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The main purpose of the present study was to compare marital satisfaction among marital status (first married, post-divorce remarried and post-bereavement remarried) and gender. In addition, the current study aimed to investigate the effect of stepchildren on marital satisfaction of remarried individuals. Besides, it was also aimed to investigate the predictive power of demographic and contextual variables on marital satisfaction of first married families, of post-divorce remarried families, of post bereavement remarried families, and of those who had stepchildren. Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) and Demographic Information Form were administered 116 first married and 223 remarried individuals. To test the hypotheses of the study ANOVA, ANCOVA, and Stepwise Multiple Regression Analyses were performed. Results revealed that men had higher level of marital satisfaction than women. However, there was no significant difference between the marital satisfaction of first married individuals, post-divorce remarried individuals, and post-bereavement remarried individuals. It was also found that remarried individuals with residential stepchildren had lower marital satisfaction than remarried individuals with non-residential stepchildren and those without stepchildren. In addition, results yielded that for first married individuals length of marriage and income / for post-divorce remarried individuals gender and presence of mutual children / for post-bereavement remarried individuals length of current marriage and income / and for those with stepchildren only residence of stepchildren significantly predicted marital satisfaction. The findings of the study were discussed in the light of relevant literature

Il presente lavoro di tesi affronta il tema della psicoterapia con le famiglie ricomposte ed in particolare si pone l’obiettivo di indagare le rappresentazioni che i terapeuti italiani e americani hanno di tale tipologia famigliare. A tal proposito 125 terapeuti italiani e 45 terapeuti americani sono stati invitati a compilare un questionario rispetto agli strumenti e ai metodi adottati in terapia, agli obiettivi e alle azioni terapeutiche nonché alla concezione di famiglia sottesa a tali interventi. Dall’analisi dei risultati emerge una rappresentazione piuttosto confusa da parte dei terapeuti italiani rispetto alle famiglie ricostituite. L’assenza di una formazione specifica sul tema dà origine ad una rappresentazione incerta e ambigua della terapia con i nuclei famigliari ricomposti, tutta incentrata sull’essere del terapeuta piuttosto che sulla famiglia in trattamento. Per quanto riguarda i terapeuti americani, invece, la maggiore esperienza e formazione al trattamento delle famiglie ricomposte contribuiscono a creare una rappresentazione più specifica e più attenta alle caratteristiche e sfide peculiari che tali famiglie sono chiamate ad affrontare. Il ruolo del terapeuta rimane fondamentale ma in questo caso maggiore attenzione viene rivolta all’esperienza e ai media (internet, libri, conferenze) che ne possono garantire una formazione specifica. / The present dissertation deals with the topic of psychotherapy with stepfamilies and, in particular, it aims at investigating the representations Italian and American therapists have about such families. In this respect 125 Italian therapists and 45 American therapists were asked to fill in a questionnaire regarding the instruments and methods used in therapy, the aims and therapeutic actions as well as the idea of family that underlies such interventions. From the analysis of results, Italian therapists are shown to have a rather confused representation regarding stepfamilies. In fact, the lack of a specific training on the topic contributes to create a vague and ambiguous representation of therapy with remarried families where the main focus is the therapist him/herself rather then the family in treatment. With regards to American therapists, instead, the longer experience and higher training in the treatment of stepfamilies play a major role in shaping a more specific and accurate representation of stepfamily therapy. American therapists seem to have a greater awareness of the specific characteristic and challenges remarried families are faced with. The therapist’s role remains pivotal, however, greater attention is given to experience and to the media (internet, books, conferences) able to provide him/her with a specific training.

Submitted by Lafaiete Santos Santiago (lafaiete.santiago@ucsal.br) on 2016-11-16T17:53:22Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Djalma.pdf: 127904574 bytes, checksum: 0c592973260b0861b7ae3cbb58247582 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rosemary Magalhães (rosemary.magalhaes@ucsal.br) on 2017-01-13T18:37:55Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Djalma.pdf: 127904574 bytes, checksum: 0c592973260b0861b7ae3cbb58247582 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-13T18:37:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Djalma.pdf: 127904574 bytes, checksum: 0c592973260b0861b7ae3cbb58247582 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-04-10 / A família é um organismo mutável que transforma e é transformado pela sociedade. Pela adoção de certas regras e conceitos,ela abre espaço para as mudanças sociais. A família contemporânea tem passado por profundas modificações causadas, sobretudo, por fatores tais como: inserção profissional da mulher, globalização dos meios de comunicação de massa, complexidade das relações intergeracionais, fruto do enfraquecimento da família nuclear, do crescente número de divórcios e recasamentos. Ao lado disto, nos últimos trinta anos, houve um significativo crescimento da vida média da população brasileira. Os avanços na área médica e o surgimento de novas tecnologias possibilitaram um progressivo aumento na longevidade do ser humano, e cresce, a cada dia, o número de indivíduos que vivem mais de cem anos. A partir desse aumento, tornam-se mais atuais os questionamentos referentes às relações familiares entre pessoas de gerações e culturas diferentes. O fato de as pessoas terem uma perspectiva de vida maior não torna as relações familiares diferentes, mas imprimem maior complexidade a estas relações, uma vez que aumenta o número de pessoas interagindo. Contata-se que, cada vez mais, os avós tendem a ter participação mais ativa na família e na sociedade. Nem sempre a família consegue resolver satisfatoriamente seus conflitos, necessitando da ajuda de instituições que a orientem na educação dos filhos. Dentre estas, menciona-se a Escola de Pais do Brasil(EPB) cuja experiência de quarenta e nove anos tem contribuído para melhorar o relacionamento intergeracional dos pais que têm frequentado os seus círculos de estudo. Esta dissertação de mestrado estuda as relações intergeracionais da família contemporânea e analisa a evolução do pensamento da EPB sobre o tema. Para atingir os objetivos propostos, o método utilizado foi o da pesquisa bibliográfica e documental. A pesquisa bibliográfica teve como meta o levantamento das contribuições acadêmicas e culturais sobre o tema. Fez-se uma revisão de literatura concernente, o que ajudou a delimitar e definir o escopo do trabalho. Analisando documentos históricos da EPB, como atas, jornais, anais dos congressos e informativos, obtiveram-se elementos suficientes para entender sua história, explicitar seus objetivos e mostrar a evolução do seu pensamento sobre as relações intergeracionais das famílias contemporâneas / The family is a mutable organism which transform and is transformed by the society. By the adoption of determined rules and concepts it opens space to social changes. The contemporary family has crossed over deep modifications caused by, over all, factors suc. as: the woman professional insertion, the world-wide mass media, the complexity of intergerational relationship due to nuclear family weakness, the increasing number of divorces and remarriages. At the side this, in the last thirty years, there was a significant growing of medium life brazilian population. The medical area progress and the arrising of new technologies made possible a human being progressive longevity increasing, and grows up, at every day, the number of persons that live over hundred years. From this growth, become more actuals the quuestions concerning to the familiar relationship among persons of different generations and cultures. The fact of the persons had a greater life perspective not make different the familiar relationship, but make bigger the complexity of such relationship, since the number of interacting persons is increasing. Each more time the grandfathers are having a more active participation in the family and society. Not ever the family succeed in satisfactorily to solve their conflicts. It needs the institutions help to guide the children education. Among these, there is the Escola de Pais do Brasil(EPB) which during forty nine years has contributed to improve the parents intergenerational relationship that have followed its courses of study. This thesis (MA) examines the contemporary family intergerational relationship and analyse the EPB evolution thinking. To achieve the proposed objective , it was used the bibliographic and documental methods. The bibliographic research had as purpose the survey of academic and cultural contributions over the subject. It was done a concerning literature revision, which helped to delimit and define the work aim. By analysing the EPB historical documents, such as minutes, newspapers, congress annals and others, it was possible to obtain sufficient data to understanding its history, to explain its objectives and to show the EPB thinking evolution over the intergenerational relationship in the contemporary families.