Background: Marital conflicts are normal in a couplechr('39')s life, and the important thing is how they resolve such conflicts. This integrated therapy plan has been created by considering several theories to reduce couples’ marital conflicts. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Unified Protocol based on the McMaster model of family, compassion-focused therapy, and m...

In light of the current economic crisis, we estimate hazard models of divorce to determine how state and national unemployment rates affect the likelihood of a divorce or separation. With data in the United States over the 1978–2008 period from the 1979 NLSY, we find some evidence indicating that a higher unemployment rate increases the risk of a marriage ending for couples in years 6–10 of mar...

The incidence of divorce has jumped 125% in the past 16 years (Bureau of the Census, 1977). The rise from 2.2 divorces per 1000 population in 1960 to 5.0 per 1000 in 1976 is a national trend which shows no sign of declining (Kelly & Wallerstein, 1976). At present, 60-75% of divorces involve children under age 18, indicating that one million children annually experience the divorce of their pare...

Objectives. The objective of this study was to determine how intraparental (i.e., cognitive schemas, parental competence, cognitive-emotional coping style) and interparental variables family conflict, unfavorable conditions divorce) influence post-divorce co-parenting through the relationship between parents after separation. Materials methods. conducted on a sample 169 divorced or divorcing pa...