Project Thesis (D. Min.)--Denver Seminary, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 151-157).

Thesis (Psy.D.)--Hofstra University, 2005. / Sponsor: Paul J. Meller. Includes bibliographical references.

Project Thesis (D. Min.)--Denver Seminary, 1998. / This is an electronic reproduction of TREN, #090-0179. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 151-157).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Central Florida, 2009. / Adviser: Andrew P. Daire. Includes curriculum vitae. Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-152).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-79).

This study examined the correlations between marital satisfaction (MS) and parental stress (PS). The Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale (KMSS) was used to measure marital satisfaction. Parental stress was measured at the same time through the use of the Parent Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF). Twenty-seven traditionally married couples were recruited through the CCAMPIS Grant at Utah State University. Minimum criteria were that at least one of the couple needed to be eligible for Pell grants, registered full time at Utah State University, and have at least one child. This study found that MS and PS correlate in many ways, most significantly in the areas of parental distress and parent child interactions. We found that the variance in mothers’ MS was correlated with fathers’ MS and fathers’ interaction with the target child. Fathers’ MS was correlated with mothers’ MS. (69 pages)

Discriminant function analysis was performed on data from 87 female volunteers who were between the ages of 21 and 53 years old and who had been married at least one time. Sixty-two of the subjects had no history of premarital pregnancy; 18 subjects had been pregnant when they married; and seven subjects had an induced abortion before marriage. All groups were discriminated (p < .05) by the variables of marital adjustment, lack of emotional vulnerability, masculinity, chance locus of control, powerful others locus of control, and number of marriages. Women with a history of premarital pregnancy were less satisfied with their present or most recent marriage and tended to have had more marriages; they also were higher on belief in chance, lower on belief in powerful others, lower on instrumentality and more lacking in emotional vulnerability than were women without history of premarital pregnancy. The two groups with history of premarital pregnancy were discriminated (p < .05) by marital adjustment and lack of emotional vulnerability. Women who married when pregnant were less satisfied with their present or most recent marriage and were more emotionally vulnerable than were women who had abortions prior to marriage.

The research work analyzes the manipulation as a kind of influence and its special characteristics applying to the marital relations. It is clear that the scientific representation of the issue is ambivalent: there are manipulation as a marriage destroying force and as a partnership-building capacity. The work is based on the empirical investigation on the “young” and “mature” couples satisfied by the marriage that show up the manipulative techniques. Due to that were identified the mind games typically used by husbands and wives. / В магистерской диссертации рассматривается манипулирование как вид влияния, его специфика проявления в супружеских отношениях. Показана неоднозначная трактовка данной проблемы в научной литературе: манипулирование как фактор, разрушающий брак, и как фактор, формирующий партнерство. Описано эмпирическое исследование, выявляющее приемы манипулирования, проведенное на выборке «молодых» и «зрелых» семей, удовлетворенных браком. Выявлены приемы манипулирования, характерные для мужчин и женщин, состоящих в брачных отношениях.

The object of the study was marriage satisfaction. The subject of the study was the connection marriage satisfaction with the spouses’ proneness to conflict and their personal features. The master's thesis consists of an introduction, two chapters, conclusion, list of references (70 sources) and 5 Appendix. The volume of the master's thesis is 88 pages, which contains 5 figures and 9 tables. The introduction reveals the relevance of the research problem, the development of the problem, the purpose and objectives of the research, the object and subject of the research, the main and additional hypotheses are formulated, the methods and the empirical base are specified. The first Chapter includes a description of psychological aspects of Family and marital relations as well as a review of domestic literature on the topic of the study. Conclusions on the first chapter are the results of the study of theoretical material. The second Chapter is devoted to the empirical part of the study. It describes the methods studies and the results obtained for all methodologies used: "Marriage Satisfaction" V.V.Stolin, «Interaction of spouses in cjnflict situations» Aleshina Y.E., the questionnaire "FIRO-B" (Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation) W.Schutz, WIPPF (Wiesbadener Inventar zur Positiven Psychotherapie und Familientherapie). The Chapter also presents a comparative and correlation analysis of the results of the study. The conclusions of Chapter 2 include the main results of the empirical study. In conclusion, the results of the theoretical and empirical parts of the work, as well as conclusions on the hypotheses put forward. / Объектом исследования являлась удовлетворенность браком. Предметом исследования стала связь удовлетворенности браком с конфликтностью и личностными характеристиками супругов. Магистерская диссертация состоит из введения, двух глав, заключения, списка литературы (70 источников) и 5 приложений. Объем магистерский диссертации 88 страниц, на которых 5 рисунков и 9 таблиц. Во введении раскрывается актуальность проблемы исследования, разработанность проблематики, ставятся цель и задачи исследования, определяются объект и предмет исследования, формулируются основная и дополнительные гипотезы, указываются методы и эмпирическая база. Первая глава включает в себя описание психологических аспектов семьи и супружеских отношений, а также обзор отечественной литературы по теме исследования. Выводы по первой главе представляет собой итоги по изучению теоретического материала. Вторая глава посвящена эмпирической части исследования. В ней представлены методы проведенного исследования и результаты, полученные по всем использованным методикам: «Удовлетворенность браком» разработанная В.В. Столиным, «Взаимодействие супругов в конфликтной ситуации» Ю.Е. Алешиной, опросник межличностных отношений (ОМО) В. Шутца, Висбаденский опросник к методу позитивной психотерапии и семейной психотерапии (WIPPF). Также в главе представлены сравнительный и корреляционный анализ результатов исследования. Выводы по главе 2 включают в себя основные результаты эмпирического исследования. В заключении в обобщенном виде изложены результат теоретической и эмпирической частей работы, а также выводы по выдвинутым гипотезам.

The aim of this study was to investigate the experiences of mothers of primary school learners diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The main determinant of parenting stress was contained in the primary symptoms of ADHD, namely, attention deficit, hyperactivity and impulsive behaviour, as well as in the disruptive effects on others in the immediate environment. The three primary symptoms of ADHD as listed above, often result in such secondary problems as learning deficiencies, poor self-image and inadequate social relations. Seven mothers of learners with ADHD were selected to participate in the empirical investigation. A qualitative research model was employed with specific use of a list of questions, participatory perception and unstructured interviews. Results obtained from the empirical research indicated that the symptoms of ADHD as manifested by the learners, as well as the accompanying secondary problems, impacted negatively on the mothers of these learners. / Educational Studies / M. Ed. (Skoolvoorligting)