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Jan
8 hours to a lifetime of relationship satisfaction
8 hours to a lifetime of relationship satisfaction Participant Handbook: A Relationship Enrichment Course for Couples Living with MS Read more
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09
Jan
Marital Conflict in Older Couples: Positivity, Personality, and Health
he authors examine the implications of health and personality characteristics for late-life marital conflict using data from the 2010–2011 wave of the National Social Life Health and Aging Project, a nationally representative study with data on both partners in 955 marital and cohabitational dyads. Using these data, they relate characteristics of husbands to characteristics of […]
09
Jan
Empowered Healing
This is a book about taking a fact-based and spirit-guided integrated approach to responding as a patient and as a caregiver to a diagnosis of a serious disease such as cancer. Includes character and marriage-strengthening encouragement. Susanne M. Alexander facilitates workshops on the topic of Empowered Healing for patients, caregivers, and medical personnel. For more […]
09
Jan
Helping Couples Cope with Cancer: Tips for MRE Practitioners
New cancer diagnoses are expected to be around 1.5 million in 2010 (this number excludes some forms of skin cancer). The National Cancer Institute estimates that approximately 11.4 million Americans with a history of cancer were alive in January 2006. Some of these individuals were cancer-free while others still had evidence of cancer and may […]
09
Jan
Making the Connection Between Healthy Marriage and Health Outcomes: What the Research Says
This research brief explores the effects of marital quality on health. It begins by citing research that getting married and being married is linked to many positive physical and mental health outcomes. Reasons for the link between marriage and good health are then explored, including the “”selection effect”” that occurs when people who are inherently […]
09
Jan
My Partner Was Just Diagnosed With a Chronic Illness…Now What?
When one person in a couple is affected by a chronic illness, the other person lives with it as well–chronic illness is a family affair. The challenge lies in finding ways to address the illness as a team so that neither of you feels as if you are alone. Here are some tips to help […]
09
Jan
Tribal Marital Systems. Research Brief
There are 4.3 million Native Americans in the United States. They represent 562 different tribes and speak 292 different languages. Yet, they make up only 1.5% of the total U.S. population and are the second smallest ethnic group in the U.S. This Research Brief is designed to offer an overview of the health and socioeconomic […]