research investigates if the resilience communication processes outlined in theory mitigate negative relational effects avoi...