Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of Sociology, December 1997. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-128).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1960. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 71-72).

Thesis (M. Soc. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1992.

Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1992. / Also available in print.

Marriage prevention and enhancement programs are vital to the future of society due to their expanded ability to reach many couples that might not otherwise seek help in building the tools necessary for a successful relationship. Because marital distress has been related to many negative long-term health and emotional consequences, preventing these damaging outcomes is a rising priority for psychologists and the health care field. In this study, 55 couples started a secondary marital enhancement and prevention program called SUCCES. The SUCCES program merges multiple interventions from distinct empirically supported couples treatments within a conceptually pluralistic framework. Cognitive behavioral skills development as well as insight and emotion-focused couples therapy techniques are interwoven with each other in the program. Thirty-two couples completed the 9-week intervention and the six-month follow-up assessment period. Although there was no control group, repeated-measures MANOVAs yielded positive results when assessing increases in interpersonal functioning. Couples who participated in the program reported higher levels of satisfaction in broad and specific areas of their relationship upon completion. In addition, couples reported fewer relationship problem areas and an increased quality of life. Almost all increases remained significant at six-month follow-up. These positive initial findings suggest the potential efficacy of the SUCCES program and the importance of future controlled outcome studies to validate its clinical utility.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2005. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 273-279).

Members of married and cohabiting couples change through the course of their relationship. Many familiar activities take on new meanings when performed with an intimate partner, or when performed for the partner's benefit. As the relationship progresses, participants often find that their feelings about themselves and about many things around them have changed.

L'émergence de couples interculturels suscite certaines interrogations de la part des membres et des responsables des Églises locales. En effet, la thématique de l'interculturalité exige une certaine sensibilité aux enjeux de la diversité culturelle, mais elle n'est pas toujours le domaine d'expertise ni de prédilection des prédicateurs et enseignants à l'Église. De surcroît, les pasteurs n'ont pas toujours toutes les compétences nécessaires pour accompagner les couples interculturels dans leurs besoins. Dès lors, les membres de l'Église n'ont pas de repère pour les guider quant à la façon de s'y prendre face à l'accueil et d'entrer en relation avec les couples interculturels. Ce mémoire tente d'attirer l'attention des pasteurs et des leaders des Églises locales sur les besoins et les attentes des couples interculturels comme une nécessité indispensable sur laquelle il importerait d'éveiller la conscience des membres de l'Église. Nous comptons y parvenir à travers la proposition d'une pastorale de mariage et d'accompagnement des couples interculturels en nous inspirant des données recueillies auprès d'une vingtaine de couples interculturels à l'Église Nouvelle Vie. / The emergence of intercultural couples raises certain questions from members and leaders of local churches. Indeed, the theme of interculturality requires a certain sensitivity to the issues of cultural diversity, but it is not always the area of expertise or of predilection for preachers and teachers in the Church. In addition, pastors do not always have all the necessary skills to support intercultural couples in their needs. Consequently, the members of the Church have no reference point to guide them as to how to deal with welcoming and entering into a relationship with intercultural couples. This dissertation attempts to draw the attention of pastors and leaders of local churches to the needs and expectations of intercultural couples as an essential necessity on which it would be important to awaken the conscience of the members of the Church. We intend to achieve this through the proposal of a marriage ministry and support for intercultural couples, drawing inspiration from the data collected from about twenty intercultural couples at l'Église Nouvelle Vie.

Orientador: Francisco Hashimoto / Banca: Rodrigo Sanches Peres / Banca: Marcos Mariani Casadore / Banca: Thássia Souza Emídio / Banca: Mariele Rodrigues Correa / Resumo: O presente estudo discute o vínculo do casal tomando como referência a psicanálise vincular amparada pela psicanálise freudiana. Para tanto, foi necessário um retorno a Freud e auferir que sua obra compõe teorias que envolvem o outro e carrega o gérmen da psicanálise vincular, pois mesmo na sua primeira fase, a metapsicológica, o sujeito não é dissociado das origens e interações. Tendo como premissa a afirmação de que somos constituídos pelos vínculos, o objetivo desse estudo é ressaltar o vínculo do casal como uma construção entre dois. Diante disso, pleiteia-se através dos conceitos da obra freudiana - objeto, identificação e sintoma - distinguir de que forma o encontro entre duas subjetividades implica o reencontro do objeto primário, que se dá pelo processo de identificação e denota o sintoma de cada um. Destarte, ainda que tais pontuações possam sinalizar uma percepção negativa, enfatiza-se que o encontro amoroso contém potência de mudança, possa esta ocorrer ou não. O espaço do entre ou espaço do vínculo é aquele no qual os sujeitos elaboram suas formas de se relacionar, um limite no qual ambos se apropriam de algo mutuamente, mas que também implica entrar em contato com o que não poderá ser incorporado por ser específico do outro. Neste estudo, o espaço do vínculo abordado, para fim de delimitação teórica, foi definido como o do casal heterossexual. A díade-casal é considerada uma unidade extremamente complexa por ser a única ligação de aliança que pressupõe uma ... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The current study discusses couples' bonds having as reference the linkage psychoanalysis supported by the Freudian psychoanalysis. In way to achieve this, it was necessary a new approach to Freud's theories, so we could find that his work contemplates the other in the relationship and carries the seed to the linkage psychoanalysis, because even in its initial phase, the metapsychological, the subject is not dissociated from its origins and interactions. Considering as premise the affirmation that we are constituted by our emotional ties, the purpose of this study is to reassure a couple's link as a construction in between the two of them. Therefore, using Freudian work concepts - object, identification and symptom -, we intend to distinguish in what way the encounter between two subjectivities implicates the re-encounter of the first object, which occurs through the identification process and indicates each one's symptoms. Even though such assumptions may indicate a negative perspective, it is emphasized that the loving encounter has potential of change, may it happen or not. The space in between or the link space is that one where the subjects elaborate their way to relate, a limit where both appropriate something mutually, but also where they get in touch with what will not be incorporated as long as it is something specific from the other. In this study, for theoretical delimitation, the link space is the one of heterosexual couples. The couple dyad is considered an ... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre