Behavioural Marital Therapy: Current Status, Limitations, and Directions for Further Research

1985 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Halford ◽  
Matt Sanders
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Marital Therapy ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Therapeutic Effects ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Maladaptive Cognitions ◽  
Cognitive Interventions ◽  
Therapeutic Procedures

Behavioural marital therapy (BMT) is a promising approach to the pervasive concern of lack of marital satisfaction. BMT produces gains in marital satisfaction which are statistically significantly superior to no treatment controls. However when more stringent criteria for success are applied, which are of greater clinical relevance, success rates are moderate. It is argued the limitations of BMT efficacy may be due to three faults in the current conceptualization and practice of BMT. Firstly, while some recognition of the role of cognitions has been made, the salient cognitions of distressed couples have not been clearly described in specific social contexts. Secondly, the cognitive interventions used do not relate clearly to identified maladaptive cognitions. Finally, the generalization of therapeutic effects has been assessed insufficiently, and generalization has not been programmed into therapeutic procedures. Specific suggestions are offered which may help to help overcome these problems.

Do women seek humorousness in men because it signals intelligence? A cross-cultural test

2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn E. Weisfeld ◽  
Nicole T. Nowak ◽  
Todd Lucas ◽  
Carol C. Weisfeld ◽  
E. Olcay Imamoğlu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Alternative Possibilities ◽  
Social Credit ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractMiller has suggested that people seek humorousness in a mate because humor connotes intelligence, which would be valuable in a spouse. Since males tend to be the competing sex, men have been more strongly selected to be humorous. To test this notion, we explored the role of humor in marriage cross-culturally, in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Turkey, and Russia. In the first four societies, husbands were perceived to make wives laugh more than the reverse, but wives were funnier in Russia. Spousal humorousness was associated with marital satisfaction in all cultures, especially the wife's satisfaction. Spousal humorousness was less consistently related to spousal intelligence than to some alternative possibilities: spousal kindness, dependability, and understanding. Furthermore, the relationship between these four variables and marital satisfaction was mediated by spousal humorousness. Humor is gratifying in other social contexts as well. Humorists may gain social credit by providing amusement, and may also use humor to gauge another's mood and to engender liking, perhaps especially in courtship and marriage. Spouses may also take humorousness as a sign of motivation to be amusing, kind, understanding, dependable — as a sign of commitment.

scholarly journals The role and responsibilities of nurses in mental preparation of the patient for a surgery

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-44
Author(s):  
Teresa Niechwiadowicz-Czapka
Keyword(s):  
Great Influence ◽  
Health Care Team ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Therapeutic Effects ◽  
Mental Preparation ◽  
Therapeutic Procedures ◽  
Negative Side Effects ◽  
Positive Results ◽  
Interview Questionnaire

Introduction: Preparing the patient for a surgery is a complex task for the entire health care team. Even the best performed surgery will not bring positive results if the patient is not well-prepared for it, both physically and mentally and receives improper care after the surgery. Nurses play the most important role at this point of treatment as they are the ones who take care of the sick directly and spend most time with them. The process of modern technology dominating contemporary field of surgery and narrowing of the specialties have not diminished, but strengthened this role. As the professional assisting and observing the patient constantly, the nurse frequently has a great influence upon the course of the whole treatment. The nurse is the person of the therapeutic team, whose attitude, behavior, the way of communicating the patient, the respect for their rights are the most important elements in preparing the patient for the surgical intervention. This mental preparation should depend on the nature of surgery and the patient’s emotional problems and expectations related to it. Being aware of them allows undertaking effective psychological therapy, minimizing negative side effects of the surgery and pointing out the benefits of it. Therapeutic effects of these interactions are visible regardless of the fact whether they are used by a nurse in a conscious and deliberate, or an intuitive and accidental way. Therefore, nurses’ actions should be aimed at benefiting consciously from well-known therapeutic procedures. Aim of the study is to discuss the tasks and the role of the nurse in mental preparation of the patient for a surgery and to provide a copyright interview questionnaire which allows the nurse to identify the patient’s problems in this matter.

Cognitive Processes and Marital Satisfaction: Research, Theories and Clinical Implications

1989 ◽  
Vol 6 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 137-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Truax ◽  
Neil Jacobson
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Marital Therapy ◽  
Clinical Applications ◽  
Marital Distress ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Cognitive Interventions ◽  
Cognitive Theories

Cognitive models of marital distress have received increasing attention. There are four major goals of this paper: (1) to review the prominent cognitive theories of marital distress and corresponding empirical data; (2) to provide theoretical integration; (3) to discuss the adjunctive use of cognitive interventions with behavioural marital therapy and outcome studies assessing the efficacy of cognitive clinical applications with couples; (4) to suggest future clinical and research directions.

Psychological Resilience Provides No Independent Protection From Suicidal Risk

Crisis ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danica W. Y. Liu ◽  
A. Kate Fairweather-Schmidt ◽  
Richard Burns ◽  
Rachel M. Roberts ◽  
Kaarin J. Anstey
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Psychological Resilience ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Life Project ◽  
Resilience Factors ◽  
First Time

Abstract. Background: Little is known about the role of resilience in the likelihood of suicidal ideation (SI) over time. Aims: We examined the association between resilience and SI in a young-adult cohort over 4 years. Our objectives were to determine whether resilience was associated with SI at follow-up or, conversely, whether SI was associated with lowered resilience at follow-up. Method: Participants were selected from the Personality and Total Health (PATH) Through Life Project from Canberra and Queanbeyan, Australia, aged 28–32 years at the first time point and 32–36 at the second. Multinomial, linear, and binary regression analyses explored the association between resilience and SI over two time points. Models were adjusted for suicidality risk factors. Results: While unadjusted analyses identified associations between resilience and SI, these effects were fully explained by the inclusion of other suicidality risk factors. Conclusion: Despite strong cross-sectional associations, resilience and SI appear to be unrelated in a longitudinal context, once risk/resilience factors are controlled for. As independent indicators of psychological well-being, suicidality and resilience are essential if current status is to be captured. However, the addition of other factors (e.g., support, mastery) makes this association tenuous. Consequently, resilience per se may not be protective of SI.

Track 2.a Introduction

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sucharita BENIWAL ◽  
Sahil MATHUR ◽  
Lesley-Ann NOEL ◽  
Cilla PEMBERTON ◽  
Suchitra BALASUBRAHMANYAN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Native Communities ◽  
Cultural Systems ◽  
Local Practices

The aim of this track was to question the divide between the nature of knowledge understood as experiential in indigenous contexts and science as an objective transferable knowledge. However, these can co-exist and inform design practices within transforming social contexts. The track aimed to challenge the hegemony of dominant knowledge systems, and demonstrate co-existence. The track also hoped to make a case for other systems of knowledges and ways of knowing through examples from native communities. The track was particularly interested in, first, how innovators use indigenous and cultural systems and frameworks to manage or promote innovation and second, the role of local knowledge and culture in transforming innovation as well as the form of local practices inspired innovation. The contributions also aspired to challenge through examples, case studies, theoretical frameworks and methodologies the hegemony of dominant knowledge systems, the divides of ‘academic’ vs ‘non-academic’ and ‘traditional’ vs ‘non-traditional’.

INTERPRETATION OF SINO-RUSSIAN CULTURE AND HUMANITIES COOPERATION IN THE NEW ERA

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 186-193
Author(s):  
REN YANYAN ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Current Status ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
New Era ◽  
Russian Culture ◽  
The People ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Cooperative Partnership ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
The Belt And Road

The friendship between nations lies in the mutual affinity of the people, and the people’s affinity lies in the communion of hearts. The cultural and humanities cooperation between China and Russia has a long history. In recent years, under the role of the“Belt and Road” initiative, the SCO, and the Sino-Russian Humanities Cooperation Committee, Sino-Russian culture and humanities cooperation has continued to deepen. Entering a new era, taking the opportunity to promote Sino-Russian relations into a “new era China-Russia comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership”, the development of human relations between the two countries has entered a new historical starting point, while also facing a series of problems and challenges. This article is based on the current status of Sino-Russian human relations in the new era, interprets the characteristics of Sino-Russian human relations in the new era, analyzes the problems and challenges of Sino-Russian human relations in the new era, and tries to propose solutions and solutions with a view to further developing Sino-Russian cultural and humanities relations in the new era. It is a useful reference, and provides a reference for future related research, and ultimately helps the Sino-Russian cultural and humanities relations in the new era to be stable and far-reaching.

Role of Pharmacogenomics in Antiepileptic Drug Therapy: Current Status and Future Perspectives

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (37) ◽  
pp. 5760-5765 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Gambardella ◽  
Angelo Labate ◽  
Laura Mumoli ◽  
Iscia Lopes-Cendes ◽  
Fernando Cendes
Keyword(s):  
Drug Therapy ◽  
Antiepileptic Drug ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Future Perspectives ◽  
Antiepileptic Drug Therapy
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