Background: One of the body image concepts is spouse image of body. It has an important role in selfesteem, relationship satisfaction and women's sexual health. That is, women with more positive spouse image of body may be more confident that their partners will continue to accept them and thus have more sexual function. This study therefore aimed to compare the relationship of spouse imag...

Results: Of the 230 siblings enrolled, complete data was available for 197. Mean age of index sibling, (n=112) was 34 ± 10.7; referent: (n=85)35.7±10.5 (p=0.24). Of 230 spouses enrolled, complete data was available for 187 spouses-mean age of index spouse, (n=84), was 49.6±11.0; referent: (n=103) 48.7±9.3 (p=0.1). No significant association in overall prevalence of MS in sibling and spouse of i...

Despite major demographic changes over the past 50 years and strong evidence that time spent with a spouse is important for marriages, we know very little about how time with a spouse has changed-or not-in the United States. Using time diary data from 1965-2012, we examine trends in couples' shared time in the United States during a period of major changes in American marriages and families. We...

Subjective investor expectations, which are distinct from rational expectations, are increasingly considered as central to resolving asset pricing puzzles in general equilibrium frameworks. While most analyses have imposed different models of expectations formation on optimizing agents, this paper attempts to extract expectations directly from the data. Parameters derived from fitting the daily...

This study examined gender variations in self reported quality of life among randomly selected elderly populations in selected Yoruba communities in three local government areas of Osun State Nigeria. Data was generated through cross-sectional survey of 947 elderly population aged 60 years and above. Two internationally tested instruments were used to assess quality of life status among the res...

OBJECTIVE To explore how couples adjust to dietary management of type 2 diabetes. DESIGN Couples were interviewed, first together and then separately, during the first year after diagnosis and 1 year later. SETTING Qualitative interviews conducted in hospital classrooms using a semistructured interview guide. PARTICIPANTS Couples (N = 20) with a recently diagnosed spouse who met the study...

The process of experiencing the loss a spouse is called one most difficult life shocks. Often this period quite long and includes overcoming processing feelings such as guilt, confusion, fear, others. Also, grieving for can cause serious damage to mental physical health. mourning associated with in which it possible identify features, that is, what distinguishes from other similar emotional sho...

In this article we examine the long-term effects of the sudden, unexpected loss of a spouse or child. In the spouse study, interviews were conducted with 39 individuals who had lost a spouse in a motor vehicle crash 4 to 7 years ago and with 39 matched controls. In the parent study, interviews were conducted with 41 parents who had lost a child in a crash and with 41 matched controls. Control r...