Effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Couple Therapy in Marital Burnout, Marital Forgiveness, and Communication Styles of Couples Affected by Extramarital Relationships

Introduction: Extramarital affairs or marital infidelity can be considered one of the most complex and traumatic emotional problems between couples. Objectives: This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of emotion-focused couple therapy in burnout, marital forgiveness, and communication styles of couples affected by extramarital relationships. Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted based on an applied research method and pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population included all people referred to counseling centers in Sari, Iran, with extramarital affairs between April and June 2020. The study sample consisted of 30 individuals selected by convenient sampling method and randomly divided into an experimental (emotion-focused couple therapy; n=15) and a control group (n=15). The data were collected using the Couple Burnout Measure (CBM), Forgiveness Questionnaire, and Communication Styles Questionnaire. Subsequently, the obtained data were analyzed in SPSS software (version 22) through univariate analysis of covariance. Results: The findings showed that emotion-focused couple therapy had a statistically significant effect on the subjects regarding the Mutual Constructive Communication (F=7.64; P<0.001), Expectant Male/Female Sidetaker (F=74.18; P<0.001), Expectant Female/Male Sidetaker (F=47.11; P<0.001), Mutual Avoidance Communication (F=59.97; P<0.001), Forgiveness (F=80.15; P<0.001) and Marital Boredom (F=347.92; P<0.001). Conclusion: It can be concluded that emotion-focused couple therapy was effective in burnout, marital forgiveness, and communication styles of couples affected by extramarital relationships.

Traveling with the Team

This chapter focuses on the lived experience of the wives who travel with their husbands during the MLB season and the unwritten code of conduct that establishes the wives’ subordinate status by ensuring their social invisibility. It describes how the players, sport organizations, and the wives themselves use code work to construct, apply, and reinforce the code, and how couples who question the code—called code busters—can reap negative consequences even when the husband enjoys high-level team status. It discusses the importance of code enforcement as a means of maintaining the husband’s standing among teammates, establishing the expectation that teammates will cover up each other’s sexual activities, including the extramarital relationships of married players. Finally, it explores how traveling wives, who are also expected to keep the men’s secrets, become aware of an implicit competition for their husband’s loyalty.

Genital Warts Among Men Attending a Dermatology Clinic: Risk Factors and Knowledge

: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections, with the highest prevalence among young adults. We investigated the risk factors of this infection among men. A total of 224 men referred to a dermatology clinic in Shiraz to treat anogenital warts from June 2015 till Feb 2016 were enrolled. Data collection form included demographic characteristics and risk factors. The participants’ mean age was 28.84 ± 8 years, and half of them (54.5%) were in the second decade of their life. Nearly half of them were single, 110 (49.1%), and 103 had high education (48.4%). Among our participants, the mean age of sexual relationship onset was 20.31 ± 3.71; 69 (60.5%) of the married participants had experienced sexual intercourse before marriage, and 58 (61.05%) had extramarital sexual relationships. The mean number of sex partners was 2.8. More than half of the participants (n = 146, 66.4%) were not aware of STI symptoms. Our participants were young, and more than half of the married ones had extramarital relationships. Altogether, low awareness of STI symptoms was seen. HPV could be a public health challenge in our young male adults because of their risk factors and lack of knowledge.

Theme of Acculturation in Manju Kapur's the Immigrant

The paper discusses on the theme of Acculturation in the novel The Immigrant by Manju Kapur. The theme Acculturation is the adaptation of the culture and beliefs of another group or country. In the novel The Immigrant, the major characters Nina and Ananda who are from an orthodox family undergo acculturation. Their marriage which is an arranged one begins with the motive of one for one, but later breaks because of their undue expectations and extramarital relationships. Their relationship came to an end when they failed to raise a family of their own. Moreover their ways of dressing, food habits and in ideas about marriage and family, both Nina and Ananda and their family succumbed to the western culture. Finally, they become the citizens of Canada with expectations of starting a fresh new life. Acculturation has relieved them from their bondage and freed them to live independently.

Comportamento sexual e de saúde entre mulheres de apenados: estudo exploratório

Aim: to learn the sexual and health behavior of women of convicted men. Method: This is an exploratory, qualitative study conducted in November 2015 in a small prison in Paraná, Brazil. The data were collected through a semi-structured interview with 19 women and later submitted to content analysis, thematic modality. Results: it was found that women of convicts, in addition to being vulnerable, neglect care measures for their own health, prioritizing the health of partners and relatives. In addition, they exhibit risky sexual behavior favored by incarceration conditions of the partner and by establishing unprotected extramarital relationships. Conclusion: women are a vulnerable population, which implies the need for changes in the care and hosting of this public