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Distressed Relationships (distressed + relationships)
Selected AbstractsOf Memes and Marriage: Toward a Positive Relationship ScienceJOURNAL OF FAMILY THEORY & REVIEW, Issue 1 2010Frank D. Fincham Marital and family research has tended to focus on distressed relationships. Reasons for this focus are documented before keys to establishing a positive relationship science are outlined. Increased study of positive affect is needed to better understand relationships, and the best way to accomplish this goal is to embrace the construct of "relationship flourishing." The behavioral approach system and the behavioral inhibition system are described and their potential role in understanding positive relationship processes is described using, as examples, commitment and forgiveness. A link to positive psychology is made, and it is proposed that the study of positive relationships constitutes the fourth pillar of this subdiscipline. Finally, the potential for focus on positive relationship processes to integrate multiple literatures is noted. [source] Marital quality and survivorshipCANCER, Issue 1 2009Slowed recovery for breast cancer patients in distressed relationships Abstract BACKGROUD: Although marital distress has been implicated in difficulties with adjustment to a breast cancer diagnosis, its long-term effects, especially on physical recovery, are unknown. METHODS: Longitudinal data from newly diagnosed breast cancer patients (N = 100) who were married or cohabiting were used. Patients were assessed after diagnosis and surgery (baseline) and then reassessed every 4 or 6 months for the next 5 years. Women in stable, distressed relationships (n = 28) were compared with those in stable, nondistressed relationships (n = 72). Stress, health behavior, and health outcomes were examined using mixed-effects modeling. RESULTS: Overall, marital distress was associated with slowed recovery trajectories and poor outcomes. At baseline, both groups had equivalent, high levels of stress, but diverged thereafter. Stress declined more slowly for the Distressed group, and by 5 years it remained significantly higher. Differential reductions in physical activity were also observed. With regard to health, the Distressed group was found to have a slower recovery in performance status and more symptoms/signs of illness and treatment side effects through 3 years. Finally, all the effects were observed above and beyond reductions occurring with depressive symptomatology, which was significantly higher in the Distressed group. CONCLUSIONS: Marital distress is not only associated with worse psychologic outcomes for breast cancer survivors, but poorer health and a steeper decline in physical activity. These novel data demonstrate recovery trajectories for breast cancer survivors to be constrained for those also coping with ongoing difficulties in their marriage. Cancer 2009. © 2008 American Cancer Society. [source] Partner personality in distressed relationshipsCLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY (AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THEORY & PRACTICE), Issue 6 2006Dick P. H. Barelds The present study examines the personality characteristics of partners receiving marital therapy. On the basis of previous research, we expected partners in distressed relationships to be more neurotic and more introverted and to have lower self-esteem than partners in non-distressed relationships. 42 individuals receiving marital therapy were recruited and matched against 42 individuals in non-distressed relationships. All expectations were confirmed. Implications for marital therapy are discussed.,Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] | ||||||||||