marital distress
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmaritalanddistress
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marital
adjective
uk/ˈmær.ɪ.təl/us/ˈmer.ɪ.t̬əl/
connected ...
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distress
noun[U]
uk/dɪˈstres/us/dɪˈstres/
a feeling of extreme worry, sadness, ...
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(Definition ofmaritalanddistressfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmarital distress
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First, they may engulf and mask a theoretically important causal link betweenmaritaldistressand antisocial behavior that holds for only a subset of children.
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An intelligent, professionally successful married father of two children sought treatment because of severe unhappiness associated withmaritaldistress.
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Obviously, this interpretation rests on the faulty assumption that the presence of children's antisocial behavior necessarily implies a history of exposure tomaritaldistress.
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The purpose of the study of course was to evaluate a theory-based hypothesis about the influence ofmaritaldistresson children's antisocial behavior.
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An intelligent, professionally successful, married father of two children sought treatment because of severe unhappiness associated withmaritaldistress.
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Descriptively, we would be correct in saying that increments in levels ofmaritaldistressare associated with increments in levels of child antisocial behavior.
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This finding is often cited as evidence thatmaritaldistressderails optimal child development.
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A second potential mediator of the relation between the parental division of labor and child adjustment ismaritaldistress.
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Moreover, one can easily imagine howmaritaldistressmight be a cause, consequence, or spurious correlate within structurally different variants of these subtypes.
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Another explanation for the association betweenmaritaldistressand permissive parenting may be the co-occurrence of another variable, such as maternal depression.
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Although the number of optimal sessions may vary, depending in part on the severity ofmaritaldistress, a minimum of nine sessions is recommended.
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Second, for the same reasons, they may give rise to an illusory correlation across the sample even ifmaritaldistressplays no causal role for even a subset of children.
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Obviously, the least-squares solution based on children characterized by themaritaldistressas causal structure is far different from the solution based on all column scores.
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Maritaldistressmay be a powerful influence on antisocial behavior for a subset of children, a consequence of antisocial behavior for another, and yet a spurious correlate for others.
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Families were randomly assigned to receive parent training alone or parent training plus marital enrichment and were blocked on marital problems (with half of each group experiencing significantmaritaldistress).
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Thus, negative childhood relationship experiences, trait-negative affect, andmaritaldistressare examples of processes that are candidates for increasing expressed emotion in regard to another family member.
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This interactional pattern or cycle was articulated to the couple as one they unconsciously cocreated, which came to occupy a space between them and contribute to theirmaritaldistress.
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