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Author(s):  
John L. Oliffe ◽  
Mary T. Kelly ◽  
Gabriela Gonzalez Montaner ◽  
Zac E. Seidler ◽  
John S. Ogrodniczuk ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon W. Anderson ◽  
Mandy M. Cheng ◽  
Yee Shih Phua

We investigate whether prior collaboration experience affects a focal partner’s response to the precision of monitoring controls adopted by a new partner, with consequences for their goodwill trust in, and subsequent cooperation with, the new partner. We expect the partner to interpret their new partner’s adoption of precise monitoring controls as either an effort to limit their autonomy or to reduce information asymmetry. The partner’s experience with past partners is posited to determine which interpretation is salient, with negative (positive) experiences favoring the former (latter). We find that partners with an uncooperative (cooperative) experience exhibit lower (higher) goodwill trust in the new partner when controls are more precise. Further, prior experience moderates the indirect relation between the precision of monitoring controls and partner cooperation acting through goodwill trust. The results demonstrate the importance of prior experiences in the design of interfirm controls for current partner relationships.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 852-852
Author(s):  
Shanae Shaw ◽  
Ellen Csikai

Abstract The decision to seek placement in a nursing home may be especially difficult for spouses or partners of the potential nursing home residents. Disruption of the attachment relationship following placement may influence the psychosocial well-being of nursing home residents. Although the responsibility of nursing home staff is to ensure psychosocial well-being, including awareness of the influence that separation can have on a spousal or partner relationship, little is known about services offered for the maintenance of spousal and partner relationships. This study was conducted to identify nursing home practices that had preservation of spouse/partner relationships as the goal. A mixed methods approach utilized both an online survey (81 respondents) with nursing home social workers in four Southern states and ten telephone interviews (from among the respondents). Survey results revealed that 49% of respondents’ facilities had a written policy to preserve these relationships, however, only 22% reported having a specific formal program to carry this out. In the interviews, participants expanded on survey topics and shared that facilitating outings and encouraging participation in routine facility activities were commonly used to preserve relationships. Privacy was discussed as being important in maintaining relationships and also found to be a barrier to doing so. Nursing home social workers can utilize the results in the design and implementation of specific services to preserve relationships and maintain strong attachment between residents and their spouses/partners. These will be best carried out in a coordinated, collaborative manner among multiple disciplines within the nursing home setting.


2021 ◽  
pp. 107780122110259
Author(s):  
Mandy Wilson ◽  
Erin Spike ◽  
George Karystianis ◽  
Tony Butler

Nonfatal strangulation (NFS) is a common form of domestic violence (DV) that frequently leaves no visible signs of injury and can be a portent for future fatality. A validated text mining approach was used to analyze a police dataset of 182,949 DV events for the presence of NFS. Results confirmed NFS within intimate partner relationships is a gendered form of violence. The presence of injury and/or other (non-NFS) forms of physical abuse, emotional/verbal/social abuse, and the perpetrator threatening to kill the victim, were associated with significantly higher odds of NFS perpetration. Police data contain rich information that can be accessed using automated methodologies such as text mining to add to our understanding of this pressing public health issue.


Author(s):  
Karen L. Weis ◽  
Tony T. Yuan ◽  
Katherine C. Walker ◽  
Thomas F. Gibbons ◽  
Wenyaw Chan

Stress and anxiety significantly impact the hypothalamic–pituitary axis, and in pregnancy, the subsequent maternal–fetal response can lead to poor outcomes. The objective of this study was to assess the association between psychosocial measures of pregnancy-specific anxiety and physiologic inflammatory responses. Specifically, to determine the effectiveness of the Mentors Offering Maternal Support (M-O-M-STM) program to reduce psychosocial anxiety and associated inflammatory response. In conjunction with measures of pregnancy-specific anxiety and depression, serum biomarkers (IL-2, IL-6, IL-10, IL1-B, TNF-α, CRH, CRP, and cortisol) were analyzed for each trimester throughout pregnancy. Results demonstrated that women receiving the M-O-M-STM intervention had longitudinally sustained lower TNF-α/IL-10 ratios than the control group, and it was significantly associated with psychosocial measures of anxiety, specifically for fears of labor and spouse/partner relationships. Additionally, the anxiety of spouse/partner relationships was significantly associated with IL-6/IL-10 ratios. The findings highlight the important counter-regulatory relationship between anti- and pro-inflammatory cytokines and provide insight into the distinct physiologic responses to pregnancy-specific anxiety with early prenatal intervention.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merel M. Nap-van der Vlist ◽  
Reine C. van der Wal ◽  
Eva Grosfeld ◽  
Elise M. van de Putte ◽  
Geertje W. Dalmeijer ◽  
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Different forms of dyadic coping are associated with positive outcomes in partner relationships, yet little is known about dyadic coping in parent-child relationships. The current research explored the association between parent-child dyadic coping and children’s quality of life in 12–18-year old children with a chronic disease (i.e., cystic fibrosis, autoimmune diseases, and children post-cancer treatment). In a sample of 105 parent-child dyads, self-reported forms of dyadic coping (i.e., stress communication, problem-oriented, emotion-oriented, and negative dyadic coping) and children’s quality of life were assessed. Children reported more stress communication and negative dyadic coping than their parents, while parents reported more problem-oriented dyadic coping and emotion-oriented dyadic coping than their children. More stress communication of the child was associated with more emotion-oriented dyadic coping and less negative dyadic coping of the parent. More negative dyadic coping of the child was associated with less stress communication, problem-oriented dyadic coping and emotion-oriented dyadic coping of the parent. Additionally, both children’s and parents’ negative dyadic coping were associated with lower self-reported pediatric quality of life and parents’ emotion-oriented dyadic coping was associated with higher pediatric quality of life. These findings emphasize that children and their parents mutually influence each other and that dyadic coping is associated with children’s quality of life. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.


2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2110315
Author(s):  
Chaya Koren

Love is desired at any age and has many meanings. Formulating new partner relationships later in life includes love as a motivation. However, experiences of love as a concept within such relationships have yet to be examined. Such an investigation could contribute to further understanding the meaning of love within new relationships formulated later in life. Thirty-eight semi-structured, qualitative interviews with older adults (19 couples) who entered a new relationship at old age after widowhood or divorce following a long-term marriage were conducted and transcribed verbatim. Dyadic interview analysis methodology was used. Unique experiences of love were identified: (1) Kinds of love: (a) pleasant love—not heated, (b) parental love—deep and quiet, and (c) sibling love; (2) phases of love: (a) being in love, (b) partial love, and (c) falling out of love yet caring. The discussion addresses late-life repartnering love as exclusive and as shifting from passion to compassion.


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