Robert H. Lauer, Jeanette C. Lauer
There are few empirical studies of the factors involved in long-term marriages. The present study involves a nonrandom sample of 351 couples who have been married 15 years or more. Differences were found in the reported reasons for staying together between happy, unhappy, and mixed (one partner happ...
Md. Jahirul Islam, Mosiur Rahman, Lisa Broidy, Syed Emdadul Haque et al.
BACKGROUND: We aimed to examine the influence of witnessing father-to-mother violence on: 1) perpetration of intimate partner violence (IPV); and 2) endorsement of attitudes justifying wife beating in Bangladesh. METHODS: This paper used data from the 2007 Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey. The a...
Priyanka D. Joshi, Cheryl Wakslak, Gil Appel, Laura Huang
Drawing on construal level theory, which suggests that experiencing a communicative audience as proximal rather than distal leads speakers to frame messages more concretely, we examine gender differences in linguistic abstraction. In a meta-analysis of prior studies examining the effects of distance...
Sidney Ruth Schuler, Kathryn M. Yount, Rachel Lenzi
Understanding attitudes about intimate partner violence (IPV) in cultural context is important for developing interventions to reduce it or mitigate its effects. This article presents qualitative findings from research conducted in rural Bangladesh to understand men's and women's responses to attitu...
Carol L. Wilson, Mollie A. Ruben
Prior research has linked attachment anxiety to heightened perceptions of chronic pain. However, few studies have examined attachment and acute pain, and none of these to our knowledge have included partner attachment effects in a dyadic context. Sixty‐five healthy undergraduate women were exposed t...
Narissra M. Punyanunt-Carter
This study investigated how college-aged daughters' reports of family communication patterns between themselves and their fathers impact fathers' and daughters' interpersonal communication satisfaction with each other. Two hundred seven father-daughter dyads participated in the study using the Revis...
Habibur Rahaman, Ho Kwong Kwan, Mayowa T. Babalola, Haixiao Chen
This study examines why and when family ostracism can have an adverse effect on employees’ customer service behaviors. Drawing on self-determination theory (SDT), we theorize the existence of moderated multi-mediation relationships between family ostracism and employees’ customer service behaviors (...
Kamaldeep Bhui, Maria João Silva, Seeromanie Harding, Stephen Stansfeld
Purpose The purpose of the study is to test whether bullying in adolescents relates to poor mental health and whether social support mitigated this effect. Methods In 2001, 28 schools in East London were randomly selected for surveys of two representative mixed ability classes: year 7 (11-12 years) ...
Christian Graetz, Johannes C. Ehrenthal, Dana Senf, Katrin Semar et al.
OBJECTIVES: Psychosocial variables have received increased attention in periodontology. Attachment theory adds to known risk factors by linking early interactional experiences with adult tendencies of stress-regulation, health behaviour, symptom reporting, and healthcare utilization. The study inves...
Sheila Hillier, Rosemary Loshak, Suraiya Abdul Rahman, Frances Marks
Interviews carried out with 22 Bangladeshi families who were clients of the Child & Family Consultation Service revealed that congruence in problem definition between family and therapist was linked with good outcome as rated by the family. The stated preference of most families was for a Bangladesh...
Glenn Larner
Adolescent depression, particularly where suicidal behaviour is involved, is a complex and pressing mental health problem and demanding for families, therapists and services alike. This article reviews the evidence‐based literature for adolescent depression including family therapy approaches. It su...
Md. Shahidul Islam, Muhammad Shafiul Alam, Md. Mahedi Hasan
Inter-spousal communication is largely influenced to couples on contraceptive use and the decision of appropriate method choice. This paper examined the effects of inter-spousal communication on contraceptive use and method choice in Bangladesh. A total 451 married men aged 15-49 were interviewed fr...
Kathryn M. Yount, Stephanie Spaid Miedema, Chris C. Martin, AliceAnn Crandall et al.
James L. Framo
Iselin Huseby‐Lie
This mixed-methods systematic review asks what is known about children’s perspectives on contact with birth parents when in out-of-home care. To address this question 37 studies were coded to identify children’s experiences and thoughts regarding contact with their parents. Data synthesis was perfor...