Observing Couples Discussing About “What Might This Be?”

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-42
Author(s):  
Filippo Aschieri ◽  
Ilaria Durosini ◽  
Francesca Fantini
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Clinical Utility ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Marital Interaction ◽  
Coding System

Abstract. The literature has recently stressed the clinical utility of using the conjoint Rorschach for assessment and intervention with couples seeking treatment. However, there are no clear guidelines in interpreting the behaviors couples display during the discussion about “what could this be?” This study explores the application of the Rapid Marital Interaction Coding System to code couples’ behaviors during the process of creation and discussion of conjoint Rorschach responses, using three groups of couples with different degrees of marital satisfaction. Results of these exploratory analyses suggest that (a) the coding allows for identification of differences among the three groups of couples, and (b) the coding yields specific information on partners’ behaviors in each group of couples.

Marital Interaction in Middle and Old Age: A Predictor of Marital Satisfaction?

2007 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 283-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Schmitt ◽  
Matthias Kliegel ◽  
Adam Shapiro
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Marital Interaction

Marital Interaction in Depression

1978 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 269-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terence Heins
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Marital Therapy ◽  
Great Majority ◽  
Complex Variables ◽  
Marital Interaction ◽  
Psychotherapeutic Approach ◽  
Interpersonal Control ◽  
Depressive Syndromes ◽  
Affective Involvement

The great majority of depressed patients are currently married or formerly married and depression is commonest at ages when marital satisfaction is least. Study of patterns of marital interaction in depression may provide useful leads for understanding the aetiology and therapy of depressive syndromes. Theoretical views of depression as loss, as coerced behaviour and as coercive behaviour suggest useful hypotheses. Both marital interaction and depression are complex variables to define and measure. A literature review suggests reduced general affective involvement, reduced expressions of affection, increased criticism, increased husband domination and a marked struggle for interpersonal control in the marriages of depressed persons. Marital therapy may be the most useful psychotherapeutic approach for depression.

scholarly journals Biomarker Validation for Aging: Lessons from mtDNA Heteroplasmy Analyses in Early Cancer Detection

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. BMI.S2253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter E. Barker ◽  
Mahadev Murthy
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Detection ◽  
Clinical Utility ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Early Cancer ◽  
Early Cancer Detection ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Sequencing Technologies ◽  
Biomarker Validation ◽  
Significant Interest

The anticipated biological and clinical utility of biomarkers has attracted significant interest recently. Aging and early cancer detection represent areas active in the search for predictive and prognostic biomarkers. While applications differ, overlapping biological features, analytical technologies and specific biomarker analytes bear comparison. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) as a biomarker in both biological models has been evaluated. However, it remains unclear whether mtDNA changes in aging and cancer represent biological relationships that are causal, incidental, or a combination of both. This article focuses on evaluation of mtDNA-based biomarkers, emerging strategies for quantitating mtDNA admixtures, and how current understanding of mtDNA in aging and cancer evolves with introduction of new technologies. Whether for cancer or aging, lessons from mtDNA based biomarker evaluations are several. Biological systems are inherently dynamic and heterogeneous. Detection limits for mtDNA sequencing technologies differ among methods for low-level DNA sequence admixtures in healthy and diseased states. Performance metrics of analytical mtDNA technology should be validated prior to application in heterogeneous biologically-based systems. Critical in evaluating biomarker performance is the ability to distinguish measurement system variance from inherent biological variance, because it is within the latter that background healthy variability as well as high-value, disease-specific information reside.

Positive behaviors during marital conflict: Influences on stress hormones

2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore F. Robles ◽  
Victoria A. Shaffer ◽  
William B. Malarkey ◽  
Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser
Keyword(s):  
Marital Conflict ◽  
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone ◽  
Stress Hormones ◽  
Positive Behavior ◽  
Marital Interaction ◽  
Coding System ◽  
Conflict Task ◽  
Negative Behaviors ◽  
Positive Behaviors ◽  
Low Levels

To examine the independent and interactive contribution of positive and negative behaviors during marital conflict to changes in adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and cortisol, behavioral and endocrine data were collected from 90 newlywed couples during a 30-minute conflict task. Positive and negative behaviors were coded by the Marital Interaction Coding System. High levels of husbands' positive behavior and high couple negativity were related to steeper ACTH and cortisol declines in wives. Low levels of wives' positive behavior and high couple negativity were related to flatter declines in wives' cortisol. Supportiveness during highly negative interactions contributed to steeper ACTH and cortisol declines in wives, suggesting that constructively engaging in discussions promotes adaptive physiological responses to interpersonal conflict.

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